The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has urged the Government to consider local investors for the sale of the Newmont Akyem Gold Mine when the lease with the Company expires in January, next year.
Citing national security concerns, the Institute …
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has commissioned a newly installed onsite biogas plant with a capacity to process 180 tonnes of organic waste daily. The plant, developed by DasBiogas and Construction Limited. is designed to convert organic waste from the AMA’s canteen into biogas for cooking and to produce organic fertiliser. Mrs Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive speaking at the commissioning described the biogas plant as a ‘game-changing and innovative technology’ that aligns with the Assembly’s Climate Action Plan for 2020-2025. ‘This plant marks a significant milestone in the management of solid waste, not only in Accra
Some rural women farmers in the Jirapa Constituency have presented a six-point demand to the Parliamentary Candidates (PCs) in the constituency to consider should any of them represent them in Parliament in 2025. The six-point demands were: dedicated improved mechanisation services such as rippers for women farmers, access to subsidised farm inputs such as organic fertilizer and access to low-interest credit facility by women to farm. The rest included access to extension services at the right and critical times, access to a good market for their produce and provision of dams for dry season gardening as an alternative source of
The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has expressed grave concern over incessant unprovoked attacks on tanker drivers by Police outriders.
They said the recent smashing of windscreens and injuring of tanker drivers by police escort rider…
Bishop Matthew Addae-Mensah, the Founder and Leader of the Gospel Light International Church has called on Ghanaians to help in fighting illegal mining ‘galamsey’ to save the environment and water bodies.
‘The galamsey menace is not a battle for the…
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Works and Housing, has charged the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and the quantity surveying community to develop innovative financial products to address the current financing gap in the construction sector. He said prompt and regular cash flow was crucial for the effective and sustainable delivery of projects. Speaking at the 2024 Accra Conference of the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) and the Africa Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS), on Monday, Mr Nkrumah charged the GhIS to work closely with financial and insurance institutions to develop innovative financial products to facilitate cash flow in
Did you know that if you are made the next of kin of a bank account by a friend or relative, you do not have automatic access to funds in the account should the account holder die? Well, according to the Bank of Ghana (BoG), the next of kin is only a nominee of the account holder who serves as a primary contact in the event where the bank is unable to reach the account holder. What this means is that the next-of-kin concept in banking operations is for the purpose of tracing the whereabouts of an account holder and