The Government has announced plans to extract the large iron and steel deposits and refine them in the country to provide raw materials for automobile manufacturing companies in Ghana. Ghana has signed agreements with a number of automobile companies to establish showrooms in the country including car manufacturing giants Volkswagen, Sinotruck, Nissan, Renault and Suzuki. … The post Ghana

The Government has re-affirmed its resolve to diversifying the country’s mineral resource base from traditional minerals like gold, bauxite, manganese and diamond and rather pay attention to largely un-exploited mineral commodities to fast-track development. The move called for resourcing and capacity building of state institutions like the Geological Survey Authority and the Minerals Commission to … The post Government

The passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law would go a long way to help the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)  actualise its vision of ensuring accountability, good governance and transparency. Mr Tetteh Tuwor, Central Regional Director of CHRAJ, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), expressed … The post RTI

Mr Peter Bediako, the Public Relations Manager of the Takoradi Port, has said that the Takoradi Port has the safest anchorage around the West African Coastline He said the port promotes heavy cargo load and offloading as well as other sea businesses. Mr Bediako said security of the Takoradi Port was also up to standard … The post Takoradi Port

Solidaridad, an international non-governmental organisation, has launched two projects to boost cocoa and palm oil production. The implementation of the phase two of the Cocoa Rehabilitation and Intensification Programme (CORIP) and Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programmes (SWAPP) is expected to increase the efficiency and productivity both at primary production and processing levels. The 31-million … The post Solidaridad

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public and investors that they risk losing their investments in crypto currency schemes and activities because they are, unregistered, unlicensed and unregulated under the Securities Law of Ghana. A statement issued by the Commission and signed by the Director-General, the Reverend Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh, and copied … The post You

Newmont Ghana has been given the Most Compliant Taxpayer for 2018 award at the annual Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Staff and Stakeholders Awards ceremony held in Accra. The award also recognized Newmont’s significant contribution to Ghana’s domestic tax revenue mobilization and for being a good source of employment to many Ghanaians. In a citation accompanying … The post Newmont

Efforts at fighting malaria are yielding positive results as statistics shows that 428 people died out of the disease last year as against over 2000 people, who died every year out of the disease, based on 2015 figures. The statistics presented by the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) at a training for journalists in Kumasi … The post Ghana is getting

Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said they have not recorded cases of Measles in the country since 2003. He said measles had become rare care medical cases to be learnt by new doctors when they were on practicals and attributed the success to immunisation, which the GHS … The post Measles are rare in Ghana – GHS appeared first

A Ghanaian-based analytics start-up, Wave-2 Analytics Limited, will organise the maiden Ghana Data Science Summit 2019 from April 25 to April 27, 2019 at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT. Dubbed: “IndabaX Ghana” the three-day event, aims to bring increased awareness and capacity building efforts in data science and analytics (including data mining, … The post Ghana

Mr Richard Ellimah, Executive Director of Centre for Social Impact Studies, a non-profit organisation on Friday tasked government to adequately provide funding and resources to the Minerals Commission to carry out its mandate. Mr Ellimah noted that a fraction of monies voted for Operation Vanguard to carry out its work should have been given to … The post Don’t

A health practitioner has raised concerns about the increasing use of emergency contraceptives by school girls saying it has implications for their ability to get pregnant in future. Mr Peter Mintir Amadu, Executive Director of Total Life Enhancement Centre – Ghana, who raised the concerns, said emergency contraceptives were meant to prevent unwanted pregnancies and … The post Regular

The Government, through the Ministry of Transport, said it would give commercial vehicle operators a deadline to secure emergency exit doors on their vehicles to ensure the safe exit of passengers during emergencies. Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, explained that the recent accident on the Kintampo-Techiman road recorded many fatalities due to … The post Ghana

A 29-year-old Nigerian Solomon Okpewho who stabbed a lady three times on the arm and robbed her of hand bag was on Friday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. The hand bag contained the sum of GH¢200.00, Infinix Hot five mobile phone, and a National Health Insurance Scheme Card. Okpewho, charged … The post Nigerian man jailed 15 years for