The creative arts, particularly film, have an unlimited albeit untapped potential to be a primary source of direct investment – foreign and local – as well as provide exports for the nation, Yofi Grant, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) CEO, has said. He therefore urged film-makers to take advantage of renewed local-content interest, the success […] The post Creative
The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has announced that his outfit has completed all processes required to launch the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme, pending presidential approval. The scheme will be managed by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), and will establish a new system that aids cocoa farmers to benefit […] The post Cocoa
Newmont Ghana has completed and handed over resettlement buildings to 25 households which were displaced by mining activities at Dormaa-Kantinka, a farming community within the Newmont Ahafo enclave. The people were displaced after their homes were destroyed by the Newmont Subinka East Waste dump. Initially, Newmont was hesitant to resettle the affected persons on the […] The post Newmont
For the many challenges facing businesses during these hard COVID-19 times, there are still positives to point out. Whereas businesses are collapsing, workers losing their jobs, economic growth either stunting or declining, the Ghanaian economy, a highly informal one, is seeing some aggressive formalisation. How? Through the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme, launched […] The post NBSSI’s
Yesterday, President Akufo-Addo opened the two-day national conference on AfCFTA’s implementation where he affirmed government’s commitment to assist Ghanaian businesses take full advantage of AfCFTA, by ensuring that the required financial and human resources are mobilised and deployed to make the country a trading hub. He therefore charged businesses to be the new frontline actors […] The post Editorial:
urges Ghanaian enterprises to be frontline actors President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat to address all complexities that will come with implementation of the trade bloc, in order to ensure that all on the continent get their fair share of the deal. Speaking on the theme ‘Empowering Ghanaian […] The post AfCFTA
The Minerals Commission will soon begin full implementation of its salt exploration master-plan, as members of the Ada Traditional Council have joined forces to abandon all differences and develop a peaceful ambiance in the enclave to push for exploration of salt deposits in the area to propel economic growth and support development of their communities. […] The post Salt
As Emergency National Refuse Evacuation exercise starts The Northern Region Minister Salifu Saeed has given firm assurance that all aged refuse dump-sites in the region will be cleared. Giving the assurance in an interview with the media at Nyohani South in the Tamale Metropolis, where the Emergency National Refuse Evacuation Exercise was kick-started on Tuesday, […] The post All
The Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has revealed that government is putting together a master-plan to reduce the nation’s housing deficit by as much as 40 percent in the next four years. As a result, government has begun several housing projects with associated financial mortgage schemes across the country to achieve that […] The post Gov’t targets
THE West African Gas Pipeline Company limited (WAPCo) has held its annual specialised medical care for host communities in Kpone and Tema Manhean in the Greater Accra Region. The annual healthcare programme, which provides free eye-screening, was held in collaboration with eye specialists from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The programme sought to fill in the […] The post WAPCo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Governing Board of the Right to Information Commission in a ceremony at Jubilee House, seat of the nation’s presidency. The Commission is chaired by Mr. Justice K. A. Ofori-Atta, a retired High Court Judge of good repute; with its Executive Secretary being Mr. Yaw Sarpong Boateng, a […] The post President
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng Strategic sourcing is increasingly being recognised as a means to facilitate socio-economic development, job creation, MSMEs growth and industrialisation in the developing world, with carefully constructed sourcing methodologies providing immediate to long-term bottom-line organisational, industry and societal benefits. Strategic sourcing encourages a shift from a purely […] The post Strategic
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