Author: Anita Arthur Kissi-Mireku
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Government can solve unemployment with investments in technical and vocational education- Dr Kwabena Duffuor
The government has been urged to commit adequate resources to Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a way to curb the growing unemployment rate in the country. A former Finance Minister who is also the founding and presiding President of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the failure to…
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Supply Ghanaians with more made-in-Ghana products – AGI urges GUTA
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has urged members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) to supply consumers with made-in-Ghana products following the government’s decision to reverse the 50% benchmark value reduction policy on some selected items. According to the AGI, GUTA’s lack of support for local manufacturers will not help Ghana’s industrialisation…
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Rice Millers Association angry over exclusion from benchmark policy reversal
The Rice Millers Association of Ghana has expressed its disappointment over government’s failure to exclude rice from the recently reversed 50% benchmark value reduction policy The association had long advocated a reversal of the policy saying such a move will help in improving the fortunes of the local rice industry. According to the Rice Millers…
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December 31 deadline for microfinance firms to recapitalise draws closer
With just two months left for microfinance institutions to meet the deadline for their new minimum capital requirement of GH¢2 million, the Bank of Ghana has reiterated calls for them to ensure they build the necessary capacity to do so. The central bank’s recent reforms have seen the recapitalization of commercial banks as well as…
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YEA Job Fair hits Tamale as part of governments one million jobs initiative
The YEA Job Career and Entrepreneurship Fair train is hitting Tamale, the Northern regional capital, to provide job and entrepreneurial opportunities closer to the inhabitants of the Northern region of the country as part of the government’s One Million Jobs Initiative. The Fair dubbed “Entrepreneurship Pitch Fair” proposes to introduce the youth to entrepreneurship and…
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Poultry farmers struggle to meet demand of feed ahead of Christmas
With barely two months to the Christmas season, the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana says it is still not able to meet the demand of feed needed for birds by its members and other poultry farmers in the country. In July this year, 5 out of the 55 feed mills in the country…
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Fix deplorable roads around petroleum management and storage area in Tema – CBOD
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) is calling on government to urgently rehabilitate and properly maintain the road network in and around the petroleum storage management industrial area in Tema. The main road to the area is a 7.2-kilometre single carriageway, which is meant to facilitate service delivery by industry giants like the…
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Government procures rice mills to help farmers reduce post-harvest losses
Rice farmers in the country are set to benefit from some rice mills expected to arrive in the country from Brazil and India by the end of the year. A major challenge hampering Ghana’s rice production has been a lack of sufficient mills to help in processing the produce, thereby leading to post-harvest loss. According…
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GSA to start electro-vigilance to deal with traders selling substandard electrical products
The Ghana Standards Authority has announced plans to apprehend and severely sanction all Traders found selling substandard electrical products on the market. To this end, the authority will from next week be conducting swoops across the various markets in the country to arrest all persons found culpable. The vexed issue of substandard electrical products on…
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Nigerian traders present documents to Ghana’s presidential taskforce on trade
Nigerian traders engaged in Ghana’s retail space who have presented legal documents for the registration of their businesses will be able to conduct their operations peacefully. This follows the presentation of documents of such traders by the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association (NUTAG) to the new presidential taskforce set up by the…