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Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, a Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), on Monday stressed the need to differentiate the three forms of decentralisation to avoid creating problems with their…

Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, on Monday said Ghana had made significant strides towards reducing poverty over the last two decade from 51.7 per cent in 1992 to 28.5 per cent in 2006. He said the trend was…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it will return to its permanent headquarters in Ivory Coast by the year 2014. The announcement which was made during the Bank’s Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, follows the decision…

Ghana has not been allocated its share of the London 2012 Olympic games tickets, an official at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has disclosed to ghanabusinessnews.com. The London 2012 tickets are already on sale and so far the…

Canadian-based gold mining firm, Pelangio says it has acquired a 100% interest in the 290 km2 Obuasi Property in Ghana. The company said it recently completed the final payment totaling $750,000 under the option agreements in respect of…

Alhaji Nurudeen Issah, Deputy Central Regional Co-ordinator of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), has warned health extension workers posted to health facilities to work hard and deliver quality health care to the people. He…

Ghana has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has said in a press release issued June 15, 2011. The Treaty bans all nuclear explosions. The CTBTO, based…

The Volta River Authority (VRA) in collaboration with stakeholders is to develop a flood hazard forecasting model that would make it possible for floods to be forecasted accurately between three to five days. The donor funded model would…

The Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) purchased 11.933 metric tonnes of fresh palm fruits at an estimated cost of GH¢11.8 million from 438 smallholder farmers in 2010. Mr Samuel Avaala, Estate Manager of the Company, announced this at the…

A Research Scientist has acknowledged the crucial role root and tuber crops played in enhancing the livelihood of the people and called for more to be done to increase production. Dr Stella Ama Ennin, Deputy Director of the Crops…