AfDB, EIB sign US$275m financing deal to modernize Mauritania’s strategic mining railway corridor
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a landmark US$275 million financing package to...
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Awudome Paramount Chief calls for national award scheme to honor farming chiefs at Ho West Farmers’ Day
Togbega Addai Kwasi Dzani XIII, Paramount Chief of the Awudome Traditional Area, has called on the government to establish a...
Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin slams 2026 Budget as “cut-and-paste”, calls for its withdrawal
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, delivered sharp criticism of the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Document on...
AfDB–EIB approve US$275m financing to expand Mauritania’s mining railway corridor and boost iron ore exports
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have approved a combined US$275 million financing package to...
Accra Circuit Court grants GHC75,000 bail to DBS Roofing Sheet Company worker accused of stealing Man Diesel truck head
A 38-year-old operator of DBS Roofing Sheet Company Limited, Mershack Arthur, has been granted a GHC75,000 bail with two sureties...
Ato Forson hails Bank of Ghana’s 18% policy rate cut as major turning point in national economic recovery
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has welcomed the Bank of Ghana’s decision to reduce the policy rate to 18...
Berekum West officials launch revenue mobilization exercise, urge residents and tricycle riders to pay taxes and support district development
Mrs. Hilda Owusu-Kyere, the Berekum West District Financial Officer, has called on residents to pay their taxes, rates, and fees...
Average lending rates in Ghana fall to 22.22% in October 2025, reflecting continued easing
Average lending rates in Ghana have dropped by more than seven percentage points since the start of 2025, according to...
Eric Opoku announces in Accra, Government to procure over 4,000 machines for first 50 Farmers’ Service Centres under Feed Ghana Programme
Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has announced that government will procure more than 4,000 agricultural machines and...
MoFA to recruit 400 extension agents and enrol 10,000 youth under agripreneur track to strengthen Feed Ghana Programme
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is set to recruit 400 Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) nationwide as part of...
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