The World Food Programme (WFP) says it has signed an agreement with a Chinese company, HNA Group to provide school meals for children in Ghana. The deal is worth $1.6 million. According to the UN agency, the new partnership with …

Dr Kofi Wampah – BoG Governor The Bank of Ghana (BoG) announced it has introduced new changes to its monetary operations. The central bank is realigning the policy corridor by what it describes as “widening the band”. “The Reverse repo …

The Bank of Ghana has stated that the country’s current energy crisis has had a negative impact on business confidence and optimism. Ghana has been experiencing power supply shortfall against rising demand leading to blackouts especially in the capital, Accra.…

Nana Oye Lithur – Minister for Gender & Social Protection The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, on Wednesday said the powerful positions that women were occupying in recent times are not meant to vilify men.…

Prof. Kofi Awoonor – Former Chairman, Council of State Professor Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor, Ex-Chairman of the Council of State has charged the Board of Ghana Museums and Monument (GMMB) to develop the museums into educational institutions to safeguard the Ghanaian …

Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts The 2013 PANAFEST and Emancipation Day celebrations was on Wednesday launched to kick-start activities lined up for this year’s programme. The celebration, on the theme: “Re-uniting the African family; Pan …

Martin Esson Benjamin – CEO of MiDA The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), on Wednesday commissioned 45.86 kilometres of rehabilitated feeder roads in the Hohoe and Kpando Municipal areas in the Volta Region. The contract “Lot VR4,” estimated at $4,300,000, which …

The World Bank Group has announced an amount of $1 billion in proposed new funding to help provide better health and education services, generate more cross-border trade, and fund hydroelectricity projects in support of the Great Lakes peace agreement that …

The Wa East District Assembly in the Upper West Region on Tuesday failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM) to help run the affairs of the Assembly. The election, which was held during the first ordinary meeting of the assembly …

Ghana was on Wednesday given thumbs up for her consistent peacekeeping role in over 50 years despite the country’s budgetary and developmental constraints. “It is never easy for countries that are themselves facing budgetary and development constraints to muster courage …

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a pact with Advans Ghana Savings & Loans Ltd to train a new set of 240 SMEs in Ghana under its Business Edge programme. The Corporation signed a similar agreement in February 2013 …

Mr Kwame Poku Boah, Counsel for the Lands Valuation Board, on Wednesday told the Judgement Debt Commission that the Attorney-General’s Department failed to inform his outfit of the payment of Ghc 27 million on stool land. Nana Owusu Akyaw Prempeh …

Mr Johnny Owusu-Boadi, Obuasi Municipal Director of Education, has encouraged school-based girl-child coordinators to develop effective and educative programmes that would make the girls responsive to learning. They should also include in the programmes other social activities that would inculcate …

A 26-year-old scrap dealer caught with stolen electrical cables and copper pipes valued at GH¢2,500.00 has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Kumasi circuit court. Yahaya Osman faced charges of stealing, causing unlawful damage and unlawful entry and …

A natural conservation manager has advocated the need for countries keeping national parks and conservation to include indigenous land owners of the areas in their management. Mr Steve Winderlich, Manager of the Natural and Cultural Programmes at the Kakadu National …

The  Ghana Government needs 225 million dollars annually to construct sustainable water and sanitation facilities to be able to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of persons without access to potable water and sanitation facilities by 2015.…

Trade Minister Haruna Iddrisu Ghana’s Trade and Industry Minister Haruna Iddrisu has urged business associations, trade unions and the media to initiate innovation ways to improve the competitiveness of the private sector. Speaking at a day’s workshop organised by the …

The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) fell to 10.2 per cent in April compared with 10.6 per cent in March, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. Dr Philomena Nyarko, the Acting Government Statistician, said fallen gold prices on the international …

Dr Mark Nii Akwei Ankrah, Managing Director, State Housing Company (SHC), on Wednesday said the company was embroiled in about 400 legal suits, which could eventually cripple its fortunes. He described the situation as terrible and explained that the predicament …

Mr. Samuel Sallas-Mensah – CEO of Public Procurement Authority Mr Samuel Sellas-Mensah, Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), has said developing countries need well qualified procurement professionals to manage the challenges in the current global economic environment. He …