President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo interacting with Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II (left), President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry over the sorry state of the Effia Nkwanta Hospital in Sekondi and has given an assurance that everything will be done to fix the challenges. He said […]
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Extend gas to areas with mineral deposits — Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo interacting with staff of WAMCO President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) to ensure that gas transmission is extended to parts of the country with significant mineral deposits. He said when that was done, it would help develop the country’s mining sector and enhance its transformational […]
WAMCO Is Back Makes $2m Profit
WAMCo, a cocoa processing company in Takoradi in the Western Region, is back to business and already making profit. The company was shut down for close to three years after Cocobod, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, allegedly stopped supplying cocoa beans to the company, forcing a total of about 254 employees of WAMCo to be […]
Ghana: ‘WAMCO Re-Opened, Revamped – A Promise Fulfilled’ – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed his delight at the revamping and re-opening of the West African Mills Company Ltd (WAMCO), a cocoa processing factory in Takoradi that was closed down in 2014, in fulfillment of a campaign pledge he made in the run-up to the December 2016 elections. Visiting […]
Ghana: Ghana to Rake in U.S.$12 Billion From PERD
Ghana is set to make billions of dollars from other tree crops aside from cocoa following the successful implementation of the Planting for Export and Rural Development, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has stated. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural […]
Ghana to rake in $12 billion from Planting for Export and Rural Dev’t
Agric Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (R) and Joseph Boahen Aidoo, CEO of Ghana Cocoa Board Ghana is set to make billions of dollars from other tree crops aside Cocoa following the successful implementation of the Planting for Export and Rural Development, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated. […]
NIRSAL guarantees N2b facility for cocoa
T he Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) is providing a-50 per cent Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) for N2billion working capital facility to a cocoa processing and export company in Ondo State with. As part of the plan, the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) and UBA are financing the purchase, storage, processing and […]
Ghana-China to construct a $100 million chocolate factory in Sefwi-Wiawso
Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto Government has announced a joint partnership deal with the Chinese to construct a 100 million dollar chocolate factory at Sefwi-Wiaso in the Western North region. The facility is expected to process about 50,000 tonnes of cocoa beans into chocolate in a year. This is expected to help the […]
Former Head of Ecobank EDC Stock Brokers dies
File-photo: Alhassan Mahama Iddrisu Investment Banker and Former Head of Ecobank Development Corporation (EDC) Alhassan Mahama Iddrisu has died. The Investment Banker died over the weekend after a short illness. Mahama Iddrissu is said to have played a significant role in investment banking and capital development in the country. He also worked on a lot […]
UK urged to help revive defunct Kumasi factories
Iain Walker and Osei Assibey-Antwi co-chaired the UK-Ghana Business Council The United Kingdom (UK) has been asked to assist in reviving defunct factories in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest and oldest city, to help create jobs for the growing population. Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi, Mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), said some economically viable factories, which […]