Finance
Gari traders in Koforidua struggle as cassava shortage pushes up prices
The gari market in Koforidua is reeling from a severe shortage of cassava, leading to a sharp hike in prices.
This is sending shockwaves through the industry, leaving gari traders struggling to make ends meet.
The traders/operators
SWAiTEX offers big platform for engagement: Uirab
About 150 exhibitors including corporates, Small and Medium Enterprises, vendors as well as Offices, Ministries, and Agencies are exhibiting their products and services at this year’s Swakopmund International Trade Exposition (SWAiTEX).
Launched in 2…
COCOBOD secures US$100m World Bank support for cocoa rehabilitation
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has secured a US$100 million financing facility from the World Bank to rehabilitate old farms across six cocoa growing districts in the country.
The beneficiary cocoa growing districts of the project include Assin Fosu…
GSA Pricing Cement Regulation 2024 will not be withdrawn – Majority Leader
Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader of Parliament, said the ‘Ghana Standards Authority Pricing of Cement Regulation 2024’ will not be withdrawn.
On Tuesday, Mr Kobina Tahir Hammond, the Minister of Trade and Industry, laid a Legislative I…
Industrial trawlers complain of lack of local captains, seafarers
The Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) has expressed concern over the limited local captains to man the many industrial vessels plying the shores of Ghana.
The Association is also worried that seafarers are becoming a ‘scarce commodity.’
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Government will digitise local taxi business soon-Bawumia assures GPRTU
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, says the Government will launch the ‘Tap n Go’ system for commercial taxi drivers in the country on August 12, this year.
This is to enable commercial taxi
Ghanaian youth encouraged to leverage opportunities of AfCFTA
Mr Kojo Adu, Head, Partnerships and ResourceMobilisation Unit, Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service, has encouraged Ghanaian youth to leverage the business opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Are…
Cenored reverses electricity tariffs
The newly introduced electricity tariffs by the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) in the areas of its operation will be reversed as of midnight on 04 July 2024.
Cenored’s Communications and Marketing Officer, Chali Matengu, in …