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Journalists have been urged to intensify reportage on issues affecting the cocoa sector, Ghana’s largest foreign exchange earner, to ensure prompt action by stakeholders. Mr Joseph Opoku Gakpo, the Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA), said cocoa was a major contributor to Ghana’s …

Environmentally-friendly refrigerators and ACs will soon become widely accessible in Ghana through the Green On-wage (GO) financial mechanism under the ECOFRIDGES program with CalBank PLC.   The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is a joint program by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and …

CalBank PLC has hosted a maiden webinar for clients in line with efforts to provide sustainable solutions for the growth of business in the digital ecosystem. The first in the series of webinars was targeted at Small and Medium Scale Enterprises on how they can create value using digital channels.  …

The “No Payment, No entry” policy for inbound airline passengers, which was deferred last week at the instance of international airlines operating in the country, comes into effect on September 21. By this new policy, incoming airline passengers must pay online for the mandatory COVID-19 test upon arrival at Kotoka …

Edmund Nyamekye, the District Commander for Offinso Divisional Motor Transport Traffic Department (MTTD), has disclosed that the driver of the mini-bus transporting the young footballers who were involved in the bus accident that claimed the lives of eight players will be charged for overloading. According to the Edmund Nyamekye investigations …

Liverpool delivered a powerful statement of intent about their desire to retain the Premier League title with a comfortable dismissal of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on another nightmare day for keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. Jurgen Klopp’s champions were already in complete control even before Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen was correctly shown …

Ghana might be the largest producer of gold in Africa, but as available information shows, the country very likely is not getting its fair share of money from gold exports. The activities of the Dubai-based gold trader and refiner, Kaloti Jewellery Group was being looked into by US investigators – …

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr.Sagre Bambage, has handed over 300 hectors of farm land for the development of a valley for rice production at Kojope, a suburb of Busunu, in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The field is to developed by the Ministry of …

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has acclaimed Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey as it’s the presidential candidate for the 2020 presidential election. The ceremony which also saw the swearing-in, national executives, and the launch of the manifesto of the party, was organized in Accra today, Saturday, September 19, 2020. The …

Following the announcement earlier this week that Ghana’s economy contracted by 3.2 percent during the second quarter of 2020, senior officials of both the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana have been quick to assure that this is just a temporary blip and that economic growth is expected …