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Ghana needs a colossal amount of $29 billion to reclaim the mined out areas, which constitute 23,000 square kilometres of the land surface area, representing 10 per cent of the total land area of the nation. Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, said this …

Ghana lost in excess of GH¢ 2.7 million in Agribusiness investments to malaria infections in 2016, a joint research conducted by the National Malaria Control Programme and School of Public Health of the University of Ghana, has revealed. The study, which covered 62 businesses in the Northern, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, …

As resources from Nigeria’s touchy oil sector continuously fail to actualise the long lost hope of an economic boom in the country, the Nigerian government has filed a suit at a commercial court in London against two oil companies operating in that country on bribery allegations and is demanding $1.1 …

A new study by the GSMA, the organization representing the interests of mobile operators worldwide, says unlocking spectrum for the mobile industry to deliver innovative 5G services across different industry sectors could add $565 billion to global GDP and $152 billion in tax revenue in 14 years from 2020 to …

The first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair opened in Cairo on Tuesday seeking to achieve $25 billion in trade deals over the next seven days. Organised by the African Export- Import Bank (Afreximbank), the fair, which is being held from December 11 to 17, aims to bridge the low trade level among …

Many more young people are being killed from injuries resulting from road accidents – and they are mostly the young in low and middle income countries, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO), 2018 Global Status on Road Safety. According to the study released last week, increase in average speed; …

Mr Joseph Osei Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, on Monday announced that Parliament has suspended all parts of the Standing Orders that required the formation of a quorum before discussing provisions in the Right to Information (RTI) Bill. He said the move would ensure that the few members …

Madam Beauty Narteh, Executive Secretary of Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) said corruption could “kill” because it exacerbated poverty and thwarted development. She said it also undermined the principles of democracy and good governance, which formed the bedrock of modern societies. Madam Narteh was addressing this year’s International Anti-corruption Day celebration …

Some countries in Africa are reported to have as much as $300 billion worht of assets being managed in pension funds. Ms Jihane Hakimi, a Blended Finance Specialist at the African Development Bank Group, has called on Ghana to take steps to unlock domestically available capital for investment in impact …

Only yesterday December 7, 2018, Ghana celebrated a national holiday in honour of its farmers. The first Friday of December is a statutory holiday recognizing the country’s farmers. Agriculture is a major part of the country’s economy, contributing at least some 25 per cent to GDP and offering employment to …