Right from the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, government has sought to use the inevitable accompanying disruptions in international supply chains to engage in import substitution in order to improve the country’s merchandize trade performance. The latest data released by the Bank of Ghana at the weekend confirms that this strategy is working. Total merchandise trade imports […]
The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has revealed that developments in Ghana’s ports have positioned the country at a competitive advantage within the sub-regional shipping subsector. The Director-General of GPHA who was speaking on the Eye on Port program, indicated that due to the operational efficiency of the Tema Port, […]
The President of Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) and the Director-General of Ghana’s Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has revealed that with the completion of phase 1 of the MPS Terminal 3, the Tema Port is currently the biggest in terms of capacity of all ports in the West and […]
It was all joy for the people of Central Region as the sod was cut for the construction of the Central regional solid waste treatment plant. Addressing the gathering at the sod-cutting ceremony on Friday (November 20, 2020,) at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, the Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, […]
Kenya’s High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Eliphas Mugendi Barine has touted developments in the port sector of Kenya which are yielding significant results in the Eastern Central sub region of Africa and gradually positioning the country as a hub for intra continental trade. Speaking on Eye on Port on the subject “Promoting Trade beyond […]
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has expressed its heartfelt condolences to the family of late former President Jerry John Rawlings. Mr. Rawlings, 73, passed on yesterday, Thursday November 12, at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital after a short illness. A statement signed by the Executive Secretary of the Association, Samson Asaki Awingobit expressed shock […]
Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies has been awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Decade’, at the third edition of the Ghana Business Awards at the Kempinski Hotel-Accra. The award was in recognition of his contribution to Business and Development in Ghana and Africa through his companies and various […]
A broadcast journalist with TV3 network, Josephine Antwi-Agyei has been adjudged the Maritime Reporter of the year at the 25th Ghana Journalist Awards. Josephine who has been reporting on the maritime sector for a decade did a documentary on the state of the Tema Shipyard with the aim of drawing government’s attention to resolving the […]
The people of Oti Region heaved a sigh of relief when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility and a multipurpose sports stadium. The two state-of-the-art facilities are a collaboration among the government of Ghana and Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) with its partners, […]
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has described as unfortunate, comments by sections of public which seek denigrate the Authority for appointing a Director for the Keta Port because it is not operational yet. A statement issued by the Authority and signed by the General Manager in charge of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Esther […]
The Methodist Church Ghana has commended waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), for “doing a good job” with the disinfection exercise in its 4,000 churches planted churches across the country. “We can say that Zoomlion has done a very good job for us! They have given us a certificate to show to the medical […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 5th June 2020, at a brief ceremony in Tema, commissioned Phase One of the Tema Interchange Project. Comprising a two-tier intersection, a tunnel in the East-West direction, four (4) kilometres of improved roads, four (4) pedestrian bridges, one at each approach to the intersection, […]
