Tourism can stimulate trade, development – UNCTAD XIII Ghana Business News | Kakum Park - One of Ghana's best tourist site | Participants at the just-ended United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) have underscored the role of tourism as a vital service sector, contributing to GDP and employment in developed and developing countries. | Held in Do...
Malaria affects economic growth - Mrs Binka Joy Online An Executive Secretary of African Media Malaria Research Network (AMMREN), Mrs Charity Binka has observed that malaria affected the socio-economic development and wellbeing of Ghanaians. | She has therefore, called on individuals, government, health workers and stakeholders in the health sector to e...
Oil Revenue Shores-Up Investment in Road Sector - PIAC Report Reveals All Africa [Ghanaian Chronicle] The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has launched its annual report on petroleum revenue management for 2011 in Accra yesterday with a revelation that revenue from petroleum helped the government to shore-up th...
MTN Launches High Capacity Cable All Africa [Public Agenda] It has been six years since MTN boldly pioneered and committed over US$ 100 million into Africa's largest capacity submarine fibre optic cable. Last Friday marked the commercial launch of the much-anticipated ultra high-capacity West ...
Exxon's approach a liability Pittsburgh Tribune Review | When Exxon boss Rex Tillerson walked into a meeting with the president of Ghana on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, he thought he was set to strike a deal with an important new oil-producing nation. | Instead, Tillerson -- who ...
Ghana choking from Cocoa price drop on World market Peace FM Online Projected revenues from cocoa exports for 2012 are set to drop significantly as Ghana begins to suffer from the plummeting cocoa prices on the world market. | This is according to COCOBOD as a result of downward trend of cocoa prices on the world mar...
Go west to experience Africa’s jewel Independent online From the sky, Ghana is a bundle of green on the west coast of Africa, bordered by golden beaches and the warm blue of the Atlantic. Once you’re on the ground, its variety hits you like a rush of sweet, humid air. | Ghana, around the same size a...
Food Prices Are Squeezing the Life Out the Citizens All Africa [Ghanaian Chronicle] Minister for Food and Agriculture Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi is reported to have said at the Meet-the-Press series in Accra on Tuesday, that workers' demand for higher wages is what was driving the prices of food items in the country beyond...
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth Business Day | IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing interest in Africa from emerging-market giants such as China, India and Brazil. | Ethiopian will be the first African carrier to bring the new-generation B...
