July 2009

Exhibitors at the 2009 PANAFEST Expo/Bazaar at the Jubilee (Victoria) Park in Cape Coast have complained about low sales and attributed this to low publicity given to the event this year. The exhibitors, who also blamed the organisers for…

Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Minister of Lands and Mineral Resources, has called for attitudinal change on the part of the staff of reconstituted regional land commissions to ensure the success of the reforms in the land sector. “Reforms in…

Business entities engaged in productive sectors in the Ghanaian economy are qualified for partnerships with investors in the Diaspora, under the Bridge Investment Development (BID) program. The BID program, an initiative of the…

International Finance Corp., the World Bank Group’s private-sector lending arm, plans to increase spending on sub-Saharan Africa’s oil and gas industry and sees “significant” opportunities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania. “Africa is a focus…

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien believes the trauma of missing most of last season with a serious knee injury has made him a stronger player. Essien was sidelined for seven months after suffering a knee ligament tear but still managed to…

Chinese stocks will recover from their steepest drop since November and end the year higher as speculation that the government will limit bank loans is unfounded, billionaire investor Kenneth Fisher said. The nation’s economy is…

Angola plans to begin producing cars next month through a venture funded by a Chinese fund and based on technology from Japan's Nissan Motor Co, the deputy general manager of the China International Fund said. CSG Automovel-Angola will be…

A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves. Prominent Mac researcher Dino Dai Zovi disclosed the…

Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday.Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic…

Most Asian stocks declined as lower commodities prices dragged down materials producers, overshadowing better-than-expected earnings at Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, sank 1.4…