2008

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Dutch Import Promotion Agency (CBI) in collaboration with the Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) on Tuesday began a series of training workshops to strengthen capacities of management…

The Managing Director of  Omatek Ghana Limited, Florence Seriki, has regarded the Omatek special Christmas offers for corporate bodies, friends and parents as the best giveaway that a computer firm can offer Ghanaians in modern times. She…

A French ship has begun repairing two undersea cables in the Mediterranean that were severed on Friday, disrupting internet and phone communications. A robot submarine will locate the ends of the cables on the sea bed and bring them to the…

The government has developed a comprehensive Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy to process, standardize and improve the curriculum for all the hospitality training institutions at the pre-tertiary level in the country. This strategy…

The Government of Ghana (GoG) has allocated an Investment Credit Facility of $235 million to boost the operations of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The package is intended to facilitate and enhance the operations of the ECG to…

A Ghanaian student is among more than 6,500 students from the US and other parts of the world who have been awarded various scholarships to study at the University of Kansas (KU) in the United States of America. The student, Kenneth…

The Union Rural Bank, with its headquarters at Awutu Senya in the Central Region, has launched a mobile banking service aimed at mobilising savings at the door steps of clients to increase deposits. The service, which is being run on a…

Since 1999, taxpayers have paid more than $187,000 for U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe to make at least 20 trips to Africa, records show. The Oklahoman's Washington bureau reviewed expense filings made through the Senate's Armed Services Committee by…

The Nkwanta North District Assembly (NNDA) is to sign a GH¢2.5 million credit agreement with the Home Finance Company (HFC) Bank Limited to speed up the construction of staff bungalows in its new district. The Ministry of Local Government…

In spite of the high cost of energy and rising cost of doing business in the country, gold production rose 2% to 1.9 million ounces from January to September 2008 as higher prices brought in a total export revenue of about US$1.75 million,…