Category: Local Economy
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Government to announce uniform purchasing price for cashew in December
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is expected to announce, for the first time, a uniform purchasing price for cashew in December this year. The Chief Executive Officer of the Tree Crops Development Authority, Emmanuel Agyapong Quaitoo disclosed this in Sunyani during the annual conference and inauguration ceremony of the Cashew Traders and…
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BAGAIA compliments Ghana for establishing Aircraft Accident Prevention Bureau
The Commissioner of the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA), Charles Irikefe Erhuehon Monday complimented Ghana for establishing the Aircraft Accident, Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB). Charles Irikefe Erhuehon made the commendation at a technical committee meeting in Accra to deliberate on the way forward regarding investigating aircraft accidents within the sub-region. The…
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Formulate policies to shape Ghana’s shipping and maritime industry – GSC charges government
The Ghana Chamber of Shipping has urged the government to formulate policies and initiate shipping and maritime policies that will move Ghana forward. Mr Stanley Raja Korshie Ahorlu, an Executive Council Member of the Chamber interacting with the media said there was the need for Ghana to have concrete policies that would put Ghana in…
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Ofosu Adjare prays Parliament to push government to expand cashew development
From poor pricing, waste of cashew fruits, lack of regional offices for the cashew industry, a legislator, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare, is calling on the Parliament of Ghana to urge the Government to do more to develop the crop and allied industries. Detailing data on the performance of the crop, Mrs Ofosu Adjare, who represents…
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Business Mogul, Dr. Daniel McKorley chairs Board of Ghana Trade Fair Company
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed business mogul, Dr. Daniel McKorley, as Chairman of the reconstituted Board of the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (GTFCL). At a ceremony to swear in the Board Members, sector Minister, Alan Kyerematen told the Board that Government, through the Ministry of Trade and Industry, is redeveloping the Ghana…
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Golden Star Takeover: Management assures of protection for employees
Ghanaian Gold Mining Company Golden Star, has assured that discussions are being held as part of the negotiation for their takeover by Chinese Gold Mining firm, Chifeng Jilong. According to the company, this is to ensure that employees of the Ghanaian mining firm are protected during and after the acquisition exercise. Golden Star on Monday…
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NPA confident fuel prices will be stable in November
The National Petroleum Authority, NPA, is confident that the two-month removal of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levies (PRSL) on petrol, diesel, and LPG will provide the desired relief to Ghanaians when it takes effect. According to the Authority, it will do everything within the law to ensure that the Price Stabilization and Recovery levy…
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Failing to digitize our economy will have far-reaching consequences – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has justified the government’s unending focus on the digitalization of the Ghanaian economy saying the benefits of such an agenda are in the interest of the country. According to him, the previous systems of going about business transactions without technology have been disadvantageous. Speaking at a public lecture themed “Transforming…
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Ghana to have first National E-Pharmacy in sub-Saharan Africa – Bawumia
Ghana is set to become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to have a national scale E-Pharmacy and one of only a few countries in the world with a national scale E-pharmacy, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed. This would involve the digitization of pharmacies across the country and enable consumers to have…
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GH¢2M package for traders affected by Makola fire to be disbursed soon – Government
Government is set to disburse an amount of GH¢2,029,000 as support for the 98 traders who were recently affected by the fire that gutted a three-story building at Makola in Accra. On July 5, 2021, fire gutted a three-story building known as the Hong Kong Building at the Makola Market, destroying over fifty shops. It…