Category: Invest In Ghana
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Support for indigenous companies needed to create more jobs – Opoku Prempeh
Energy Minister-designate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says achieving the Ghana Beyond Aid vision, can only be possible if government and other stakeholders ramp up their support for local companies, to ensure they do not just thrive in Ghana, but flourish in other parts of the world. The comments were made following a tour of indigenous…
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Stakeholders call for increased investment to improve quality of employment data
Stakeholders have bemoaned the seeming lack of transparent, real-time and verifiable data on jobs in the Ghana. Their disappointment follows the debate over the creation of 3 million jobs by the current government in its first term, during the vetting of Employment and Labour Relations Minister-nominee, Ignatius Baffour Awuah in parliament on February 17, 2021.…
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Government urged to build local capacity to help produce COVID-19 vaccines
As government works to procure some 17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of June 2021, it has been urged to prioritize investing in systems that will guarantee the development of different vaccines in Ghana in the medium to long term. Per the latest updates from the Ghana Health Service, which is up…
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Build capacity of tomato farmers to help meet local demand – Government urged
The Fruits and Vegetables Producers Association of Ghana (FVPAG) has urged government to invest in building the production capacity of tomato farmers in Ghana as well as the development of better varieties of tomatoes to increase the quality of quantity of tomatoes produced in Ghana. According to the association, this will end the unfortunate phenomena…
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Go City Cycle Share & Tour promotes bike-sharing culture in Ghana
Researchers predict that Climate Change will threaten food production, human health, wildlife, and ecosystems. In Ghana, local communities in the Northern and Savannah regions where temperatures have been fast-rising, are already feeling the devastating impact of climate change. Beyond its social effects, Climate Change is also a very costly problem. The International Monetary Fund revealed…
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Shift focus from upscaling to upgrading – Ofosu-Dorte urges businesses
Stakeholders in Ghana’s manufacturing sector are being encouraged to prioritize upgrading over upscaling when it comes to goods and services emanating from Ghana into other African countries as part of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Trade data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that a handful of countries…
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Ghana Stock Exchange returns -13.98 % in 2020, lowest in over half a decade
After returning losses to investors for the first three quarters of 2020, the Ghana Stock Exchange returned a gain of 5.2 % for equity investors in the fourth quarter, a development which should continue in 2021 and lead to the first positive return in a year for the local bourse since 2017. That’s according to…
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AfDB seeks more support for Ghana’s National Development Bank
With a little over a month for the National Development Bank of Ghana to commence operations, the outgoing Acting Country Manager of the African Development Bank, Sebastian Okeke, says his outfit is taking every step necessary to get more international financial institutions to support the funding of the bank. To support the establishment of the…
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We’re ready to meet increase in demand for new cars – Nissan Africa MD
Managing Director of the Nissan Group of Africa, Shinkichi Izumi, says he’s confident the full implementation of Ghana’s Automotive Development Policy will lead to a surge in demand for brand-new vehicles, a development which carmakers with assembling plants in the country will welcome. The Automotive Development policy is a comprehensive package of incentives and measures…
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Innovation in agric sector; upcycling Ghana’s food waste [Video]
One of the sectors that has performed well in this COVID-19 period is agriculture. Throughout the period of global uncertainty, Ghana was fortunate enough to have more than enough food to feed itself without experiencing any crises of food shortage. With the increased consumption of food comes increased waste. Unfortunately, the lack of appropriate channels…