Author: Ellen Dapaah
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Tomato traders and transporters call off strike
Tomato trade in Ghana can once again go on smoothly. This is because the tomato traders and transporters association has called off the strike that they embarked on from Sunday, February 7th, 2020. The association had on several occasions, complained of attacks on its members by robbers on the Ghana-Burkina Faso highway, but efforts at…
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$134 million GCGP judgement debt has damaged Ghana’s reputation – IES
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has bemoaned the impact of a judgement debt that has been slapped on the government by the International Court of Arbitration. Ghana has been hit with a US$134 million judgement debt over the cancellation of its Emergency Power Agreement with GCGP Limited. The contract, signed in 2015, was among…
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Stallion Motors Ghana Ltd introduces ZxAuto Terralord pickup
Global auto major, Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co. Ltd. (ZXAUTO International) along with Stallion Motors, the exclusive national partner for ZXAuto pickup in Ghana, has launched the all new Terralord pickup officially in their showroom at Obetsebi lamptey circle on 4th February, 2021. The digital launch event was organized in view of recent spike in COVID-19…
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Be responsive to succeed as employees – Sam Jonah to graduates
Former President of Anglogold Ashanti and Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, Sir Sam Jonah has cautioned of difficult times for new graduates entering the job market in the short to medium term, even as the world grapples with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Since the pandemic began last year, thousands of Ghanaians have been laid-off, with…
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Tomato shortage looms following traders and transporters’ strike
Ghana might soon be experiencing a shortage of tomatoes and a jump in price of the commodity, as a result of an ongoing indefinite strike by the tomato transporters association. The strike, which began on Sunday, February 7, 2021, according to the Association, is due to the silence of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture…
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Government pledges to intensify efforts in adding value to cocoa
As Ghana prepares to celebrate the National Chocolate week, stakeholders in the cocoa sector have pledged to intensify efforts to add more value to the country’s cocoa. According to them, this would be done by focusing more on making beans available to local entrepreneurs to enhance their value addition ventures. Cocoa farming has for many…
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U/E: Rice farmers attribute losses to lack of combine harvesters
Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region have attributed heavy losses they have incurred on the delay in harvesting due to the lack of combine harvesters. The farmers said they could not harvest their produce on time, leading to the drying up…
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Companies given up to June 30 to submit data on legal owners to Registrar-General
The Registrar-General’s Department has tasked all existing companies to submit all data on their legal and beneficial owners before July 1, 2021. “From January, every business that comes to register is supposed to download the forms, fill it and attach it to the registration documents. So we have started collecting them,” she noted during a…
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Databank’s Alex Boahen advocates for more education on Ponzi schemes
Amidst the growing concern about the operations of Ponzi schemes in the country, the Head of Research at Databank, Alex Boahen, has reiterated the need for more investor education by the regulators. This follows the recent conclusion by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) that Chy Mall, under which Chy Century Heng Yue Group…
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GUTA urges ECOWAS members to fully comply with trade laws
In order to resolve trade impasses between countries in the West African sub-region, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Obeng, has asked all stakeholders to follow the appropriate laws governing trade among the states. Citing the example of the recent impasse between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders, Dr. Obeng believes obeying…