2017

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is considering scaling-up the Tele medicine initiative to cover other regions in the country after a successful pilot in the Ashanti Region. The initiative which provides the opportunity for community…

One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema Metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) between January and December, 2016. The figure shows an increase over the 107 and 110 recorded in the Metropolis…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) John Agyekum Kufuor to formally kick-start the production of oil in commercial quantities from the Sankofa Gye-Nyame Fields.…

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) in 2016 recorded a general growth in all aspects of its operations at the Tema and Takoradi Ports. The Ports recorded the growth in vessel traffic, cargo traffic, transit, container traffic,…

The Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre (EORIC) of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has inaugurated a $1.2 million worth COSMIC-2 Satellite Ground Station (GS) on Tuesday at the Sunyani campus of the…

Mrs Eugene Gifty Kusi, the Deputy Western Regional Minister, says Ghana has rich and interesting traditions that could be adopted to help chart the path for development into a middle income country. She said culture teaches values like…

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), have announced the participation of football legends, Esteban Cambiasso and Nwankwo Kanu along with Indian sporting icons Sunil…

The value of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) with sub-Sahara African involvement reached $18.1 billion in the first half of 2017, according to the quarterly investment banking analysis released by Thomson Reuters. According to the…

The ratings agency, Moody’s has announced first-ratings for Dangote Cement. In a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, Moody’s rates Dangote Cement first-time Ba3 corporate family rating (CFR), Ba3-PD probability of default…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians in the Diaspora of his government’s determination to provide the needed funding to enable the Electoral Commission (EC) to implement the Representation of the Peoples Amendment Law…