Government to pay LEAP beneficiaries in both 73rd, 74th cycles
The Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) Programme under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has announced its readiness to give cash grants to beneficiaries in the 73rd and…
UNDP to support shea butter producers with GH¢1 million
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged an additional one million Ghana Cedis to some women shea butter producers in the Kumbungu District to acquire more machinery to make…
Exports, fixed investment to contribute 0.8% to GDP in 2021 – Report
Exports and fixed investment are expected to see steady recoveries in 2021 with both contributing 0.8% to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, the 4th Quarter 2021 Country Report by…
Glovo to inject 3.5m euros into Ghana’s economy
Delivery service provider, Glovo is embarking on a key expansion drive to ensure that it’s services are available to other parts of the country apart from Accra and Tema. The…
BoG working on block chain product and 2 remittance innovations
The Bank of Ghana is presently working on testing a block chain based product and two innovations in the remittance space. This is part of its digital and innovation agenda….
ADB disburses GH¢100 million to 17 companies to promote 1D1F
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has so far disbursed in excess of over a GHS 100 million to 17 companies under the ‘One District One Factory’(1D1F) initiative in the areas…
SmartFarmer offers people across the globe an opportunity to become a farmer
This is a well-designed technological tool for farming with efficiency and optimization. Providing more efficiency, optimization, and Productivity, SmartFarmer ensures its realization. SmartFarmer is a digital Farming Platform that uses…
Ghana completes preparatory phase of Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme
Ghana has completed the project preparatory phase of the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme (SREP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Energy Minister, has said. The SREP Investment Plan is key to…
Swift Petrotrade signs petroleum partnership with Hatch Energy Group
Swift Petrotrade Group (SPG), a Ghanaian-owned international petroleum and petrochemical trading company, has closed a Joint-Venture deal with Hatch Energy Group (HEG), an international oil and energy services company, to…
Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings empowers women in agribusiness
Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament for Korle- Klottey, has commenced the National Agricultural Capacity and Business Set-up Roadshow to empower young women and persons with disability in agribusiness….
Tullow Oil PLC starts multi-well drilling in Ghana
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced it will start a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign offshore in Ghana with the commencement of drilling of the first well at the Jubilee Field….
Mobile money far surpass cheque transactions by ¢522.9 billion in 8 months
Mobile money transactions for the first eight months of this year far exceeded cheque transactions by a massive ¢522.9 billion. This is compared to a little about ¢374 billion recorded…
BoG to phase out GH¢1, GH¢2 notes – Addison
…to reduce cost of printing Governor of the central bank, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said that very soon the Bank of Ghana will phase out the country’s two smaller currency…
How Ghana Can Benefit From Global Demand For Cashews
The growing demand for cashew nuts around the world, particularly in developed and emerging economies, is driven by a number of factors. They include recognition of their health and nutritional benefits and…
Ghana to soon have a fertiliser manufacturing plant
Ghana will soon have a fertiliser manufacturing plant to produce fertilisers locally, to meet the rising demand of farmers, Head of Results Delivery at the Office of the President, Nana…
Dr. Edith Dankwa ranked second in top 10 female media moguls in Africa
The current Board Chair and former Chief Executive Officer of the Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Dr. Edith Dankwa, has been ranked by Billionaires.Africa as part of the top ten…
Zoomlion trains 51 women in heavy duty truck driving
A total of 51 female beneficiaries of the Youth Employment programme have received training in driving heavy-duty trucks under its Zoom Captains programme of Zoomlion Ghana Limited. They undertook a…
CSIR-SARI develops new groundnut varieties to enhance food security
Two high-yielding climate-tolerant groundnut seed varieties, Sarinut 1 and Sarinut 2, have been developed by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) in…
Gold booms amid COVID-19 pandemic
The global gold industry, and by extension the mining industry, so far stands out as the utmost beneficiary of the COVID-19 global crisis, General Secretary of Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU),…
Food prices likely to drop by end of August – Esoko Ghana
After several weeks of increases in food prices on the market, consumers should expect some stability and price reductions by the end of this month, August 2021. This prediction was…