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When Ghana’s next President emerges whoever he is he will have earned the right to consider himself the representative of hope for the growth of genuine democracy throughout the West African sub-region. Apart from the circumspect and…

Pope Benedict XVI warned in his Christmas message Thursday that the world was headed toward ruin if selfishness prevails over solidarity during tough economic times for rich and poor nations. Speaking from the central balcony of St.…

Windows 7 will hit store shelves sometime next year. And if I had to guess exactly when it would happen, November 2 would be my answer. Yes, I know that Microsoft has said that it plans on releasing Windows 7 by early 2010 and there has…

Cocoa dropped in London on speculation growers in Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, increased sales of their latest crop to take advantage of this month’s price gains. Sugar and coffee advanced. Ghana’s production will rise 4.3…

Ghana is among some developing countries that will soon get a power plant to augment their power supply needs. Reports reaching ghanabusinessnews.com indicate that Russian state-owned Technopromexport has announced in Moscow. The reports…

Before 2005, there were no fewer than 95 Nigerian commercial banks in an amorphous pack, with many of them showing deep signs of systemic malfunction and dense stress, requiring a surgical operation to avoid the unpleasant and unprecedented…

Just over two years after mobile phone company Zain came up with the first ever cross-border mobile network, the One Network telecommunication giant is now about to launch another global first -- a money transfer service that will see its…

A Ghanaian woman based in the US has been found guilty of child abuse which eventually resulted in the death of her daughter, news from Colorado says. The woman, Susie Quartey was found guilty by an Arapahoe County jury for the death of…

Sandvik Mining and Construction (SMC), a subsidiary company to Sandvik in Sweden, has presented two separate cheques valued at GH¢1,500 to support human development activities in the Obuasi Municipality. The first cheque for GH¢1,000 was…

The Ministry of Fisheries on Tuesday said before its creation in January 2005, pair-trawling was already in operation in Ghana’s waters. A statement signed by the Ministry’s Chief Director, Mr Emmanuel Mensah Quaye on Tuesday said the…