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The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is increasing calls on entrepreneurs particularly owners of start-ups and small-scale enterprises to form business clusters towards meeting growing demands for products from the country. At its Women’s Entrepreneurship Breakfast Meeting in Ho, the Association and its partners including; the Ministry of Trade, the …

As part of its commitment to the development of the agricultural sector in Ghana, Yara International ASA has invested more than $15 million into a new fertiliser terminal and blending facility in Tema. This terminal, with a storage capacity of over 50,000 tonnes and blending and bagging production rate of …

Four Armed Robbers suspected to be Fulanis on Saturday night attacked Metro Mass Transit LTD bus with registration number AS998Z  travelling from Tamale to Tatale in the Northern Region. The driver, Afa Mohammed Seidu received multiple gunshots on the jaw and neck, while the phones and other valuables of the …

Government’s decision to carry out large scale bauxite mining in the ancient Atewa Forest Reserve in the Eastern Region continues to face resistance from local and international environmentally friendly organisations. A Rocha Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation leading the crusade has reaffirmed its utmost disapproval at the government’s decision, and called …

Participants at separate events on corruption have attributed the practice to breakdown in social, morality and the desire to amass wealth irrespective of the means. They also blamed society for hailing the rich against the poor, giving recognition to wealth without interrogating the source, sabotaging people who were committed to …

Leader of an European Union (EU) Technical Support Team, Joao Monteiro Paes has said more governmental effort is needed to boost the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) sector. He said in the absence of companies with strong network with SME’s, it is going to be very difficult to promote …

The Aflao Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is struggling to meet revenue target as imports by its two main clients, Diamond Cement Ghana Limited (DCGL) and Dangote Cement (DC) through the frontier has been dipping. As a result the sector failed to meet its 2018 revenue target, collecting just …

The Ghana Prisons Service has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Plan Volta Foundation to allow long-term serving inmates to enroll onto the University of Cape Coast’s Distance Learning Program for higher education. The Prisons Service in a bid to achieve its reformative and rehabilitative mandate seeks to roll-out …

Director of Neogenics Education, Grant Bulmuo, has called for a fundamental change in the methods of teaching in Ghanaian schools to transform the country’s education system to match global standards. The Educational Consultancy Organization director also called for a paradigm shift in the training of teachers to improve academic performance …

Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victim support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that assault cases in Upper West Region increased from 179 cases in 2017 to 196 in 2018. Domestic stealing cases also increased from 17 cases in 2017 to 27 cases recorded in 2018, while …