2017

While the age of sexual consent in Ghana is 16 years, teenage girls can’t marry till they are 18 years old! Meanwhile, the incidence of child marriage, while decreasing, is gaining greater concern in the country, reaching a point where…

Participants, at the end of a Power Africa town hall meeting, in Accra, have called for the investments in the production of diverse energy resources to help address the continent's energy constraints. With two-thirds of Africans still…

A group of fishermen from Akplabanya and its environs in the Ada West in the Greater Accra Region on Monday dawn allegedly attacked members of the Fisheries Volunteer Taskforce on the Prampram waters. The fishermen numbering…

Ghana has improved its ranking on the Social Progress Index, released last week. Ghana is among countries that have made improvements in the indicators measured by the Index. The Social Progress Index, by the Washington-based Social…

Newly published author, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng will be the guest the next National Book Reading Campaign – the DAkpalbli Readathon, according to a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com. Nkrumah-Boateng, whohe new book…

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are contributing to the fiscal constraints preventing countries in the West Africa sub-region from attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mr Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, a Tax…

Mr Carlos Ahenkorah, a Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, has challenged the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) to take decisive action to deal with current difficulties in the export sector to enhance growth. Speaking at a…

A three-day validation workshop for Economic Community and West African States directive on gender and energy assessment opened in Accra on Monday. The objective of the workshop is to ensure that women and men have access to modern…

Mr. Kudjoe Fianoo, chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) has revealed that both Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak will each receive an amount of GH¢50,000 as appearance fee for the 2017 edition of the…

Parliament cannot make changes to Legislative Instruments (LIs) brought before it by the Executive arm of government, Mr Frederick Opare-Ansah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suhum has said.He said the challenge…