April 2013

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday mounted the witness box to provide evidence in the ongoing election petition case before the Supreme…

Dr Edward Omane-Boamah, Minister for Communication, on Wednesday said government has planned to upgrade the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to tertiary status, to help speed up…

Aviation fuel sold in Africa is more costly than the global price, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. According to IATA, buying aviation fuel in Africa is 21% more expensive than the global average. It attributed…

Poultry imports into Ghana from the US, Brazil and the European Union reached 154,503 metric tons end of 2012, new figures obtained by ghanabusinessnews.com has shown. The EU exported 66,993 metric tons of poultry into Ghana, the US was…

Mr Kyle Whitehill will be leaving Vodafone Ghana to join the Qatar unit of Vodafone Group starting June 2013. Yesterday, Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. announced that it will appoint Mr Whitehill as its new Chief Executive Officer from June 2013.…

Imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu has been named the winner of the 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Announcing the winner April 16, 2013, UNESCO said Ms Alemu was recommended by an independent…

The International Finance Corporation is to issue bonds on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), and give some of the proceeds out as loan to the Ghanaian government and the rest used to fund development projects in the country. The corporation…

The Ghana government has announced new prices for subsidised fertilisers and seeds for 2013. A 50-kilogramme bag of compound fertiliser will now sell at GH¢51; urea, GH¢50 and sulphate of ammonia, GH¢44. The price of a 45-kilogramme bag…

President John Dramani Mahama says despite the turbulence that has confronted his administration so far, he remains focused on delivering on the promises made to Ghanaians. He said his main preoccupation now was how to provide adequate…

The Electoral Commission (EC) has complied with the Supreme Court’s order and filed its affidavit in the presidential election petition challenging the legitimacy of President John Dramani Mahama. The court had to adjourn its hearing of…