Author: citibusinessnews
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Ghana to become energy efficient in 2020
The Energy Commission says the country can achieve sustainable energy for all by the year 2020; ten years earlier than the UN Secretary General’s target for achieving universal access to modern energy services, doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. Ghana…
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Ghana to build third Port
Mr Richard Anamoo, Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), on August 1, 2014 announced in Takoradi that a third commercial port is to be built in the country to boost maritime trade. He, however, did not indicate where the port would be built, but asked Ghanaians to support good investment to promote…
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YALI participants from Ghana awarded cash
Three participants from Ghana, for this year’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) have been each awarded a $25,000 grant from USADF. The three Ghanaian YALI fellows Regina Agyare, Dziedzorm “Jay Jay” Segbefia and Ruka Yaro were awarded the grant after submitting proposals on what projects they will use the funds for. The three are part…
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Cocoa Processing Company breaks into West African market
Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) says most of the structural challenges facing it have been resolved, as the company prepares to break into the West African sub-regional market. “Arrangements are almost complete to commence from the Nigerian Market…The expansion of the local market is currently being pursued by recruitment of suitable key distributors in the…
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Sirius Opportunity Fund records growth
The Sirius Opportunity Fund, an open-ended money market mutual fund, has recorded 14 per cent growth, six months after it started operations. The fund, which opened in May last year with a share of 0.50 pesewas, ended trading at 0.55 pesewas at the end of the year; performing better than the Government of Ghana’s Treasury…