Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited (CML) and its partner, Nestle, through the Beyond Beans Foundation has announced premium payment of GH¢804,000 - for 3,000 metric tonnes of cocoa beans purchased during the just-ended main crop season - to farmers at Bekwai and Anhwiaso cocoa districts in the Ashanti Region.
The year’s...
The Ministry of Communications, in partnership with its agencies, is conducting training for about 570 school girls in the Oti Region, as part of the annual National Girls in ICT celebrations.
The Girls- in – ICT initiative is one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Communications and is...
Olam Ghana, a leading food and agribusiness and one of the biggest licenced cocoa buying companies, reaching over 180,000 cocoa farmers, has donated consignments of medical supplies to three hospitals in support of the government’s efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The company presented...
In a drive to scale up agriculture exports, Director of Port -Tema, Sandra Opoku, is proposing more support for farmers, especially small holder ones with export potential to produce more for the export market.
In 2019, the Port of Tema alone recorded a total exports figure of 2.5 million metric...
President Akufo-Addo paid a working visit to the central bank on Tuesday where Governor Dr Ernest Addision noted that financial sector clean-up has resulted in a stable financial sector with fewer banks and Specialized Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) that are well capitalised, liquid, and solvent, and better able to support...
Managing Director of Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited (CML), Alhaji Abdul Fataa Adamu, has said efforts to ensure production of good quality cocoa beans while improving the livelihoods of farmers, through cocoa certification is significantly contributing to achieving cocoa production sustainability.
He observed that the “firm agreement made by top cocoa...
Tuberculosis is the world’s leading infectious disease killer
Successful development of a new tuberculosis vaccine will help reduce the disease burden on African countries and in particular in infants in high-risk HIV+ population
European Investment Bank (EIB) provides €30 million loan to Vakzine Projekt Management, German subsidiary of...
Tourism has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in Ghana and around the world, due to the critical role it plays as a commercial activity that creates demand and growth for many more industries. It not only contributes toward more economic activities but also generates more employment, revenues -...
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five-year term as President of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank.
A globally renowned development economist and a World Food Prize Laureate and Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate,...
The African Banker’s judging process sought to recognise the African banks that have demonstrated original and practical uses of technology to provide customer convenience
The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank has won the award for Innovation in Financial Services at the 2020 edition of the prestigious African Banker magazine Awards....