The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German-African Business Association (Afrika-Verein) to co-operate with the objective of fostering bilateral trade and investment between Germany and Ghana.   Both sides under the MoU will among other things, agree to regularly identify specific projects to be pushed and supported by both parties on business [...] The post GIPC,

Awake Purified Drinking Water, CIMG Product of the year 2017 through its charity driven project; ‘One4Life’ donated an amount GH¢ 75,000 on Valentine’s Day to support people with various cardiovascular diseases. This donation cumulatively sums up all donations made so far from 2016 to GH¢1 million. Awake Purified Drinking Water has over the years donated to the National Cardiothoracic Centre [...] The post Awake

As part of its commitment to the development of the agricultural sector in Ghana, Yara International ASA has invested over USD 15 million into a new fertiliser terminal and blending facility in Tema. With a storage capacity of over 50,000 tonnes and blending and bagging production rate of over 100 tonnes per hour, it will facilitate the ready supply and [...] The post Yara

The informal sector constitutes 70 per cent of the business arena but just two per cent of them pay their taxes. Mr Richard Hakeem Quainoo, a Chief Revenue Officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority, who announced this, also stated that only 1.5 million of the expected six million tax payers honoured their responsibilities, with 200,000 being from the informal sector. [...] The post Only

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance has said the overall crude oil production from Ghana is expected to more than double over the next four years. “Overall, crude oil production is expected to increase from 196,089 barrels per day in 2019 to 420,020 barrels per day in 2023,” he said, adding that, the first oil from the Aker fields [...] The post Ghana’s oil production

THE general attitude of Ghanaians towards religion and matters of faith is highly unproductive and very unpatriotic, according to the Deputy Volta Regional Director of the National Commission and Civic Education (NCCE), Patrick Cudjoe Asiedu. “Some places of worship operate every day of the week, to the woeful neglect of productivity,” he observed. Mr Asiedu insisted that there must be [...] The post ‘Our

The Police Administration has assured Ghanaians and foreign investors of the police’s readiness to tackle any terror attack in the country. The Director-General of Police Administration, Commissioner of Police (COP) Isaac Ken Yeboah, said the police were equipped with personnel and logistics to be able to handle terrorism. He gave the assurance during an exercise at the ‘LION JUNGLE’ at [...] The post ‘Police

The Ministry of Aviation is in discussions with its counterpart in Iran to commence direct flight route between the two countries by the end of this year. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure the realisation of the arrangement is currently under consideration, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has disclosed. He was speaking in Accra yesterday when the Iranian [...] The post Ghana,

The Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Illegal Mining has seized a total of 24 excavators and other equipment from illegal miners also known as “galamseyers”, operating in the virgin forest at Debiso, in the Upper Denkyira West District of  the Central Region. The task force during their two-day operations in the forest reserve arrested 13 Chinese including a female and their [...] The post ‘Galamseyers’

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, escaped unhurt in a road crash on Saturday on the Takoradi-Cape Coast highway.   The accident is reported to have happened around 6:30 p.m. when the Vice President was returning from some activities in the Western Region.   A statement signed by the spokesperson to the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, said Dr Bawumia was [...] The post Veep escapes unhurt

Following Saturday’s false start, Nigerians will this weekend make a second attempt at electing a new President and National Assembly members for the next four years. More than 80 million voters across Africa’s most populous nation were to cast their votes in the election which is the sixth since military rule ended there, 20 years ago. However, in a dramatic [...] The post Nigeria postpones

The Microfinance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC) has presented GH¢100,000 as loan to four women groups in the Tolon District of the Northern Region   The loan facility is to help boost the businesses of the beneficiaries in the district.   Each group of women numbering between 25 and 100 received GH¢25,000.   The Northern Regional Recovery Manager of the [...] The post 4

The Youth Bridge Foundation has called on the government to prioritise Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education for the girl-child and invest more in educational infrastructure in a manner that would make these subjects attractive to many young women. It said the YBF was of the firm belief and conviction that no nation could develop and solve basic socio-economic [...] The post Government

The Electoral Commission (EC) Representation of the People’s Amendment Act (ROPAA) Consultative and Implementation Committee has rolled-out a comprehensive regional consultation programme with local stakeholders and civil society organisations. The EC ROPAA Committee would engage political parties’ representations, traditional authorities, religious leaders, and the media from February 18 at Sekondi, Western Region; February 19 at Cape Coast, Central Region; and [...] The post

The family of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, says it is appalled by the allegations made by former President John Dramani Mahama that the uniformed security personnel, like those deployed at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, were spotted at the funeral ceremony of the late MP.   According to the family, the [...] The post Family

THE Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South African firm Commerce Edge, to develop a Comprehensive Certification and Licensing Programme (CCLP) for procurement practitioners in the country. The CCLP will, among other things, improve the policy implementation and human resource development of practitioners, and ensure that they adhere to ethical standards as stated in [...] The post PPA,

On February 1, 2019, Ghanaians would be witnessing, for the first time, in the history of the country’s power distribution company, the entrance of a private entity called Power Distribution Services (PDS) led by Meralco, a Philippino company, who would take over the operations and management as well as undertake the requisite investments in the electricity distribution business of the [...] The post ECG

It is now official. Ghana now has 16 administrative regions. The process of creating the six new regions came to an end last Friday with the public announcement of the Western North and Oti regions by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra. The President also declared Sefwi Wiawso and Dambai as capitals [...] The post The creation of six

Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that assault cases in Upper West Region increased from 179 cases in 2017 to 196 in 2018.   Domestic stealing cases also increased from 17 in 2017 to 27, in 2018, while cases involving parents abandoning children rose from 62 to 71 in 2018. [...] The post Assault cases in U/West increase

CHELSEA are ready to turn to Zinedine Zidane to make them a European superpower again. Current manager Maurizio Sarri is running out of backers after the 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Manchester City as the Blues dropped to sixth in the Premier League. There is growing support amongst the top brass for Zidane and talks have advanced this week [...] The post Chelsea chase Zidane to replace