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CTO boss lauds team Ghana at ITU World on Ghana Day

Secretary-General of the Common Telecommunications Union (CTO), Shola Taylor said he is highly impressed with the collaboration between the public and private sector organization...

Reduction in electricity tariff will take effect in 2018 – Boakye Agyarko

Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has assured Ghanaians they will witness a reduction in their electricity tariffs in 2018.He told journalists at a news conference...

Unannounced Fuel increment: No cause for alarm – Dept Energy Minister

Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has said that government has little control over the rising prices of fuel in the country.According...

Subah holds novelty Happy Hour at ITU World, sponsors ITU App

Ghanaian-owned revenue monitoring and anti-fraud management solutions company,...

MobileContent pitch CARE 247 at ITU Telecom World

Ghana’s leading mobile value added service (VAS) provider, MobileContent.com is generating investor interest with their CARE 247 digital health service solution at the ongoing...

DKM customers to receive GHC352 million

The ongoing liquidation process of DKM Microfinance has established that 87,000 customers of the defunct company are entitled to receive GH¢352 million.This was after...

Rigworld sets up $8.5m training centre

Rigworld International Services, a Ghanaian-owned offshore oil and gas services company, has blazed the trail again by establishing an $8.5 million ultramodern, internationally accredited...

NCA Type Approval Policy generates interest at ITU Telecom World

The Type Approval Program of the National Communication Authority (NCA) is generating some interest among foreign entities attending this year’s ITU Telecom World Conference...

Boost For One District One Factory In Volta Region

The Central Tongu District of the Volta Region has secured 40,000 acres of litigation free land for government’s ‘one district one factory’ policy and...

Ghanaians must be properly educated on GMOs – Minister urges Biosafety Authority

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has urged the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Board to educate the public on biotechnology and biosafety...

Climate change depleting Ghana’s fish stock – Study

A study by the University of Cape Coast’s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences has revealed Ghana’s fish stock will continue to see a...

3.9 billion lack access to ICT, ITU wants change

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017 conference opened today with an urgent call on governments as well as local and global ICT...

$50m dairy, beef factory to be established in Sekyere East District

The Sekyere East District Assembly, in the Ashanti Region, has secured a partnership agreement with N-D Eco Limited, a private entity, to set up...

3.9 billion lack access to ICT, must be connected – ITU

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017 conference opened today with an urgent call on governments as well as local and global ICT...

Tigo-Airtel merger gets conditional approval from NCA

Adom News can confirm that National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted conditional approval for the merger between Tigo Ghana and Airtel Ghana.This was contained...

Cassava – Lessons from Thailand

Thailand is the world’s largest exporter of cassava, accounting for 80% of global trade in 2010.Earnings from exports of cassava products were nearly $2.8...

Road Fund ‘hijacked’ by UBA over Ghc1.5bn loan – Karbo

The Deputy Minister of Roads and Transport, Anthony Karbo, has revealed that the previous administration secured over GHC 1.5 billion loan from UBA to...

MBC Africa holds its maiden start-up investor conference

Mobile Business Clinic (MBC) Africa, in collaboration with...

Cocobod signs $1.3b loan for 2017/18 cocoa purchases

Ghana Cocoa Board signed a $1.3 billion loan with international banks on Wednesday to fund purchases for the 2017/18 season, due to open in...

Ghana set to attract investors at ITU World Telecom 2017

The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is leading a strategically selected delegation of local ICT players to this year's ITU Telecom World Conference to showcase...

Trump congratulates African leaders for making his friends rich

President Donald Trump on Wednesday was met with silence when he congratulated the leaders of African countries on the continent's economic progress, telling them,...

GHL Bank appoints Mr. Albert Essien as board chairman.

After a decade of excelling as the leading mortgage specialist in Ghana, Ghana Home Loans is now GHL Bank.To achieve its mission to be...

Vodafone Ghana sues GRA over GH¢160m transfer pricing assessment

Vodafone Ghana has filed a motion at the High Court of Justice, Commercial Division in Accra, against the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) disputing tax...

Ghana can produce 30 million metric tons of cassava

Ghana’s cassava production level could hit 30 million metric tons a year through the adoption of best farming practices by farmers, Professor Joe Manu...

Inflation projected to increase in September

Inflation peaked after four months of consistent decline to 12.3 per cent in August, representing a 0.40 percentage point rise from previous month readings...

Dollar now legal tender in Ghana?

For many years now, some goods sold and services rendered in the country are priced in United States dollars and not the local currency,...

AMERI deal sinks VRA in $11.5m debt per month

The controversial AMERI Power deal is costing the country a whopping $11.5 million a month, workers of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have said.As...

Textile industry needs attention to boost local manufacturing

The Finance and Administrative Manager of Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL), Justice Boateng, has come out to say that the annual consumption of textiles in...

Ghana Home Loans launches 10th anniversary Housing Fair

Ghana Home Loans has officially launched its 20th edition Housing Fair at the forecourt of its head office, Airport Residential Area, Accra.The fair is...

Tigo, Airtel merger – more jump ship as deal delays

As the Tigo-Airtel merger in Ghana is being held up for technical and possible shareholder reasons, some more people are jumping ship before they...

Fitch lauds Ghana’s macroeconomic stability

Credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has affirmed Ghana at ‘B’ with a stable outlook, citing medium-term growth potential and improving macroeconomic stability.It noted that...

New BOST Board mandated to stabilize fuel prices

The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has tasked the new Board of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) to intensify efforts to...

GTA closes down thirty lodging and catering facilities

The Tema Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has closed down thirty illegal lodging and catering facilities in and around Tema in...

NIB denies GCB Bank takeover claims

The National Investment Bank (NIB) has denied reports that it would soon be taken over by the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB Bank).According to the...

Banks need strong corporate governance to survive – Governor

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, has called on banks to institute strong corporate governance structures in order to overcome...

Rigworld donates GHC50,000 to Axim Govt Hospital

Rigworld Training Centre has donated GHC50,000 cedis towards the renovation of the surgical ward of Axim Government Hospital in the Western Region.Human Resource Manager...

Inflation hits 12.3%

Acting Government Statistician, Baah Wadieh, has announced that inflation rate has increased from July’s 11.9 per cent to 12.3 per cent for August.Addressing a...

Telcos to use 2G spectrum to deploy 3G technology

The National Communication Authority has authorized all telcos in the country to use their 900MHz 2G spectrum to deploy 3G technology particularly in the...

Veep launches training programme for NCA NSS personnel

A two-month intensive training programme has been launched for one hundred and seventy (170) National Service Personnel attached to the National Communications Authority (NCA)...

Port revenue shoots up by 56%, Bawumia reveals

Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has disclosed that revenue at the Port increased from GH¢130 million in the first week of September 2016, to...