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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that his administration have managed Ghana’s economy very well over the last 23 months, leading to significant macro-economic stability and progress in all aspects of national life. Speaking at the 12th Graduation Ceremony of Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, at Akropong, …

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute and the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have developed nitrogen efficient rice and biological resistance cowpea to help the country earn over GH¢8000 million annually if adopted. An economic assessment by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as of September this year, had saved GH¢20 million by deleting 6, 452 pensioners from its  payroll, with an additional GH¢4 million plus,  expected by the end of the year. The total investments of the Trust’s assets as at September 2018 was …

The Australian High Commissioner to Ghana has criticised the country’s asset declaration law, describing it as a joke, with a call on government to find more effective means to implement it if it is serious about eliminating corruption. Ghana has two main laws on asset disclosure – Article 286 (1) of the 1992 …

The Parliament of Ghana on Thursday granted a request by the Government of Ghana to withdraw over GH¢73 billion from the Consolidated Fund and other government funds to finance development projects. This follows the House’s approval, after a marathon motion debate on the 2019 budget and financial policy statement of …

Government says it has already allocated a total of GH¢120 million in the 2019 Budget and Economic Policy for the six potential new regions as initial seed money. Of the total, each potential new region would be given GH¢20 million for the provision of critical infrastructure to enable the new …

In July 2016, Ghana started given all travellers holding passports from the 54 member countries of the African Union visa-on-arrival. It was the country’s move towards facilitating free movement of people in Africa – one of the flagship projects of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The country however, has special …

The government has approved a $100 million housing policy facility in the 2019 budget to solve the challenges faced by the Ghana Armed Forces. The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul said this when he called on the GAF to work jointly with the Police to arrest the rising incidence of ‘Land …

African countries could reduce trade costs by 15 per cent if they fully implement the continent’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). In a statement copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the WTO calculated that current trade costs for developing countries and found that the costs are equivalent to …

From Amsterdam, Seoul, Lima and Mumbai, to the small American town of Hiawassee, Georgia, medical implants sicken, maim and sometimes kill the very people they were designed to help. Health authorities across the globe have failed to protect millions of patients from poorly tested implants that can puncture organs, deliver …