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Revealed: List of 58 1D1F businesses announced by Akufo-Addo

Graphic Online has secured a list of the 58 factories President Nana Akufo-Addo told the nation have been built under the government’s flagship programme,...

Entries opened for ‘Mcdan Entrepreneurship challenge season 2’

The McDan Entrepreneurship Challenge has, on Friday, announced the opening of entries for Season 2.The reality television show will see the ultimate winner...

Telcos hid GHC300 million in taxes prior to Kelni GVG – Minister

Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that between 2015 and first quarter of 2017, government lost GHC 300 million in VAT, Communications...

Why Akufo-Addo describes his deputy as ‘prophet’

President Akufo-Addo has hailed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia for predicting the collapse of eight banks while in opposition in 2016.The president sung his deputy's...

1D1F policy not a political gimmick – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government’s flagship programme for industrialisation, ‘One District-One Factory’ (1D1F) is not a political gimmick.Addressing the media at...

Akufo-Addo describes ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ in one word

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as "spectacular", the Planting for Food and Jobs programme following its introduction in April last year.Meeting the...

Silver Star Auto unveils new Mercedes-Benz 2020 models in a grand style

Silver Star Auto Ltd (SSAL), the Market leader in Premium Luxury cars in Ghana, has held a grand ceremony in Accra to introduce the latest Mercedes-Benz...

Economic figures reflect in the pockets of Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo claims

President Nana Akufo-Addo has claimed that the economic figures gathered about the growth of the economy are not just statistics or figures but a...

All State institutions to eat Ghana rice starting January 2020 – Prez Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says all State institutions, beginning January 2020, will patronise locally produced rice.“By January 1, 2020, all State institutions will...

GRIDCo staff suspend sit-down strike

Senior Staff of Association of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have suspended their sit-down strike with immediate effect, following a ‘plea’ from management of...

State Housing Company poised to provide affordable houses – MD

Managing Director of the State Housing Company (SHC) has reiterated the outfit’s commitment to provide Ghanaians with quality and affordable houses.According to Mr Kwabena...

Check this: Prize of most expensive State house

With as little as GH¢900,000.00, one can get a four-bedroom house at Adentan in Accra, Managing Director (MD) of the State Housing Company, Kwabena...

Video: Tailors, seamstresses share challenges

Dressmakers in the country have bemoaned the ‘little’ economic gains they derive from their profession.Sharing some challenges dressmakers go through on Y’asem Nie, the social...

Listen: GRIDCo begins sit-down strike

Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have from today, Wednesday, December 11, 2019, begun an indefinite sit-down strike.The sit-down strike is to seek for...

Revealed: This is how much ECG, VALCO, NEDCO owe GRIDCO

It has emerged that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and three other bulk buyers of power owe the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) amounts...

Audio: Current state of GRIDCo could cripple Ghana’s economy – Energy expert

An Energy Expert at the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has revealed how Ghana’s energy sector is likely to be crippled due to debts...

Springfield confirms 1.5 billion barrels of oil discovery offshore Ghana

Springfield Exploration and Production (SEP) Limited and its Partners, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and GNPC EXPLORCO, have officially announced significant...

Y’asem Nie: Shortage of tailors, seamstresses to hit Ghana

Some dressmakers and designers have predicted that it would be difficult for Ghana to boast of tailors and dressmakers in the near future.According to...

SIM box fraud: State loses GH¢3m monthly

The state is losing more than GH¢3 million a month to an illegal scheme that diverts international calls into local ones, according to the...

Gas powered Karpowership to save Ghana $480 million yearly

The conversion of the Karpowership from heavy fuel oil to natural gas for power generation is expected to save the country a monthly take-or-pay...

7 mining companies dragged to court for ‘mining illegally’

Seven mining companies, the Attorney General and Minerals Commission have been hauled to court over alleged illegalities.The plaintiff, David Addo has commissioned the actions in...

China says pork prices surged 110% in November

Pork prices in China surged in November, pushing the country’s consumer price inflation to its highest level in eight years, official government data showed on Tuesday.According...

Crane Currency of USA printed GH¢200, GH¢100 notes

It has emerged that Crane Currency, a currency and security printing company in the United States of America (USA), printed the newly introduced GH¢200...

Verna Mineral Water wins Best Water for 2019

Verna Mineral Water has been awarded the 'Best Mineral Water of the Year' at the 5th National Medical Excellence Awards.The awards held at the...

CBG Head of Corporate Communications bags doctorate degree

Anita Oppong, Head of Corporate Communications at the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), has bagged a doctorate degree in Business Administration from the Nobel International...

Overnight fuel hikes: COPEC raises alarm

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana (COPEC) are raising alarm over what they is almost a 1 percent increase in fuel at the pump since...

Karpowership: Akufo-Addo commissions use of natural gas for electricity generation [Photos+Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the use of gas as the primary fuel for power generation from Karpowership on December 7, 2019.According...

Sad photos of frustrated Tikowre Capital investors lying on the floor at Zoe Outreach Embassy surfaces

Photos have emerged of frustrated Zoe Outreach Embassy members pitching camp at the premises of their church to demand their locked up investments made...

Parliament summons ministers over off-taker agreements with waste managers

The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye, on Tuesday summoned the ministers for Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) and Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD)...

Ghana’s rice sector needs more support – Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with a presidential policy to improve the production and marketing of Ghana Rice...

All you need to know about 2019 National Best Farmer

The 35th edition of National Farmers' Day came to a happy end for Charles Gyamfi who emerged the nation’s 2019 best farmer.The 58-year-old farmer...

Charles Gyamfi tops all as 2019 National Best Farmer [Photos]

Charles Gyamfi, a cocoa farmer from the Tano North district in the Ahafo Region, has been adjudged 2019’s National Best Farmer for his achievements...

Help farmers embrace modern technologies – Rawlings urges govt

Former President Jerry Rawlings is urging the government to create opportunities for farmers to embrace new technologies to boost their yields.The former President in...

I eat local rice with my wife, follow my example – Akufo-Addo tells Ghanaians

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to patronise locally-grown rice during his speech at the 35th edition of the National Farmers’ Day....

Farmers’ Day: Dumelo shows off snail farm; reveals truth about farming

Actor and politician, John Dumelo, has opened up on how successful he has become ever since he decided to be a farmer.Taking to...

Mahama speaks on Farmers’ Day prizes

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged all governments to move from the period of honouring hardworking farmers with local equipment to equipping them...

Farmers’ Day: Akufo-Addo’s message to farmers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken to his social media pages to thank Ghanaians, especially farmers for their contribution towards agricultural development in...

GIADEC to own 30% shares of bauxite mining companies – CEO

Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Michael Ansah, has said that the corporation will have a 30 per cent...

GIADEC boss assures of safe mining in Atewa forest

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) is assuring only the best technology would be used to extract the minerals in...

Over 40 multinational companies bid to mine alumina in Ghana

Over 40 multinational companies have expressed interest in investing in the alumina and bauxite industry in Ghana.So far, the companies are being taken through...