The Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Hanna Tetteh has urged stakeholders attending a forum on Ghana's Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) to consider details of all aspects of the agreement to give …
The HFC Bank last Thursday donated GH¢20,535 to the College of Art and Social Sciences (CASS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST} towards the publication of the maiden edition of the college's journal and a co…
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashitey, has called on the Chief Executive and Assembly Members of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to urgently review the Tema International Trade Exposition Centre (TEXPO) contract.
Ni…
The Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr Kwabena Donkor on Tuesday reaffirmed government's commitment to ensure transparency and good governance in the management of the country's oil find.
Speaking at the launch of Oil and Gas Sector Resea…
Standard Chartered Bank will focus on enhancing liquidity, injecting new capital, managing risk and controlling cost to enable it to take advantage of opportunities to increase market share and grow the business in its chosen segments, its…
A Development Planner on Tuesday appealed to the government to task the National Development Planning Commission to develop policy that would serve as a blueprint for the development of resource endowed communities.
Mr Nyaaba…
A Development Planner on Tuesday appealed to the government to task the National Development Planning Commission to develop policy that would serve as a blueprint for the development of resource endowed communities.
Mr Nyaaba…
Mr Godfred Offei, Chairman of Ghana Haulage Transport Drivers Union (GHTDU) has appealed to government and stakeholders in the transport industry to provide more warehouses to ease the congestion at Takoradi Port.
He said "Inadequat…
Mr Tweneboah Donkor, Goaso District Manager of the Forestry Service Division has expressed concern over the felling of young trees by chainsaw operators in the Asutifi District and has called for a halt to the practice.
He appealed …
The current world economic crisis has already driven more than 50 million people into extreme poverty, particularly women and children, a communiqué issued by the World Bank has said.
The communiqué was issued in Washington at the en…
The Government would soon set up a five-member committee to review some aspects of the agreement that led to the sale of majority of government shares in Ghana Telecom to Vodafone International.
The Committee to be headed by a reti…
The management of Total Filling station at Dormaa-Ahenkro in Brong Ahafo has organised a raffle to reward loyal customers and enhance patronage for its products.
The ultimate prize, a Tata Indica Saloon car valued at GH¢11,000 was w…
Government will collaborate with training institutions and industry as part of a broad strategy to offer skills that meet the requirement of the job market, Mr. Stephen Amoanor Kwao, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, said on Monda…
The world is now much better prepared to deal with a possible pandemic than five years ago, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Sunday.
"The past five years have put us in the best possible position to handle …
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry has reiterated the NDC government's commitment towards the economic transformation of the country, especially rural settlements to address poverty.
She said, "If government talks abo…
As financial
ministers and central bank governors from around the world
gathered in Washington this weekend for two days of discussions
on how to revive the slumping global economy, an issue was
brought up again - - the re…
The gas pipeline Nabucco is
important for Europe but not the only solution to the problem of
energy security to the European Union and any pipeline in itself is
not a panacea, the U.S. special envoy on energy issues in Eurasia,…
China is of great
help to African countries in their efforts to deal with the current
global financial crisis and the worst world economic downturn since
the Great Depression in the 1930s, Zambian Minister of Finance
Situmb…
India Sunday called for the
implementation of a three-point action plan, including a
substantial rise in lending by the World Bank, as outlined by
leaders of G-20 nations at its London Summit early this month
to fight the global recess…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, launched a 62-million dollar Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP), in Tamale on Friday.
He called on implementers of the programme to help farmers to rear livestock and keep guinea fowl in the Up…
The management of Honda Place Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Stallion Motors Ghana Limited has introduced Honda City 2009 model saloon car on the Ghanaian auto market.
The car has extra active and passive standard features, including…
Government has been urged to support individuals and organizations in the country to use cocoa husks to produce in commercial quantities potash salt.
This is because potassium carbonate produced from the husks of cocoa has large eco…
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation was on Thursday officially signed on to
the principles of the Ghana Business Code.
The Ghana Business Code is a set of principles
that encourage organizations to respect human rights at workplac…
The management of Honda Place Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Stallion Motors Ghana Limited has introduced Honda City 2009 model saloon car on the Ghanaian auto market.
The car has extra active and passive standard features, including…
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation was on Thursday officially signed on to
the principles of the Ghana Business Code.
The Ghana Business Code is a set of principles
that encourage organizations to respect human rights at workpla…
The Greater Accra and Eastern Regional Zone Seed Co-ordinator, Mrs Lydia Kwesitsu, on Thursday, advised certified seed maize producers within the zone to reject any foundation maize seed sold to them without the white seed certification ta…
All textile imports are to be re-routed through one port, as was done previously, as the Ministry of Trade and Industry and stakeholders take measures to close the door to imported cheap textiles that are having a detrimental effect on the…
Bauxite is locked up at Awaso because of the deplorable state of the Western Railway line, Mr. Prince Ankrah, General Secretary of the Ghana Mines Workers' Union told the GNA in an interview.
He said because of the poor nature of the …
Dr. Nicholas Westcott, British Ambassador to Ghana, on Tuesday, said British investors in Ghana spent over one billion dollars last year alone, the largest by any country and even a record for the United Kingdom.
"We even look forwar…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has urged the 850 delegates attending the World Telecom Policy Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, to make affordable access to information…
Ghana's struggle to attain energy sufficiency has been given a big boost following the completion of the first phase of an estimated 600 million-dollar plant being implemented by a joint Ghana-Sino consortium, the Sunon Asogli Power projec…
The GSE All-share index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Accra bourse, fell for the second consecutive trading session this week as bearish sentiments continued to dominate the market.
The index closed down by 5.37 points…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday reiterated Government's confidence in the investor community to assist Ghana's development efforts with an assurance that Government would create the conducive environment for investment developm…
The Brazilian social security system registered revenue of 14.2 billion reais (6.3 billion U.S. dollars) in March, up 7.7 percent from February and 10.6 percent from the same period last year, Brazil's Social Security Secretariat said on M…
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, is leading a six-man delegation to attend the World Bank (WB) and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC.
A statement from the ministry said on Tuesday that the delegation …
All commercial imports into Ghana through the Port of Lome, Togo, shall enter Ghana through the Aflao border post only with effect from Wednesday, April 22.
Consequently, no Customs, Excise and Preventive Service frontier other than …
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (MFEP) on Tuesday gave the assurance that government was taking concrete steps to make available funding for payment of all arrears owed to contractors in the construction ind…
Shareholders of UT Financial Services on Tuesday approved a resolution that will enable the company to purchase its own shares in order to protect the value and shield investors from losses.
The share buy back scheme will enable the c…
Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Energy, on Tuesday said the government's energy generation programme was on course to delivering 5,000 mega watts in the medium term as promised in the NDC manifesto.
"In terms of energy generation we …
Emerging Asia's capital markets are starting to stabilize and the region's relatively resilient economies will help them recover as the global crisis ebbs and investor appetite returns, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.
…
The bilateral trade between Vietnam and Belarus reached 5.8 million U.S. dollars in the first two months this year, a decrease of 50 percent over the same period last year, said the information center of Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and …
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key short-term rates by 25 basis points each on Tuesday to infuse more liquidity into the system and stimulate lending growth.
The repo rate, at which the Reserve Bank of India infuses cash …
South Korea's trade surplus topped 2.38 billion U.S. dollars in the first 20 days of April with fall in imports exceeding export drops, the nation's customs officials said Tuesday.
Exports stepped down 16.5 percent on-year to 19.92…
Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) had revised down its targeted value of investments expected to apply for investment promotion privileges and planned to conduct a road show abroad to attract foreign investors to Thailand.
The B…
Japan will issue 10.82 trillion yen (100 billion dollars) in additional government bonds this fiscal year to finance a supplementary budget designed to carry out its record stimulus package, Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said on Tuesday.
…
About 236.82 trillion Vietnamese dong (13.38 billion U.S. dollars) has been injected into the Vietnamese economy at the government subsidized loan program of 4 percent, according to a report of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on Tuesday.
…
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens said on Tuesday the Australian economy is already in recession.
"Whether or not the next gross domestic product (GDP) statistic, due in early June, shows another decline, I thi…
Despite signs of a recovery in the country's economy, Brazil cannot fall in the trap of excessive optimism, Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said.
"There is a wave of optimism in the market, but the exaggerated …
The Portuguese government will make the decision on whether to set up embassies in Southeast Asia and the Gulf region by the end of 2009, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado announced on Monday.
Upon finishing his tour to Russia…
The latest earnings reports of several large U.S. banking groups lend evidence to a recovery in the global financial industry, said a senior official of U.S. banking giant JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Fang Fang, JPMorgan's China managing …