Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday urged Ghanaians not to accept any rhetoric solutions to the challenges of the Ghanaian economy.
He underlined discipline, hardwork and sacrifice, and an equitable distribution of na…
President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod on Monday for the construction of the Tumu-Han-Wa 161 kV electricity Transmission Line which is expected to improve reliable supply of electricity to Northern Ghana.
The project when completed wou…
Accountants and financial officers of some decentralised organisations were on Monday sensitised on the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).
GIFMIS is a new system financial system aimed at facing out the old…
The Kwahu West Municipal Director of Agriculture, Ms. Emelia Nortey, has advised farmers to add value to their produce to enable them market them locally and abroad.
She noted that before market bargaining power could be achieved there wa…
Mr Abuga Pele, Executive Director of Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), has commended the Goodwill International Group (GIG) for successfully training the youth in oil and gas.
He said "I must commend …
Twenty- two distinguished farmers in the Eastern Region were honoured at this year's Farmers' Day celebration held on Friday at Ojarde near Asamankese.
Fifty-six year old, Nana Yaw Amakye, won the regional best farmers award.
He has cult…
Stanbic Bank has launched a funeral insurance product to provide individuals and families the financial support to lessen the cost burden during funerals.
Dubbed: "Stanbic FuneralPlan", the product is underwritten by Metropolitan Life Gha…
The Bank of Ghana on Monday presented Final Licenses to 90 Microfinance Institutions at a short ceremony in Accra, the first time in the country’s financial landscape that such an event had taken place.
The Bank of Ghana took over the r…
A member of the Minerals Commission Board, Mr Awuah Nyamekye, has said there was the need for all to accept to work together to ensure that the social and environmental impacts resulting from mining activities were properly regulated and m…
The Akyempim Rural Bank at Gomoa Dawurampong has declared a pretax profit of GH¢155,157 in 2011 as against GH¢140,877 in 2010.
The bank's deposit increased from GH¢4,852,258 in 2010 to GH¢6,883,802 in 2011 with total assets ri…
Majority of Ghanaians are suffering from glaucoma without knowing it, Mrs Lydia Attoh, Principal Nursing Officer, Korle-Bu has said.
Available statistics show that currently 600,000 Ghanaians have Glaucoma with about 30,000 already blind.…
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday pledged that his Government would transform Ghana's economy using agricultural modernisation as a tool, when re-elected for another four-year term.
He added that Government would implement the Food …
Accra-based farmer Lemuel K. Martey of Mannah Farms Limited was on Friday adjudged National Best Farmer for 2012 at a ceremony organised at Abokobi in the Ga East District of Accra.
He is expected to receive a three-bedroom house and a pi…
The Civil Service Council (CSC) on Friday appealed to the Civil and Local Government Staff Association' Ghana (CLOGSAG) to call off its nationwide strike and return to the negotiating table.
In a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency …
The Yendi Municipality on Friday honoured seventeen selected farmers who had contributed to the development of agriculture in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region.
Asutana Micheal Baba of Kuga was adjudged the best farmer for the…
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) on Friday honoured 18 farmers who had contributed towards the development of agriculture in the area at this year’s Metropolitan Farmers Day celebration at Sekondi.
Mr Emmanuel Kofi …
The Controller and Accountant-General's Department's (CAGD) on Friday called on employees who have complaints in respect to the October 2012 salaries to report to CAGD Payroll Clinics in the Regions and Districts.
CAGD in a statement t…
The Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality has awarded Mr William Awuku, a 55-year-old farmer as the best farmer for the area.
In all 17 farmers including three females as against 14 males were awarded.
Mr Awuku, a large scale farmer received a tabl…
Mr Wisdom Aglago, 44, from Juapong in the North-Tongu District was on Friday named the best all-round farmer in the Volta Region.
Mr Aglago, who owned maize, cowpea, cassava and oil palm farms, as well as cattle, local fowls and sheep, ha…
A 72-year-old retired educationist, Nana Appiah Brenya Asare, has been adjudged the best farmer in the Asante-Mampong Municipality.
He has cropped eight acres of mango, 10 acres each of cocoa, citrus and vegetables in addition to owning m…
Mr Wisdom Aglago, 44, from Juapong in the North-Tongu District was on Friday named the best all-round farmer in the Volta Region.
The dreary and poorly attended ceremony was characterised by pockets of disapproval of the prizes assembled …
"Genesis Farms Limited" at Appiadu near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has won the ultimate at this year's Kumasi Metropolitan farmer's awards ceremony held at Atwima-Techiman.
The Farm Manager, Mr Anthony Badi won…
Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister on Friday called on farmers to help promote peace during Election 2012.
He made the call at the 28th Brong-Ahafo Regional Farmers' Day celebration at Odomase, near Sunyani on the the…
A two-day sensitization workshop on Ghana Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS) was on Thursday opened in Cape Coast with a call on the participants to show commitment to ensure the smooth implementation of the programme.
Th…
Over 190 young men and women in the East Akyem Municipality were on Thursday presented with assorted equipment to enable them start their own businesses after undergoing apprenticeship training in various vocational trades.
They received …
Local alcoholic beverage producers, Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL), will by the close of the year commence the operation of its newly acquired automated bottling plant estimated at 30 million dollars.
The new machine, which is expected t…
Government has been urged to consider the adoption of a Tax Credit Scheme for the development of infrastructure in mining communities to stem the confrontation and mistrust among the companies and host communities.
Mr Samuel Adam, Executi…
The management of Chirano Gold Mines Limited (CGML) has presented two motorized tri-cycles to the Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Office and the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District Offices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA).
The dona…
Ghana Business Coalition on Employee Wellbeing (GBCEW) has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) with a call on businesses to prioritise the health and safety of their employees for the growth of their enterprises
"Some of the benefit…
The delay in completing the migration of public sector workers onto the single spine structure is partly due to the many later applications by other institutions that opted to be captured.
"In the course of the implementation process inst…
Former President Jerry Rawlings has lauded Ghanaian farmers on this year's National Farmers' Day, and said their toil, sweat, dedication and hard work to sustain the economy is worthy of celebration.
He said farmers were being honoured fo…
Vlisco, otherwise known as the Real Dutch Wax, has leap another step forward to give to the African its unique fabric and designs with the opening of its seventh flagship store in Accra, Ghana.
The store located within the Accra Mall, was…
E+Co, a US based public purpose investments company operating in Ghana for the past 14 years, by providing social and environmental benefits to the communities, has restructured its operations and portfolio.
The company, which has been op…
A two-day workshop to sensitise regional and district finance officers, accountants and treasury officers of Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) on the new Ghana Integrated Financial Management information System (GIFMIS), is under…
Vegetable farmers in the Upper East Region are facing challenges that are affecting production and this is putting some of them out of business.
The Secretary of the Upper East Regional Vegetable Farmers Association, Mr Erick Dalaba, said…
The Institute of Packaging Ghana, has held a workshop to sensitize owners of Small and Medium Enterprise on the benefit of packaging as part of its 9th anniversary celebrations.
It was also to create awareness for stakeholders in industri…
The General Manager of the Credit Union Association (CUA), Mr Emmanuel Oduro Darko, has appealed to the Government to pass a Legislative Instrument (LI) to govern the Association to gain more public recognition and assist the development p…
Ghana's leading Telecommunications Company, MTN, has created an innovative channel of advertising for its subscribers known as MTN Mobile Advertising service.
The service, which has generated excitement in the market, was designed to enab…
The Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) at Kenyasi in Asutifi District has presented items and farming equipment worth GH¢ 24,000 to support this year's Farmers' Day celebration in Tano
North District and Asutifi District.
E…
The Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) at Kenyasi in Asutifi District has presented items and farming equipment worth GH¢ 24,000 to support this year's Farmers' Day celebration in Tano
North District and Asutifi District.
E…
Parliament on Wednesday authorized the withdrawal of some six billion Ghana Cedis from the Consolidated Fund to meet government's expenditure on public services for the first quarter of next year pending the approval of 2013 budget.
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President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday said government would continue to build on the progress it had over the years made in the advancement of porters (kayeyei) in the cities.
He said in a bid to stem the drift of young girls from …
uniBank on Wednesday launched a new investment banking product that aims to improve the savings habits of Ghanaians and to encourage them save to address specific financial needs and to achieve planned goals quicker.
Dubbed the Goal S…
A total of 28 farmers, including two women, have been nominated for the Volta Regional Farmers' Day awards to be held in Ho on Friday, November 02.
The oldest of the awardees is 86 years and youngest, 34 years old.
The event, on the them…
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) will soon be hooked onto a new budget and financial management system, known as the Ghana Integrated Financial Management System (GIFMIS), to enhance effective management of governmen…
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday announced that the National Democratic Congress would harness the country's economic potentials and increase access to social services and to eliminate poverty and illiteracy in the country.
Thi…
A two-day pre-assessment workshop of 2012 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment (PEFA) aims to provide a general understanding of the country’s public financial management systems opened in Accra on Tuesday.
The wor…
The Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) is prepared to improve on the efficiency in the country's public financial governance.
Mr Felix Chaahaah, Chief Director at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinating C…
Mr Fifi Kwetey, a Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has appealed to companies operating in the country to honour their tax obligations.
He said the government was poised at maintaining the right macro-economic environment …
Government on Monday announced it had cut back on rice importation by 30 per cent and had increased local production of the cereal by 59 per cent.
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, made this known at a cocktail organized b…
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