February 2011

More than 300 pupils of the Kyeremase Municipal Authority Primary School near Akroso in the Birim Central Municipality are holding classes in huts made of palm fronds with others in dilapidated classrooms. The four-classroom mud hut built…

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced a coordinated effort to reduce hunger and poverty in developing countries by supporting agricultural research projects…

Cocoa farmers at Amanfopong, a farming community between Akim Oda and Breman Brakwa are asking the Produce Buying Company (PBC), a cocoa licensed buying company, to rehabilitate the society’s cocoa shed in the town. The shed’s roofing…

Mr Sam Quartey, a cocoa marketing clerk of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) has called on cocoa farmers to apply recommended insecticides on their farms. Mr Quartey said the practice would ensure that the country continued to merit the…

The Ghana Meteorological Agency says a stable atmosphere, partly cloudy and sunny conditions will prevail over most parts of the country. However, the west coast will be cloudy with expected rain showers, according to the weather forecast…

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced the award  of $5.5 million Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses to GoldKey Properties Limited. The company, the NCA said  won the bid to have the 2500 – 2690 MHz band for the…

Television, the world’s leading medium is expected grow its advertising revenue to $191 billion in 2011 worldwide to solidify its status as the super media among all forms of media. In a report prepared by one of the world’s financial…

An industrial and technology fair (INDUTECH) would be held in Kumasi from April 13- April 20 to showcase the industrial potential of the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions. The fair is being organised by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre,…

A team from IBM, an international technology and consultancy company, will arrive in the country this weekend to work with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to modernize its computer systems to improve electricity supply. The team,…

The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC) on Friday launched a monitoring and evaluation system on agriculture at Nyariga, a farming community in the Bolgatanga Municipality, of the Upper East Region. It would provide farmers and the…