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The Kumasi Institute of Tropical Agriculture (KITA) in collaboration with Perpetual Prosperity Pumps Foundation, a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) have presented farm implements, ruminants and improved seedlings to 26 selected…

The 2009 Kwabre District Best Farmer has appealed to the Government to make agriculture attractive and rewarding. Nana Kwabena Abebrese said bottlenecks in marketing and high interest rates on agricultural loans for example needed to be…

The Black Stars of Ghana fell at the foot of the Elephants in their opening match of the Angola 2010 Africa Cup of Nations game played in Cabinda on Friday. It was a humiliating defeat for the Stars, as it has rendered their chances of…

Professor Charles A.Yankah, a Ghanaian Heart Surgeon at German Heart Institute, Berlin, on Friday called on government to devise a comprehensive strategy to treat and manage the rising cases of cardiovascular diseases in the country. He…

A generous tip to a hotel chamber maid proved a costly mistake for a Lebanese man after it led to him being caught with $66m of fake currency. The man gave the woman a US $500 bill - a denomination last printed in 1945 and only in very…

Egypt has received a loan totaling $70 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance an agriculture project, the Reuters reported citing the (AfDB). The project is expected to create some 60,500 jobs. The loan is to be used…

China’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a record high in December 2009. A Bloomberg news report citing information on the Bank of China website said the country’s reserves rose 23% to $2.4 trillion, making it the world’s largest. In…

Nigeria's parliament has reached an agreement with the finance ministry to increase planned budgetary spending for 2010 above the president's proposed $27 billion, two sources involved in talks said on Friday. President Umaru Yar'Adua in…

The hype that preceded the launch of Google's Nexus One seems to have fizzled. The gadget that was hailed before it debuted as Google's long-awaited answer to Apple's über-popular iPhone has seen disappointing sales. Google sold just…

Some of Cadbury's biggest shareholders, led by Legal & General, continued to reject Kraft Foods' 10.5 billion pound ($17.2 billion) bid and will look for an increased offer over the next four days. The British confectioner has been…