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The Bank of Ghana financing of the budget deficit is one of the factors that have weakened the capacity of monetary policy and also partly explains the sharp cedi depreciation of recent years, according to Renaissance Capital. The $968…

The Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange, has called for a reduction in government shares in some listed companies to a level not exceeding 10 per cent in favour of the public. The target companies, include GCB Bank, AngloGold Ashanti,…

Professor Benjamin Nyarko, Director-General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), has re-echoed the need for the nation to take a strong stance to develop nuclear energy for industrial and socio-economic purposes. Nuclear energy,…

Mr Adamu Mukaila, SEND – Ghana Upper West Region Programme Officer has observed that the law, which criminalises both the receiver and giver of bribes, is not curbing the vice in the society. He said people fail to report acts of…

President John Dramani Mahama announced that government has allocated a total of GH¢27 million for the asphalting of the Kasseh-Ada road in the Greater Accra Region. He said the Ada area had a lot of tourism sites and the…

A joint-venture agreement to build the expertise in the local production of milk has been formalised in Kumasi. This led to the signing of a pact between the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Peak Investment…

Nii Osah Mills, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources on Friday, inaugurated Sahara Royal Gold Refinery Limited  (SRGRL) to help address the problem of lack of refining capacity in Ghana’s gold mining industry. The refinery which…

Mr Moses Kwaku Golly, Training Officer of Oasis Management Limited, a Ghanaian business promotion and management consulting firm, has indicated that businesses receive feedback from only four per cent of their dissatisfied customers. He…

Less than two per cent of the estimated number of children with special needs in Ghana are special schools and units across the country. The 6,314 children are made up of 3,614 males and 2,700 females. Mr Anthony Boateng, Director of…

The Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church, Right Reverend Francis Benjamin Quashie, has called for the removal of impediments that hinder the polytechnics from producing quality graduates. He noted that bringing out good…