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A British engineering company has admitted it was involved in overseas corruption and breaching UN sanctions. Mabey & Johnson tried to influence officials in Jamaica and Ghana when bidding for public contracts. It also paid more than…

The White House's choice of Ghana as President Obama's only port of call in sub-Saharan Africa this week has triggered envy across the continent. The visit, his first to sub-Saharan Africa since becoming president, is also being…

A South African company, New Alpha Refinery Ghana Ltd., has won a multi-billion dollar contract to build an oil refinery in Ghana. The refinery, when it is completed will be the largest in West Africa. According to a Reuters report quoting…

An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday nearly handed down custodial sentences to two students who were found guilty of engaging in internet fraud. But following a plea of mitigation put in by their lawyers, they were sentenced to a fine of…

Dr Kwesi Jonah, Resident Scholar at the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), said on Tuesday that if oil was an attraction to President Barack Obama, he would have chosen Nigerian over Ghana for his first visit to Africa. He noted…

Ghana’s gold industry would receive a major boost with the expected establishment of a gold refinery which is expected to be the biggest in West Africa. The $15 million project, expected to take off by the last quarter of this year would…

As the countdown to the arrival of US President Barack Obama enters the home stretch the authorities have stepped up their preparations to give the charismatic US leader a warm Akwaaba. The ceremonial streets in Accra have been garnished…

Global Internet users would be confronted with a challenge that experts say would make the use of the Internet difficult. The Internet is expected to slow down, as the number of users around the world grows, a study has said. The growing…

There is no stopping the growth of Ghana’s hospitality industry, as daily additions in the different sectors of the industry continue. There are increasing efforts to boost the tourism sector. A recent addition has been made. A new hotel,…

A Zimbabwean hospitality company is upbeat about setting up in Ghana to serve the country’s tourism sector, citing political stability as the reason. The CEO of Harare-based African Sun Ltd., which is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange…