2020

Government has introduced Coffee Development Programme to support the growth of the industry. The programme, spearheaded by the Ghana Cocoa Board, has already led to the doubling of output to above 12,000 tonnes per annum with yields…

Parliament has approved the construction of a Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) facility at Agona West to enhance skills training to boost private business growth. Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Member of Parliament…

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Wednesday commissioned the new Chancery Building of Ghana in Brussels, Belgium. At the virtual event, Madam Botchwey, on behalf of President…

Government has authorized a bailout, which involves a partial payment of up to GH¢50,000.00 to customers of the remaining affected Fund Management Companies. A Securities and Exchange Commission statement copied to the Ghana News Agency…

Wild fire Wednesday dawn swept through stalls and shops at the Odawna Market, Kwame Nkrumah Circle/Interchange, destroying goods worth thousands of Ghana cedis. The fire, said to have started at 0220 hours, took personnel of the National…

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), local chapter of Transparency International, has encouraged Ghanaians to take advantage of the available corruption reporting platforms to report corruption incidents. The GII said as part of efforts…

When I was in Ghana in 1996 to cover the party congress of the NDC for West Africa magazine in London, I had the opportunity to interview the then President, Jerry Rawlings. Mark Woyongo, who I had met when he was Minister Counsellor…

 A 34-year-old mallam, Suleman Mumuni Tanko is in the grips of the Central Regional Police Command for allegedly murdering a 24-year-old woman, at a hotel at Ofaakor in the Greater Accra Region. The self-acclaimed Mallam, who was…

The United Nations and partners are being thwarted in delivering aid to victims of the Tigray crisis in the northern Ethiopia area by blocked roads, threatening food insecurity for millions, UN humanitarians have said. "Roads to the…

I had the privilege of attending the Seventh Meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa held online from October 13-15, 2020 that was sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).  The meeting assembled Heads…