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Ghana achieves historic over 1.1m metric tonnes of cocoa beans

Ghana recorded more than 1.1 million metric tonnes of cocoa beans production in the 2020/21 crop season.This is about 45% increase over the 2019/2020...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions $2.1m rubber processing plant

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, September 3, 2021 commissioned the Narubiz Rubber Factory, a company operating under government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Wassa Dompim, in...

GIADEC’s new Governing Board inaugurated

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Thursday, September 2, 2021, inaugurated the new Governing Board of GIADEC.The Minister charged the...

Ghana is in crisis – Kwabena Duffuor

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Kwabena Duffuor, says the country is in crisis.According to the owner of defunct uniBank, the...

MTN Ghana boosts Girls In ICT Initiative with GH¢10m

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana, has supported the government's effort to raise awareness on empowering and encouraging girls to consider studies and careers in ICTs.It...

103-year-old cocoa farmer first to enrol on the Cocoa Farmer Pension Scheme

A 103-year-old cocoa farmer, Opanyin Kwabena Nkrumah, is one of the first people to enrol on the Cocoa Farmer Pension Scheme, which is presently...

Agric Minister gives reasons for maize shortage

Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says maize production in the country dipped in 2020 to a drought spell.Drought spells are periods...

Fire guts portions of Agbogbloshie Yam Market

Fire on Thursday night gutted scores of wooden structures at the Konkomba Yam Market at Agbogbloshie, in the Greater Accra Region.The fire, which reportedly...

JoyNews launches Habitat Fair 2021 [Video+Photos]

The JoyNews Habitat Fair 2021 has been launched at Ecobank Ghana’s head office in Accra.The event, headlined by Ecobank Ghana PLC, was under the...

Agenda 111: Institute of Architects takes govt on

The Ghana Institute of Architects says government did not follow laid down procedures to award a design contract recently.The company was awarded the contract...

Check out cedi’s position on African currencies ‘league table’

Out of 15 top currencies on the African continent tracked by Joy Business, the Ghana cedi is presently placed 7th in terms of league...

Cedi under Akufo-Addo has recorded the lowest depreciation since 1992 – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has touted the government’s achievement in managing the cedi against foreign currencies.According to him, despite the ravaging effects of...

Bank fraud cases hit ¢1bn in 2020 – BoG

The total value of reported fraud cases in the banking industry witnessed substantial increase last year to hit ¢1.0 billion, data from the Bank...

Media must help to convince 33,000 professionals to pay taxes – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is courting the support of the Ghanaian media to convince some 33,000 professionals to meet their tax...

Cocoa farmers’ pension scheme starts in days

The pilot registration for the enrolment of about 1.5 million cocoa farmers unto the national pension scheme is set to start next week Monday,...

$1bn IMF support arrives

Ghana will today receive $1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as free unconditional money to be spent to support the economic recovery...

Removal of 50% benchmark value will be suicidal – GUTA

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng, has reiterated that any intention by the government to scrap the...

Mobile money fraudsters in trouble

Mobile Money fraudsters will now have their numbers and device blocked across all networks.This is a collective decision taken by the network operators to...

WTO boss welcomes bias ruling over ‘grandmother’ jibe

The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline...

CETSED engages stakeholders in transport industry on shipping lines charges

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) has held the inaugural edition of the CETSED live.The forum brought together stakeholders in the trade, shipping...

Jumia partners Solar Taxi to provide eco-friendly, affordable deliveries

Africa’s leading e-Commerce platform, Jumia has partnered with modern eco-friendly mobility facilities company Solartaxi to provide affordable and eco-friendly delivery of online orders to...

Tension at Ghana Bauxite Company as strategic investor pulls out

Tension and anxiety are brewing at the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) Limited at Awaso in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District in the Western North Region following...

Let’s join hands to protect the maritime domain – Transport Minister

The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has called for a stronger collaborative efforts to deal with the high emerging risk associated with the...

Ghana Airports Company rolls out six-month roadmap to settle staff arrears

The Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has outlined a six-month roadmap aimed at addressing all statutory and welfare deductions of staff...

Glo sponsors live broadcast of 2021/22 EPL season

Telecommunications service provider, Globacom, which has been at the forefront of football support, has again renewed its sponsorship of live broadcast of the 2021/22...

GIHOC donates to Ga Mantse ahead of Homowo Festival

The nation’s premier distillery company, the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC), led by its management, has made some donations to the Ga Mantse and...

SSNIT reacts to Auditor-General’s report

Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has reacted to a portion of Auditor-General's report on the Public Accounts of Ghana.It...

‘Three months grace period’ for tenants to vacate rented place is not in our laws – Rent Control PRO

There has been some form of confusion as to whether or not a landlord should grant a tenant grace period to vacate a premise...

GRIDCo gets new boss

The Board of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has confirmed Ing. Ebenezer Essienyi, as the new Chief Executive of the company.This follows the...

MTN MoMo boss calls for stronger collaboration to enhance financial digitisation

Stakeholders in the telecom industry have been charged to ensure a tighter collaboration to enhance Ghana’s digitisation agenda.This move, according to Chief Executive Officer...

Lebanese arrested for operating illegal insurance firm

The National Insurance Commission (NIC), in a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service, has arrested a Lebanese, Gabriel Medawar, for operating an unlicensed...

SSNIT loses $11.79m from liquidations of three investments – Auditor-General’s Report

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) registered a total loss of $11.79 million from the liquidations of three of its investments with...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions $16m tomato processing factory at Domfete

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday commissioned the $16 million Weddi Africa Tomato Processing Factory, a company operating under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Domfete, in...

Accra houses Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Headquarters

The governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast have signed the Headquarters Agreement for the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat in Accra.This feat will see...

MTN launches 2021 MoMo Month

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has launched the 2021 Mobile Money Month with a charge on Ghanaians to utilise digital payments platforms.The MoMo Month which...

Govt releases over GH¢260 million to fertiliser companies

The government, through the Ministry of Finance, has announced a release of over GH¢260 million for the payment of arrears owed fertiliser companies from...

Ghana’s debt: Check out how much each citizen owes

Ghana’s current public debt stock of GHȼ334 billion means each citizen owes GHȼ11,133.That is, if the provisional public debt stock was evenly distributed among...

Court dismisses Empire Builders case against Top Kings over Borteyman lands

The High Court at Adentan, presided over by Justice Fred Kwasi Awuah, has dismissed yet another writ filed by Empire Builders Limited, which sought...

WR Minister calls for Autonomy for Port of Takoradi

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has called for the independence of the Port of Takoradi to enable it fix its rates and...

Int’l price increase, lack of raw materials collapsing cement industry – COCMAG

Ghana continues to grapple with increase in cement prices which, according to local cement manufacturers, is as a result of a continuous hike in...