The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 28th September 2020, commissioned the Kasapreko Water, Juice and Soft Drinks Factory, a company operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative. At a ceremony at the premises of the company at Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region, President Akufo-Addo noted that the establishment of the factory is […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Government is resolved to replanting all swollen-shoot affected farms in all the regions of cocoa cultivation, and, thereby, help improve the yield per hectare for all cocoa farmers. Speaking at the launch of Government’s Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme on Thursday, 24th September 2020, at Sefwi Wiawso, […]
The Board of KGL Technology Limited, in consultation with the leadership of both the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (ALMC), will set up a Welfare Fund aimed at availing funds to be accessed solely by all officially licensed Lotto Marketing Companies under the National Lottery Authority (NLA). The fund seeks […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 10th September 2020, inspected ongoing work on the construction of the $16 million Weddi Africa tomato processing factory located in Domfete, in Berekum, Bono East Region. The factory, a project operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, is a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, which will have an […]
The National Lottery Authority(NLA) in collaboration with the Volta Regional Police Command have successfully arrested four lotto fraudsters in the Volta Region. The four lotto fraudsters are Godwin Agbenyefia alias Demon aged 19, Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial aged 20, Kelvin Kwame Abouzi alias Kartel aged 20 and Kingsley Adelekey aged 21. The accused persons […]
Deputy Health Minister Dr Bernard Okoe Boye has defended government’s decision to charge arriving passengers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) $150 for Covid-19 test. His strong defence comes after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) Dr Edward Omane Boamah criticised government for the $150 charge for passengers, accusing it of attempting to cash in […]
The Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Project (SEHP) has built the capacities of 70 traders from some market centres in Accra in business development skills to give them sustainable livelihoods. The beneficiaries were drawn from the Agbogbloshie, Okaishie, Abossey Okai markets and surrounding communities. They were taught proper financial management, bookkeeping, savings and long-term investment plan […]
Ghana will host the African Development Bank’s next Annual Meetings in May 2021, it was announced Thursday, at the end of the Group’s 2020 meetings. The 2021 meetings will take place in the country’s capital city, Accra. Côte d’Ivoire’s Planning Minister Niale Kaba handed over the baton to Ghana, announcing that the Board of Governors […]
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) through its programme “Aquaculture for Food and Jobs”, has expanded the country’s fish ponds from 3,915 in 2015 to 4,925 in 2019. Similarly, the Ministry has also increased the country’s cages from 7,607 in 2015 to 10,102 in 2019. This was made known by the Coordinator of […]
The former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lauded the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s One District One Factory initiative. According to him, he had no idea how impactful the initiative would be to the people of the Central region, especially farmers, fishers, and factory workers. “We took the 1D1F for […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) would receive an unprecedented financial commitment of Thirty Million Ghana Cedis from the licensing of KGL Technology Limited for the year 2020. This achievement is breathtaking and unprecedented in the annals of the Authority. The ability of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and KGL Technology Limited to raise Thirty Million […]
Government has issued the budget guidelines for the 2021-2024 fiscal period, which will facilitate the preparation of the 2021 budget by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Importantly, the guidelines reveal the key fiscal targets for 2021 as well. However, with general elections scheduled for the end […]
