Cocoa floor price pegged at US$2,600-meeting to fine-tune modalities for implementation slated for 3rd July

The floor price for Cocoa has been pegged at US$2,600, by stakeholders from Ghana and the Ivory Coast after a two day meeting encapsulating Cocoa Trade houses, processors and manufacturers in Accra. A statement issued by Cocobod a while ago and made available to BestNewsGH.com explained that a technical meeting would be held in Abidjan […]

Ghana to help Guyana in Energy Sector

Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo has agreed that his country would help Guyana’s energy sector, Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon said. Briefing the media after Akufo-Addo was conferred with Guyana’s national award, the Order of Excellence by President David Granger, Harmon said the technical assistance cooperation would be provided free of cost. […]

GEXIM supports 1,600 women in shea industry

Some 1,600 jobs in the shea industry are to be created for local women in Ghana’s Northern Region, thanks to a collaboration between the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) and the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP). Dubbed the ‘Shea Enterprise Project Initiative’, the project aims to economically empower women engaged in the shea value chain […]

Just in: Gov’t kickstarts community mining programme, invites interested persons to register with MMDA’s

Government has served notice it will soon begin the Community Mining Programme which will see mining concessions reserved across the various mining regions. A statement signed by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng announcing the move, invited interested persons to register with the Various Metropolitan, Municipal […]

OIL: Adopt new model contract-that pays oil companies per barrel of oil recovered –IEA

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is advocating for a new model contract which pays oil companies for each barrel of crude oil recovered from the ground or seabed. According to the independent public policy institute, this model will provide huge foreign reserves for Ghana’s development. Some countries using the model Several countries, including Iran, […]

Sell Elmina and Cape Coast Castles to me, I will turn them into a cash cow-Ken Agyapong

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has advocated for the privatization of the Elmina and Cape Coast Castles. According to the outspoken legislator, he will take tourism to another level if both castles were under his care. Mr. Agyapong lamented the state of the castles, insisting they are currently […]

Agronomist wants Govt to tread cautiously with subsidies on agric inputs

An agronomist and principal research scientist with the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr Roger Kanton has entreated government to reconsider its policy of subsidising agricultural inputs for farmers in the country. According to the Research and Extension Farmer Linkage Committee Co-ordinator for the Upper East […]