August 2013

The Export Development and Agricultural Investment Fund (EDAIF), has drafted a new proposed bill, aimed at making the organization economically competitive and responsive to the needs of the agricultural and industrial sectors of Ghana.…

Soft-spoken 24-year-old Selorm Kobla Santino Adedavoh had always wanted to be a pilot from his infancy, but he never imagined that besides achieving that life-time dream, he was also going to be Ghana’s first ever locally-trained…

Ghana earned an amount of $422.7 million from the sale of 3.98 million barrels of Jubilee crude oil during the first half of 2013. The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on behalf of the country made four crude liftings during the…

Although several sanitation technologies and financing options are available to Africa, credible business models to take advantage of these are non-existent. Further, even though demand-led approach to sanitation looks very promising, it…

A new Executive Director has been appointed for the International Trade Center, a joint UNCTAD and WTO organization. Ms. Arancha Gonzalez’s appointment was announced August 15, 2013 by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon a press…

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Agwunbutoge Awuni, the Director of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU), has said the police was not the only corrupt institution in the country and that corruption was pervasive across the…

The Ghana Revenue Authority has sealed off the office of Abraham Construction and Electrical Company Limited for failure to pay taxes owed to the state. Abraham Construction and Electrical Company Limited owes GH¢16,582.50 in taxes. Mr…

Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), on Thursday inspected on-going road construction works in the Madina Municipality to ascertain measures being put in place to ensure pedestrian safety.…

A former Presiding Member of the Ga East District, Abdullai Zakaria, has been fined three hundred penalty units or GH¢3,600.00 by the Osu District Magistrate Court for defrauding by false pretence. In default, Abdullai Zakaria, who earlier…

Swiss side FC Sion, have announced the capture of Ghana U-20 striker Ebenezer Assifuah on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The Black Satellites penned his contract on Thursday after agreeing terms with the Stade Tourbillon outfit…