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Traders at the Keta market in the Volta region have lamented the excessive cost of egg prices due to the lack of poultry farms in the area. This, they said, was affecting their businesses due to the inadequate availability of eggs in the area, compelling them to buy from other …

A raging fire has destroyed over 15 shops near Kasoa new market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality if the Central Region. According to reports, the Saturday afternoon fire burnt the shops and its contents running into millions of cedis into ashes. The affected shop owners include TV repairers, decorations, …

A new Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea variety developed by the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) is set to hit the Ghanaian market by the end of 2023. According to the developers, the new cowpea which is Ghana’s first ever GMO crop will increase the yields of farmers by nearly 300 …

There are reports of violent clashes between traders and landguards at Taifa Junction over an eviction exercise at the Muus Timber Market (Ofankor Timber Market). According to multiple reports, the altercation between the two groups came about when the original owner of the land, on which the traders use as …

Fire has razed down several shops at the CMB area at Kantamanto in Accra in the early hours of Sunday, September 17, 2023. According to a Citi News report, the fire which’s source is currently unknown has destroyed wares worth million of Ghana cedis. A video posted by the Ghana …

Hundreds of traders in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have threatened to vote against the governing New Patriotic Party NPP come 2024 general polls over stalled works on the second phase of the Kejetia-Central Market Redevelopment project. The €248-million Kumasi Central Market Redevelopment project which commenced in 2021, …

The multimillion cedi Kumasi Krofrom Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have been turned to public toilet by suspected “wee” smokers. The facility which was projected to house traders for business activities is currently a safe haven for criminals and smokers who use the area as a …

Market women at the Anum community market in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region have appealed to authorities and indigenes of the Anum community to come on board and pool resources towards the redevelopment of the facility to befit a proper marketing facility. Some of the market women who …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has stated that Ghana is not in a rush to go to the international capital market. Ghana has been shut out of the international capital market after its debt levels reached unsustainable levels. It had to embark on a debt restructuring programme for both domestic …

The traders who were affected by the Kumasi Kejetia Market fire outbreak have received a monetary donation from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the amount of GH100,000. The delegation, led by the party’s General Secretary, Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, visited the affected traders on March 20, 2023, and …