The Chief Economist for Africa at Standard Chartered Bank, Razia Khan, has painted a positive economic outlook for Ghana, but said the country should continue to build resilience against potential shocks. Speaking at a meeting with journalists in Accra, Ms Khan said while Ghana’s economy and its export base were still relatively diversified, there was … The post Ghana’s
German police have staged a massive raid against suspected human traffickers in the capital Berlin who are believed to have arranged fake marriages for Vietnamese migrants. “We have arrested the three main suspects and are searching several flats,” a spokesman for the police said on Tuesday. Some 200 officers from the federal and state police … The post German
The negative impact of illicit financial flows on Africa will take a very long time to address. Despite some progress since the fight against the phenomena was intensified, the continent in 15 years from 2000 to 2015, has lost an amount of $73 billion to illicit financial flows, a new study by the Economic Commission … The post How Africa lost $73b
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship, Innovation Plan (NEIP), Mr John Kumah, has said entrepreneurship was one of the most critical foundations for job creation and must therefore be given the requisite attention. According to him, the NEIP has been mooted to secure and create an enabling environment for business to thrive whilst … The post Entrepreneurship,
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship, Innovation Plan (NEIP), Mr John Kumah, has said entrepreneurship was one of the most critical foundations for job creation and must therefore be given the requisite attention. According to him, the NEIP has been mooted to secure and create an enabling environment for business to thrive whilst … The post Entrepreneurship,
Mr James Klutse Avedzi, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has suggested that government reviewed rent charges of State housing facilities and institute measures to ensure their maintenance. He said that had become necessary in view of the numerous defaults in rent payment on the properties, costing the nation huge sums of … The post PAC
The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has appealed to the government to give priority to rice varieties being developed under its Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI). Dr Paul Kofi Dartey, Principal Investigator for the Initiative, said the improved rice varieties developed could be adopted under the … The post Consider
Ghana is hosting an international workshop on conservation of genetic resources that is aimed at helping African countries to improve their technology for conserving genetic resources in the face of climate change. The four-day workshop, which falls under a Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative, is aimed at providing training to build the capacities of … The post Ghana
Mr Isaac K. Asiamah, Minister for Youth and Sports, has revealed that, the construction of Youth Resource Centers across the ten regions of Ghana would cost the government $18 million. He said each of the facilities would cost the country $1.8 million and is expected to complete within nine months,” Mr Asiamah disclosed. The minister … The post Youth Resource
Alhaji Yusif Abdulai, an NDC Tema East Constituency Organiser aspirant has indicated that the NDC can come back to power in 2020 if they are able to put their house in order before the contest. “What NDC needs to do is to go out and rally Ghanaians around the superior vision that it had provided … The post NDC will oust NPP in 2020 elections – Alhaji Yusif
Ms Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, the Chief Justice has taken a swipe at the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) over the dilapidated conditions of the District Courts and residential accommodation for Judges and Magistrates in the country. She emphasised that it was the statutory responsibility of the MMDAs to provide decent physical infrastructure and … The post Dilapidated
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, has underlined the urgent need to prioritize agriculture, describing it as “the quintessential sector for the transformation of the African continent”. She said she found it disappointing that Africa was yet to capitalize on the “God-given advantages as its agriculture is still … The post Agriculture
Growing insecurity in many communities in Upper West Region has been blamed on widening traditional leadership gap which has triggered security threats and undermined socio-economic progress in the areas. Traditional and opinion leaders have therefore been called upon to make concerted efforts to fill in leadership vacuums in their communities to help maintain stability and … The post Insecurity
The Janok Foundation, a community-based organisation in the Ablekuma Central District has educated traders at the Kaneshie Market on basic hygiene as part of this year’s World Health Day. The Day was on the theme: “Universal Health for All,” which was organised to sharpen the knowledge of the traders on the need to live healthy … The post Kaneshie market traders
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