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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for stronger action from Corporate Ghana to support the attainment of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, more than 190 world leaders committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals, designed to be the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future …

A 200-acre avocado plantation is under cultivation in Abuakwa in the Eastern Region, the first phase of an agro-processing project under the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) programme. Project champions, Akuapem Gold Agro Processing Limited, has targeted to cultivate 2,000 acres of three varieties of avocado within the next year and scale it up …

Caution by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) to investors about high return investments has been described as unsound by the head of an institution that champions private sector development. Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), Nana Osei Bonsu, has said on the Business Edition of PM …

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) in collaboration with the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Secretariat and overseas experts have offered training services to about 36 NABCO recruits. The training was conducted at the premises of NLA on technology transfer and assembling procedures for the solar-powered e-Kiosks.  The National Lottery Authority due …

Oil demand growth estimates for both 2018 and 2019 have been cut, the International Energy Agency revealed in its latest report issued Wednesday. Last year’s oil demand growth estimate has been revised downward by 70,000 barrels per day (kb/d) to 1.2 million barrels per day (mb/d), while the forecast for …

Economist and Chief Operating Officer of the Ishmael Yamson foundation Harry Michael Yamson says developments at the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company show that the management of the company has failed. According to him, there is the need for a more competent team and board to handle affairs at the organisation. …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana stands ready to host the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which would be responsible for the implementation of the African Union’s agenda of creating a single African market to boost trade on the continent. Addressing a fact-finding delegation of …

President Nana Akufo-Addo is meeting workers of the Tema Port following recent agitations over the Meridian Port Services agreement. The TUC and the Ghana Maritime and Dock Workers Union in recent times have expressed concerns about the deal which they believe will lead to job losses. President Nana Akufo-Addo, in …

The Ghana Railways Company has reduced the GH¢5 flat Tema-Accra train fare to GH¢3. The reduced fare on the Accra-Tema route is aimed at increasing patronage of the railway service, the Minister of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey has said. At a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Ghartey acknowledged that …

Four out of 16 firms that expressed interest in the Ghana-Burkina Faso interconnectivity railway project between the port of Tema and Ouagadougou have successfully submitted their qualification documents. They are the China Railway Construction Engineering Limited, Frontline Consortium, China Railway Number 10 Consortium and African Global Development. The remaining 12  …