The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Business Barometer for the first quarter of this year showed that Business confidence fell marginally as compared with that of the last quarter of 2017. The business confidence index dropped to 100.5 from 107.9 recorded in the fourth quarter of last year. Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi, the President of … The post Business

Indian business delegation is in Ghana to explore the possibility of setting up a 200-metric tonnes of oil palm refinery, a cocoa processing plant and a gold refinery to support the implementation of the One-District, One Factory (1D,1F) initiative. They would also find ways of supporting the Ministry of Trade and Industry to implement the … The post India to partner Ghana

The Ghana Health Service will from the 1st of June this year introduce the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) at the various child health clinics. The vaccines will be given to babies at 14 weeks old, Dr John Dadzie, of the Expanded Programme on Immunization announced at the commemoration of the World Immunization Week by the … The post Ghana Health Service to introduce

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will soon open five more passport application centres across the country to ease the stress of acquiring the document. The validity of the Ghanaian passport, currently useable for only five years, would be extended to ten years duration to conform to international practice and address the difficulties in renewing or … The post Ministry

The Association of Women in Media (ASWIM) has condemned the assault on one of its members, Ohemaa Sakyiwaa, a reporter with Adom FM by Hajia Fati, a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).  Ohemaa Sakyiwaa was assigned to cover an event at the NPP Headquarters on Friday, May 4 when she was attacked … The post Media women condemn attack on female journalist

The crisis in the banking sector in Ghana has been known for some time now – at least, for more than six years. But the biggest question has always been what was being done to forestall the crisis from blowing up into major banking catastrophes leading to collapse of banks with its eventual financial losses … The post Which bank is next to go down after Sovereign

Some fishing companies in Ghana pay as low as GH¢80 a month to employees on their vessels. Poor labour practices including low wages, poor or non-existent compensation for injuries and death, and the haphazard recruitment process in Ghana’s fishing industry which had remained a rumour for some time was brought to the fore during a … The post Fishing

The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) Assembly Memers have been charged to get involved in the revenue mobilisation activity of the district to increase their revenue base. Mr Isaac Inkoom District Chief Executive made the call at the Second Ordinary meeting of the third Session of the Seventh Assembly held at Breman Asikuma. He announced that as at … The post Assembly

Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has applauded the chiefs and people of Effutu for a peaceful and unique annual Aboakyer festival celebration. He said this year’s celebration superseded that of last year and emphasised the need for them to sustain and improve it to attract investors and tourists to help them … The post Effutu

No one is born an entrepreneur, Mr Alex Mould, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has said. He said people need to adequately prepare themselves for entrepreneurship; and that they need to have the right mind set and to think a lot about what they were doing. Mr Mould, … The post “No one is born an entrepreneur”

Ghana is now implementing the test and treat policy which is aimed at testing and treating persons diagnosed with HIV instantly at the health facility to ensure that all HIV persons are enrolled unto the antiretroviral medication treatment. The test and treat policy that became operational in 2017 would also help bridge the gap of … The post Ghana introduces

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is zealous of charting an incisive partnership with the media in Africa to change the narrative to positive developments. Dr Victor Oladokun, Director of Communication and  External Media Relations of the Bank disclosed this at an orientation programme for select Journalists from Africa invited to familiarise themselves with evidence-based Model … The post AfDB

The Tema Regional Police Commander has hinted on the use of drone technology to detect and combat crime as part of his efforts to make the region safe. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Nana Hinneh Asomah says he has personally acquired a drone which is being configured at the National Police headquarters to commence the … The post Tema regional police to combat

The Ghana Mine workers Union has called on government for a stakeholder forum on the Contract Mining Policy to chart a road map for the sector. The Union expressed concern for government to support the Contract Mining module which jeopardised the future of Ghanaian mine workers, stressing that government should have involved all stakeholders to … The post Mine

Twenty-one African countries have been categorised as fragile out of the worldwide figure of 36, Mr Sibry Tapsoba, Director, and Transition Support Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. He added that currently one-out-of-three persons live in fragility and estimates showed 50 percent of the global population would be inundated into that state … The post Twenty-one

Commodore James Osei Kontor, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, says the navy would purse and flush out pirates in Ghana’s waters. “We train to fight other national navies which are well trained and have fire power and war strategy. These pirates cannot match the navy at all. Rest assured that we will not … The post Pirates are no match