The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has received recognition for its outstanding efforts in promoting investment opportunities and driving economic growth in Ghana. At [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reiterated that the banking sector remains solvent and strong to support economic growth, despite the recent challenges faced by the country. Accordi [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Budget Office to monitor Ghana’s monetary and fiscal systems. This, th [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

Brolly, a Ghanaian insurtech specialising in affordable car insurance has been selected for the Summer 2023 cohort of the world-renowned Techstars accelerator in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has attributed the recent power outages to inadequate gas supply to fuel power plants. Acco [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

For more than three years, Steve Hanke, an economist at Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, has been computing inflation rates for more [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

Economist at Louisiana Economic Development in the USA, Dr. Sa-ad Iddrisu, has revealed a looming banking crisis in Ghana if the government is unable to get the $1.5 billion dollar [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is calling for a strong legal system to support the Currency Board (CB) Lite System to achieve its goals. It believes a strong legal syst [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The Head of Client Coverage at Stanbic Investment Management Services (SIMS), Desmond Bredu, has underscored the importance of financial literacy, particularly for the youth, in re [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

Only about 1.9 million of the 10 million or so workers in the country are covered under the Social Security and National Insurance (SSNIT) Scheme. According to the Director Gene [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

MTN Group is in advanced talks with Axian Group to sell some of its West African markets, according to people familiar with the matter, as Africa’s largest mobile operator trims [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

The number of self-employed persons enrolled in the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) pension scheme has doubled in the past nine months. This follows the rol [...]

Country: Ghana

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

[New Times] The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Board (RAB) is gearing up to launch a groundbreaking 'farmer field school' program aimed at addressing the lack of professio [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

[Dabanga] Nyala / El Geneina -- Traders in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, warn of an imminent food gap in the region, after the city's crop market was destroyed by fire. In West a [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 11-May-2023

Tribune Online FG advocates alternative feed ingredients in livestock sector FEDERAL Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Developmental Partners in the Livestock Sub S [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

Tribune Online Ondo women farmers seek improved budgetary provision for farm inputs WOMEN farmers, under the aegis of Small-scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) in [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

Tribune Online Eco-friendly management of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Nigeria ECOSYSTEM according to convention on Biological Diversity means “a dynamic complex of p [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

The government of Sierra Leone is seeking support from the Ebonyi State government of Nigeria, in its quest to check the high cost of rice importation into Sierra-Leone. Leader of [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

The Nigerian Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated a youth agriculture advocacy platform in Cross River State. The inauguration which was in [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

Forum for Agricultural Commodity Presidents has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s Agricultural Programmes, saying the policies have recorded great successes and ensured food [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is working with researchers and industry players to tame rising cases of fake basmati rice. [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

[Observer] - Agriculture Minister, IFAD Country Director tour project site [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

[IPS] Rome -- Less than a decade ago, Africa was home to 60-65% of the world's uncultivated arable land and 10% of renewable freshwater resources, as reported by the African Union [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

[Addis Standard] The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands has announced that it has decided to end imports of water pumps that run on diesel and/or gasoline and instead focus on gre [...]

Region: N/A

Date: 09-May-2023

The National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) and Global Crop Diversity Trust has advised farmers to adopt resilient crops to tackle climate change and ensu [...]

Country: Nigeria

Region: N/A

Date: 06-May-2023