Category: Local Economy
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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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Rural Banks will soon accept Ghana Card as primary source of identification – ARB Apex Bank
The ARB Apex Bank Limited, which serves as a “mini” central bank for Rural & Community Banks (RCBs) says it is working with the relevant authorities to ensure that the National Identification Card is accepted at Rural Banks across the country as a valid form of identification. For some time now universal banks in the…
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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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Favourable electricity tariffs will make steel industry competitive amid AfCFTA – B5 Plus CEO
Leading iron and steel manufacturing company, B5 Plus says Ghana stands to be a market leader in the sector with the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if the issue of the high cost of electricity is addressed. Chief Executive Officer of B5 Plus, Mukesh Thakwani, called on the government to introduce…
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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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West Hills Mall review of the week: Spotlight on Banana Home, Telefonika, and New York Sizzlers
It’s finally my turn to check out the West Hills Mall and all the great stuff they have in stock. The mall is indeed the happy place for family shopping because I saw so many products which cater to the needs of family members of all ages. My first stop was Banana home… and I…
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Banks, fintechs must educate customers on need to use e-cash – GhIPSS
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Archie Hesse, has called for increased education and active usage of available cashless payment solutions to help reduce the number of robbery attacks on persons carrying huge sums of cash. There has been an uptick…
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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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Glofert assures of availability of fertilizer despite global challenge with supply
The largest fertilizer blending company in Ghana, Glofert Limited, has assured farmers of the availability of fertilizer for the current crop season and in the year 2022 despite the growing challenge with access to fertilizer across the world. Key stakeholders in the fertilizer value chain in Ghana have predicted a severe shortage of the commodity…
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Yofi Grant re-elected as Regional Director for the Steering Board of WAIPA
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) represented by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Yofi Grant, has been re-elected as the Regional Director (Sub Saharan Africa) for the Steering Board of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA). The elections took place during the 25th WAIPA General Assembly and World Investment Conference, which occurred in…