BUSINESS

Women in agriculture in the Bono East Region have called for the use of scale and standardised measurement of farm produce at all markets in the country to make farming very attractive and profitable business. The use of weight and measurements, according to the farmers, would bring about equal pricing …

The Electricity Company of Ghana is working towards establishing a Utility Telco Business by the end of the year, Managing Director of the ECG, Engineer Samuel Boakye-Appiah has revealed. The business is currently in its pilot phase. Delivering his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Institute of …

Government has directed the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) to purchase all fertilizers necessary for the growing of cocoa and other crops from local sources, beginning next year. The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who disclosed the directive on Wednesday 25th September, 2019, said such an order had …

Football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, took to his Instagram to make a post shading FIFA Best Awards after they awarded the 2019 FIFA Best Men’s award to Lionel Messi. Ronaldo, who was absent from the award showpiece event, immediately posted a photo of himself operating his i-pad while at home, suggesting …

Liverpool retained their five-point lead at the top of the table as they became the first team to win their opening six Premier League games in successive seasons with a fiercely-fought victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Jurgen Klopp’s title pace-setters looked on course to win in comfort as Trent …

The Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has secured two separate mining concessions in Akrofrom district of Ashanti Region to be used for the Community Mining Programme to replace the destructive illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’. Over three thousand (3,000) illegal …

Government has placed a temporary freeze on payments to independent power producers as it bids to renegotiate power purchasing agreements signed with the previous administration. A statement by the Finance Ministry on 20th September 2019, announced this development further reiterating the establishment of a steering committee under the Energy Sector …

The newly-appointed board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Prof Stephen Adei and also the newly-appointed board member of the GRA, Mr. Eugene Asante Ofosuhene, are both men of unquestioned integrity, hence fit for their new roles, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, has said. During their swearing-in ceremony …

Newmont Goldcorp Ghana’s Ahafo Mill Expansion project on Friday, September 20, 2019, announced that it has successfully processed its first ore and is on track to achieve commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2019. “We are humbled by this milestone and continue to honour the memory of our six …

Dry weather and protracted conflicts have been identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the main cause of food insecurity in some 41 countries across the world. The FAO in a report released on Thursday 19TH September, 2019 said some 41 countries continue to be in need of …