Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is to step up the promotion of Ghanaian Chocolates in a move to harness the untapped potential of the industry. GEPA has identified chocolates and the entire processed cocoa value chain as one of the priority products in the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS). Dr …
Read More »Ghana’s bullet train coming: Engineer Mensah
Acclaimed Ghanaian technologist and chemistry engineer, Dr Charles Owusu Mensah, has assured Ghanaians that the much-talked bullet trains are coming on board to boost the country’s economy. According to him, it will be a seamlessly integrated system that will help movement around the country. In his view, it is the …
Read More »No transport fare increases for now – GPRTU, GRTCC
An attempt by some driver unions to maliciously increase public transport fares without the consent of the main union, GPRTU, and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), who per the administrative arrangement, have the mandate to negotiate public transport fares on behalf of all driver unions, has hit a …
Read More »COVID-19, Russia-Ukraine war affecting Ghana’s economy – IMF delegation head
Carlo Sdralevich, leader of the IMF negotiation team in Ghana, has reaffirmed the government’s narrative that Ghana’s economic hardship is partly a result of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. Sdralevich, after meeting the various stakeholders in the country concluded that Ghana’s fiscal and debt situation has severely …
Read More »Euro and US Dollar reach parity for the first time in 20 years
The exchange rate between the Euro and United States Dollar has reached parity – meaning the two major currencies now have the same worth. The development would make it the first in 20 years for such an occurrence. On Tuesday, July 12, the euro hit $1, which represented a decline …
Read More »KOFA SET TO LAUNCH ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES IN GHANA
Indigenous Ghanaian energy technology company, Kofa, has announced the introduction of its high-end battery-powered motorcycles into the Ghanaian market. This follows a successful pilot program that tested the robustness and efficiency of the innovative motorcycles and batteries in Ghana. A series of courier and logistics companies, including Graphic Courier …
Read More »SHS student stabbed to death at Koforidua
A first year General Arts student of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School in Koforidua has been stabbed death. Roland Asare ,18, was stabbed during a fight between his Uncle and a co- tenant, Kwaku Kyere alias old Soldier in a house at Ogua area near Koforidua Jackson park on Monday …
Read More »Looming strike by Customs Division of GRA over promotional issues
Grapevine reports received indicate that both Senior and Junior Officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are threatening to embark on a nationwide sit-down strike. The impending industrial action is over promotional issues and other matters of grave concern which have not been given the needed …
Read More »‘None of Ghana’s previous 17 IMF bailouts restored anything, they all failed’ – US economist
Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University in the USA, Steve Hanke, has again questioned government’s decision to enter an economic support programme with the International Monetary Fund. Last week, President Akufo-Addo defended the decision by stating that a possible bailout from the Bretton Woods institution will in the short-run repair …
Read More »Director at ‘non-existent’ Keta Port keeps taking millions as salary
The Keta Port is non existing but the government has kept paying the director for ten months, the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed. The director, Dr Alexander Adusei who was appointed by Nana Addo has been receiving salaries worth millions of cedis for the fanthom port, …
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