BUSINESS

Contractors who are owed by the government in various sectors have taken their demand for payment a notch further by petitioning the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene, MyNewsGh.com reports. Consequently, a meeting has been scheduled on Wednesday, August 14 at the Manhyia Palace where the contractors would meet …

Professor Emmanuel Asante, the Chairman of National Peace Council, has urged Ghanaians to desist from engaging in politics that have the potential of causing harm to others and derailing the peace of the country. Rather, he called for political discourse with a focus on issue-based discussions and exchange of ideas …

Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has conducted a day’s intensive training programme on effective larval source management for its operatives executing the malaria control exercise in the various Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East Region. The training program which was organized by …

A big mouse, which certainly is stubborn, recently caused power cuts in some areas in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, it has been revealed. Power supply to affected areas suddenly got cut and attempts by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to detect the fault and repair it always …

Ghana will raise cocoa farmgate prices by 5.2% for the 2019/20 season, the first increase in four years, following strong sales of export contracts to chocolate makers and cocoa houses, industry sources have told Reuters. The farmgate price will rise to GH¢8,000 (US$1,523.81) per tonne for the season starting in …

COCOBOD is set to sign its annual cocoa loan syndication deal with some 20 French banks in September 2019. This was after it secured Parliament’s approval to borrow up to $1.5 billion to aid cocoa purchases for the 2019/2020 crop season. Details of the deal Joy Business understands that COCOBOD …

The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Sudan’s military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialled a constitutional declaration paving the …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has handed over almost all its operations back to the Power Distribution Services days after the government suspended the concession agreement with the latter. It is unclear the reasons for the sudden u-turn. ECG was recently put back in charge of power distribution in …

The Drunkards Association of Ghana is not happy about the packaging of alcohol in plastic materials. The Association is, thus, advocating for traditional method of packaging of alcoholic products. The group is worried about the increasing number of cancer cases recorded in the country due to consumption of food in …

Commercial sex workers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have bared their teeth at the Ashanti Regional Security Council over attempts to get rid of them from the streets. Their reaction is a response to Ashanti Regional Security Council embarking on an exercise to clamp down on prostitutes and their …