October 2010

Eden Tree Limited, an agro-processing company, with specialisation in the packaging and supply of fresh vegetables has launched a GH¢50,000 Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) for out-grower farmers. The beneficiary farmers were selected from…

The Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim, has called on the public to join credit unions to benefit from their assistance. He made this call at the 4th anniversary of the Winneba based Edwumapa Co-operative Credit Union. The…

A non-governmental organisation, Southern Sector Youth and Women’s Empowerment Network (SOSYWEN), will next Wednesday mount a photo exhibition in Accra, depicting the living conditions of women in “witches camps” in the Northern Region.…

The University of Ghana Co-operative Credit Union Limited (UGCUL) had assets totalling GH₵8,998,348.04, with a total income of GH₵1,734,032.75, in the 2009/2010 fiscal year which ended on June 30. The Union’s Net Surplus also stood at…

Mr Alex Narh Tetteh-Enyo, Minister of Education, has urged heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) to seek approval from the Government before mobilising funds through the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) for building projects in their…

Alhaji Mahama Adams, the National Coordinator of Youth in Agriculture Programme, has called for the development of aquaculture. He said it was against this background that the government had included aquaculture as one of the main modules…

Fifteen Junior High Schools (JHSs) in the Hohoe Municipality scored zero percent in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Mr Victor-Hermann Condobrey, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, who disclosed this abysmal…

The abysmal performance of candidates in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), in the Shama District, dominated discussions at the Third Session of the Third meeting of the assembly on Wednesday. Out of 1,549…

Madam Betty Busumtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister, on Thursday, made a passionate appeal to the rank and file of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), to reconsider their industrial action in the spirit of…

Standard Bank, Africa's biggest bank by assets, will slacken its Africa expansion drive as part of plans to hold down costs after confirming it would slash more than 2,000 jobs. Standard Bank, 20 percent owned by Industrial and Commercial…