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GPHA closes down unauthorised jetty

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has stopped works on a jetty and storage facility under construction in Tema to receive liquefied petroleum...

Ghana is ready for ‘big things’ – Bawumia tells China Exim Bank

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged the investor community to take advantage of Ghana’s competitive advantages, especially within the West Africa Sub-region, to make...

Audio: Cocoa prices not changed – Hackman Owusu Agyemang

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has debunked rumors about cocoa pricing for the next season. The National Democratic Congress...

Ghana is ready for big things – Bawumia to China Exim Bank

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the investor community to take advantage of Ghana’s competitive advantages, especially within the West Africa sub-region,...

US$3bn lost in export proceeds annually – BoG

Ghana loses more than US$3 billion annually from export proceeds, a third of the nation's export value, due to exporters flouting foreign account regulations,...

Reprieve as US spares Kenya Agoa ejection

Kenya no longer faces loss of duty-free access to the United States under Agoa trade benefits in relation to East Africa ban of used...

Hospitality Report for Ghana launched

Jumia Travel, Africa’s leading online hotel booking website has outdoored it’s Hospitality Report for Ghana at an event in Accra. "Being Africa’s leading online travel...

Minority castigates Akufo-Addo gov”t over excuse not to increase cocoa price

The Minority in parliament has described as unacceptable government’s decision not to increase the producer price of cocoa for the 2017 crop season. The Ranking...

Minority lied – Cocobod reacts

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has refuted allegations by the Minority in parliament that it is treating farmers unfairly. “We would like to appeal to...

Rlg CEO Agambire declared wanted

The Group Chairman of Rlg Communications, Roland Agambire, has been declared wanted by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the national tax regulatory agency for...

Telecom Giant MTN to continue delivering revolution to Ghanaians

Telecom giant MTN says their vision for the group is to lead the delivery of a new digital world by delivering a new digital...

Ghana fails in top 10 innovation prize list

A total of ten young African innovators, have been shortlisted by the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) to be awarded at a ceremony next month...

PIAC findings misleading – Ghana Gas

The Ghana National Gas Company has denied reports it has misappropriated some 47 million dollars revenue from gas sales. This is in response to a...

Jubilee Field shutdown cost production by 40%

Last years shutdown of the Jubilee Field reduced the countrys oil and gas production by 40%, a report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee...

Stop destroying cocoa farms for gold – COCOBOD warns

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has raised alarm over the destruction caused by activities of illegal...

Gov’t suspends mandatory ‘tow tax’

The government has suspended implementation of the controversial Road Safety Fee until further notice in response to public concerns. Deputy Roads and Highways Minister, Titus...

Jaguar Land Rover to create 5,000 jobs

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is to hire 5,000 staff to enhance its expertise in autonomous and electric technology. The firm said it would hire 1,000...

GNPC appoints board secretary

Ms Matilda Ohene has been appointed as Secretary to the Eighth Board of Directors of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Ms Ohene’s appointment took...

TEN gas wastes away whilst $952m required for fuel this year

Gas from the Tweneboah, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field is being flared due to pipeline infrastructure delays that characterised the evacuation of gas from...

Ghana’s first locally bred rice on pilot in Volta Region

The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is test-planting Ghana's first locally bred rice varieties at Dzamlome...

CRI releases first rice varieties bred in Ghana

The Crop Research Institute (CRI) has released three locally bred rice varieties, the first in Ghana, to farmers at the Kadjebi in the Volta...

Crude oil production declined in 2016

Crude Oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that Ghana’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme...

Farmers can now register trees on their farms

A Tree Tenure Policy would soon roll-out to provide farmers the legal right to claim ownership of commercial trees planted on their farms and...

Importers threaten to increase prices of goods

Importers have threatened to increase prices of goods if government implements a proposed 0.02 percent import tax. Samson Awingobit Asaki, Executive Secretary of the Importers...

Crude Oil production declined in 2016

Crude Oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that Ghana’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme...

Government owes NITA GHC8 million

The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) currently owe it GH?8 million for internet services provided. NITA, therefore, has embarked...

Spare parts dealers jubilate over scrapping of import duties

Spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai and Suame Magazine have expressed joy at parliament’s passage of the Customs Amendment Bill that effectively scraps import...

Ghana wins rights to host 2012 FIG Working Week

Ghana’s capital, Accra will host the 2021 edition of the Working Week of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) after beating the city of...

Inflation rate falls to 12.6 percent in May

The annual inflation rate fell to 12.6 percent in May from the 13.0 percent recorded in April, due to general decline in prices for...

Importers threaten to increase prices

Importers have warned that they will increase the prices of goods in the coming months should government fail to halt the proposed 0.02 percent...

Boakye Agyarko assures industry of cheap power

The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has assured the business community that government is working hard to implement reforms in the power sector in...

Inflation to increase to 13.3% in May 2017

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days. The year-on year...

Nigeria bank divide widens as small lenders face cash crunch

The divide between the haves and the have-nots among Nigerian banks is widening. The country’s biggest lender is so flush with cash it plans to...

COCOBOD’s GHC10bn debt worsens over weak cocoa prices

Ghana has lost GH¢1 billion to falling cocoa prices in the last four months of the year, worsening the plight of the Ghana Cocoa...

Inflation to increase to 13.3% in May 2017

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days. The year-on year...

Cocoa farmers schooled on ‘Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease’

Suhum Municipal Best Farmer for two successive years, has called on traditional authorities to assist in educating cocoa farmers on the need to replant...

Government courts accountants

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has said it is time for the nation at 60 years to start doing things in...

Japan Motors collaborate with Stanbic Bank to make vehicle purchase easy

Ghana’s automobile Industry has been boosted with the...

Ghana Cocoa Board debt reaches $2.2bn as prices slump

Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production target in the previous season...

Energy Bank boss urges women CEOs to mentor females

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Energy Bank Ghana, Christiana Olaoye, has urged women executives to mentor and inspire young females to...