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GHACEM to train quality block makers

Ghana’s premier cement manufacturer, Ghacem, will from next week start training block-makers across the country to equip them with skills on the best grade...

Work-out like Play; Check-out Top 5 Accra Hotels with the Best Gyms

Up, Down: yes, come on, you can do...

Journalists schooled on CHEETAH project

Journalists in Accra and the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi has been trained on a smart device technology application to address challenges in transporting goods...

Coconut Grove very safe for business

Management of the Coconut Grove Regency hotel says it is still safe for business despite a fire outbreak that gutted a portion of the...

Public and private sector leaders must explore new investment paths – President Akufo-Addo

The World Bank Group and the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) on Wednesday launched a two-day forum, bringing together public and private sector...

Pioneer Food Cannery bemoans misconception about company

General Manger of Pioneer Food Cannery, Nicole John Elizabeth has stated that the company is worried about the misconception some Ghanaians attach to the...

World Bank to assist Accra to be resilient

The World Bank says it is committed to assisting the Government of Ghana in ensuring a resilient and thriving Accra.Mr Ivo Imparato, Programme Leader...

Growing Tourism in Ghana; What our entertainers must do

A nation overflowing with amazing talents in different fields of endeavour. Ghana! Our motherland. The black shining star of Africa and the world. Wherever...

Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire meet on cocoa production

The technical committee of the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Joint Co-operation on Cocoa as begun a two-day meeting in Accra to discuss how to enhance farm...

BoG to continue policy rate cut – Fitch report

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will continue its easing cycle, Ratings Agency, Fitch has stated in a report, adding the regulator will review downwards...

Local fuel prices to go up; IES projects

The second pricing window for May 2017 saw all Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) reviewing pricing at the pump downwards by an average of 1.39%...

Ghana lost USD 1 billion in revenue generation due to falling of world cocoa price

Board Chairman of the Ghana COCOBOD, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has revealed that Ghana has lost a total amount of USD$1 billion dollars in revenue generation...

Forbes 2017 Billionaires List: Meet richest people on the planet

It was a record year for the richest people on earth, as the number of billionaires jumped 13% to 2,043 from 1,810 last year,...

Fuel prices to go up

The price of fuel at the pumps is expected to experience an increase in the first fuel pricing window beginning June 1.This was revealed...

Ghana’s mortgage cost the highest in the world- Dr. Bawumia

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Buwumia has bemoaned the cost of mortgage houses in Ghana describing it as the highest mortgage to income ratio...

Safaricom planning to expand M-Pesa mobile money across Africa

Safaricom is planning to take its successful mobile money service M-Pesa across Africa after building a dominant home base in Kenya and presence in...

The Construction Bank to give relief to real estate sector

Although it will be the first bank to focus on financing to the construction and the real estate sector since the collapse of the...

Audio: Gov’t to issue $2.5 billion bond to retire energy sector debt

Government will soon issue a $2.5 billion bond to retire the legacy debt in the energy sector considered the biggest threat to the economy.The...

Ghana signs Agric industrialization deal with India

Thirteen African countries including Ghana have signed series of partnership agreements with India to enhance the supply of agricultural machinery, credit advancement to farmers...

COCOBOD failed farmers – World Bank report

A World Bank report says the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has failed in stabilising farm gate prices at levels that permit farmers to earn...

ECG seizes 800 fake metres in Kumasi

Eight hundred fake electricity metres have been seized by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Kumasi.According to the Ashanti Regional Public Affairs Director,...

Accra Mall Shoprite now deathtrap – Experts

The Shoprite supermarket at the Accra Mall has become an apparent deathtrap to hundreds of customers following the mounting of scaffolds for an ongoing...

Farmers cry out over fall army worm outbreak

Maize farmers in the Brong Ahafo Region are counting losses after fall army worms invaded their farms – laying waste to thousands of hectares...

Army worms attack: 18,200 hectares of maize farm destroyed

The devastation caused by fall armyworms has affected 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms as at Friday May 26, 2017.So far, nine regions have been...

Elmina gets $7.48m fish processing plant

A $7.48 million turnkey fish processing plant has been commissioned at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abram (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region to help reduce...

Audio: NPA impounds substandard fuel in Western region

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has confiscated 10,000 litres of diesel in its latest crackdown on vendors of poor quality fuel in the Western...

Fuel smuggling: Ghana lost $150m in 2 months

Ghana lost over $150 million to fuel smuggling in September and November 2016, the Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has said.Duncan...

Three Nigerian scammers jailed 235 years

A Nigerian astronaut has been trapped in space for the past 25 years and needs $3 million to get back to Earth, Can...

Gov’t supports regulatory body for contractors

The government has pledged its commitment to support the establishment of a regulatory body for the construction industry.The regulatory body, which would be known...

Factory prices drops to 4.8 %

Year-on-year inflation in ex-factory prices of goods and services was 4.8 percent for April 2017.This rate represents a 1.2 percentage points decrease in producer...

MANTRAC Management violate workers’ rights again

The long standing impasse between Mantrac Ghana workers and Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is back again with the Mantrac management being accused...

Tension mounts as Akosombo residents plan of second demo against VRA

Residents of Akosombo and its environs in the Eastern region are planning to hit the streets again to protest against Volta River Authority (VRA)...

ECG deal set for Sept, 2018

All things being equal, by the end of 2018, the distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will be fully handed over to...

GCIC admits 11 entrepreneurs into business incubator

The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) has admitted its first group of 11 entrepreneurs into its business incubator at the Ashesi University College.The 11...

Six companies shortlisted to bid for ECG concession

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted six applicant companies under the concession for the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the electricity distribution of...

Let’s tap sports for economic growth – CDH Boss

The Group Chief Executive of CDH Financial Holdings Limited, Emmanuel Adu-Sarkodee, says the time is due for Ghana to strategise and tap into the...

Fan Milk launches Fanmaxx

Fan Milk Ghana today launched FanMaxx, a new, creamy drinkable yoghurt, . Fan Milk Ghana is the first to produce this innovative yoghurt experience...

GSA kickback report embarrassing; Crentsil must confess- PRO

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority has described as "shameful and embarrassing," findings of an investigative committee claiming that the immediate...

Harnessing the power of technology to benefit African tourism businesses

With an internet penetration rate of approximately 27% in Africa, there is yet a lot to be achieved; but this is an opportunity for...