Report: How People Of One County In China Are Making Million...
A Shanglin man holding a gold medallion.Photo: news.dnkb.com.cn
A modern day gold rush is taking place in Ghana, and fortune seekers from one particular Chinese county are making millions, according to 21cbh.
Shanglin County is located in China’s Guangxi Province and ... Read More
US commits $200m towards development of Northern Ghana
Gene A. Cretz – US Ambassador to Ghana
The United States has planned a comprehensive development agenda in northern Ghana with a budgetary allocation of $200 million in areas of education, agriculture and health.
The agenda, which is meant to alleviate ... Read More
Zambia to study Ghana’s digital migration process
A Zambia delegation is in Ghana to study the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service migration process.
The delegation, led by Mr Mwansa Kapeya, Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services of Zambia, visited the Ministry of Communications, National Film and Television ... Read More
Oil becomes Ghana’s second main export with value of $3b i...
Crude oil is now Ghana’s second main export, increasing moderately in the past two years from $2.7 billion in 2011 to $3 billion in 2012, according to Standard Chartered Research.
Gold is the country’s highest foreign exchange earner.
In its Outlook on ... Read More
Ghana gets UN, Swiss assistance to improve export trade
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) office in Ghana is set to launch the second phase of a trade capacity building programme aimed at improving standards in exports.
The four-year programme, which will run from 2013-2016, is aimed at supporting ... Read More
Brazil’s largest cashew nut firm to set up $25m processing...
A Brazilian processing company, Usibra Ghana Limited, is to establish a $25 million cashew processing plant in Ghana.
The plant, which is expected to process 300 metric tonnes of cashew daily, will provide about 2,000 direct jobs in the country.
The Director ... Read More
Ghana sends high-powered army assessment team to Mali
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dispatched a technical assessment team to Mali to assess the conditions of the Ghanaian contingent in the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA).
A statement signed by Major E. Assan of GAF Public Relations ... Read More
Arrest, prosecute and deport illegal miners – John Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has instructed the newly commissioned inter-ministerial taskforce on illegal mining to arrest, prosecute and deport foreign nationals involved in illegal mining in the country.
He thus cautioned all persons involved in the trade ... Read More
Ghana is 4th investment destination in sub-Sahara Africa –...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index 2012/2013 has ranked Ghana as the 4th investment destination in sub-Saharan Africa and 3rd among the five top recipient of Foreign Direct Investment into Africa.
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, who disclosed this ... Read More
French industrialists to visit Ghana
A delegation of high-level managers from 30 French companies in the infrastructural, banking, technology, telecommunications, oil and construction industries and public works will visit Ghana from May 22 to explore business opportunities.
A statement signed by the French Ambassador to Ghana, ... Read More
