A seven-member Birim North Local Management Committee to implement mining community development schemes under the Mineral Development Fund was on Wednesday inaugurated at New Abirem in the Eastern Region. A seed capital of GH1 million was presented to the committee to implement

Barclays Bank says agriculture will continue to be an important focus area as it changes its name to Absa in February 2020. The 2017 Best Bank in Agribusiness Finance in the Rice, Maize and Soya value chain currently provides financing that benefits agribusinesses and smallholder farmers.

The Afram Community Bank (ACB) recorded a profit of GH¢664,606.00 in 2018 as against GH¢691,014.00 in 2017, a decrease of 3.8 per cent. The drop is attributed to unstable economic challenges during the period under review. However, the bank grew its income from GH¢2,848,807 in 2017 to GH¢3,804,996, representing an increase of 33.5 per cent … The post ?Afram Community Bank’s

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), in collaboration with Transplant Links UK, has performed successful kidney transplant for four patients with kidney conditions in a major breakthrough in local medical practice.

The Chinese government has offered Ghana a grant of $42.62 million for the implementation of economic and technical projects. The presentation of the grant followed the visit of the First Premier of China, Madam Sun Chunlan to Ghana where she pledged

Procurement officers in various government institutions will from 2020 face prosecution, if they are found to have breached the procurement laws. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Frank Mante, said the

Security consultant, Captain Budu Koomson (Rtd), has revealed he had to undergo two years of psychological counseling in the wake of the June 4, 1979, Revolution.

Financial journalists in the country been urged to be intrusive and bring out irregularities in the financial sector. The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari who made the call in Accra yesterday at a two-day workshop on financial literacy for 30 financial

Residents of the soon to be operated Newmont Ahafo North mine have appealed to mining regulatory authorities to ensure that the operations of Newmont Gold Corporation Limited do not replicate what they termed “the mining curse” in that enclave. The Newmont Ahafo North gold mining project would cover about 4,000 hectares and expected to be … The post ?EPA

The One God One Day Africa (OGODA), a religious group, has launched an evangelism campaign to spread the gospel on the continent, in Accra on Tuesday. The programme, which would be funded by the group, and expected to take off in May 2020, will see to the collaboration

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's dam water levels have almost halved from already low levels as the worst drought in more than 100 years pushes the desert nation closer to famine.

Ghana U-23 assistant coach Michael Osei has appealed to the Ghana Football Association to give the local coaches without license 'A' time to acquire the certificate.A requirement in the Club Licensing Regulations states that only holders CAF License A or it's equivalent qualify to be head coaches of top-flight clubs in the upcoming season.But Osei has pleaded with the Club Licensing Board to give local coaches time to acquire the requisite certificate.The German-trained

Ghana’s international female act, Wiyaala, has been crowned the Artiste of the Year at the 2019 edition of the Ghana Arts and Culture Awards.

A station officer with the Achimota Mile 7 Police Station, Chief Inspector Anthony Kwesi Avalifo, was adjudged the best farmer at the maiden edition of the Okaikwei North Municipal Assembly Farmers’ Day celebration. For his

Police at Potsin in the Central Region say one person was injured in Thursday’s highway robbery attack on the  Winneba-Cape Coast road. Many others, however, escaped unhurt after the robbers attacked commuters on at Potsin Junction. In the attack, the passengers were robbed of their valuables after the armed men blocked sections of the road […] The post C/R: Highway

Management and staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Western Region have donated assorted sanitary items to the Kwesimintsim Municipal Hospital

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has tasked the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to prioritise sanitation especially at the new Kejetia market by encouraging segregation of waste to make recycling much easier. She charged the assembly

The National Youth Authority (NYA) has organised a pitching camp in Koforidua for about 23 youth to enable them share their innovative ideas for national development. The pitching camp was in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in

Five envoys have urged Ghana to rigorously enforce its anti-corruption laws saying it is the most effective remedy to curtail the costly consequence of the canker and give true meaning to the fight against it.        

Stop harassing and intimidating census field officials assigned to collect data for next year’s population and data census, Greater Accra Regional Statistician, Christian Assem, has appealed to Ghanaians. According to him,