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UNIDO Deputy Director-General pays working visit to Ghana Standards Authority
The Deputy Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Mr Taizo Nishikawa has paid a working visit to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in Accra.
UNIDO in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and…
Ghana keen to meet $5b revenue target from non-traditional exports by 2016
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has pledged to meet its goal of $5 billion in Non-Traditional Exports revenue by 2016.
The sector currently rakes in more than $1.0 billion.
A key element of this was to ensure that management…
Ghanaian book publishers call for guaranteed-market quota of government contracts
The Ghana Book Publishers Association (GBPA), is seeking a guaranteed market quota of 70 per cent of Government’s publishing contracts through the Ministry of Education (MoE), for local publishers.
Members of the Association however,…
High Court Judge raises red flag over export of Methamphetamine drug
A High Court Judge on Wednesday raised red flag over attempts to export Methamphetamine drug out of Ghana to other countries saying drug couriers are now swaying towards its exportation.
Mr Justice Charles Quist said because couriers had…
Trade Minister encourages Ghanaian entrepreneurs to learn French
Ms Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Wednesday encouraged Ghanaian entrepreneurs to have a good knowledge of French to enable them to enhance their business and trade relations with their French-speaking counterparts.…
Ghana Parliament approves $25.9m IDA financing agreement for ECOWAS power pool project
Ghana's Parliament on Wednesday approved a Financing Agreement between Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA) for $25.9 million to finance the West Africa Power Pool (APL3) programme.
The loan would be committed to the…
Key stakeholders sign Road Safety Action Plan
Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, Inspector General of Police (IGP) has called for concerted efforts by stakeholders in the road sector to reduce road crashes in the country.
He said he did not believe in the use of an enforcement approach in…
President Mills makes unannounced visit to Agbogbloshie Market
President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday made a surprise visit to the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, and commended the traders for their hard work and enormous contribution to the sustenance and growth of the economy.
President Mills…
EU urges countries to ratify, implement Convention on Discrimination
European Union (EU) on Tuesday said global efforts to combat racism were based on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
It therefore, urged all States to ratify and implement the…
Solve funding crisis in education – Nana Akufo-Addo tells Gov’t
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday called on Government to take immediate steps to ensure the release of feeding fees to schools, and give basic schools their Capitation Grant.…