April 2010

A Dubai-based oil exploration and trading company Kampac Oil says it has secured extra funds for expansion into Africa. The company intends to expand its business activities especially into Ghana and South Africa. According to the Gulf…

Eight officials of Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) identified in a highly publicized video documentary on cocoa smuggling, have been arrested for criminal prosecution. The video documentary, which also showed other security…

The government of Ghana is to build an additional airport in the Western Region to serve the needs of the business community, especially the budding oil sector and its other emerging business opportunities. To this end, government has…

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, an aspirant for the flagbearership of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday called for a compromise candidate like him to lead the party back to power. "NPP needs a compromise…

Gas fuelled commercial vehicles might soon have to pay appropriate prices for the commodity. The Deputy Minister for Energy, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, said this at the Volta Region "Road show on Local Content and Participation Policy on…

The Unilever Ghana Foundation (UGF) has invested a total amount of GH¢555,000 in the education of 490 Senior High School (SHS) students and 92 undergraduates, since its inception a decade ago. Mr Andrews Evans Quayson, Chairman of UGF…

Delta Airlines, the world's leading airlines, would start  direct flights from Accra to Atlanta U.S.A. on June 3, 2010, Mr Bobby Bryan, Commercial Manager of East and West Africa, announced in Accra on Tuesday. Mr Bryan, who was speaking…

Introduction:  The End of the Third World? For decades, students of security and international politics have debated the emergence of a multipolar system. It s time we recognize the new economic parallel. If 1989 saw the end of the…

The merger between British Airways (BA) and Spain's Iberia will result in increased access to African destinations for European and Latin American holidaymakers, BA's chief executive said on Wednesday. Willie Walsh said BA planned to…

South Africa's Telkom SA Ltd has signed a five roaming agreement with MTN Group and plans to build 2,000 base stations in two years as part of the strategy to launch a mobile phone business. Telkom said on Wednesday the base stations would…