By Adnan Adams Mohammed The Government of Ghana has unveiled plans to eliminate the 20 percent excise duty on locally manufactured fruit juices, delivering a significant policy victory to …
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Gov’t rejects low spending claims, unveils billions allocated to key sectors
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The Government of Ghana has strongly pushed back against critics claiming a slowdown in public spending, presenting Parliament with an extensive breakdown of billions of …
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COCOBOD backs Italian investment surge to drive local cocoa transformation
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed Ghana’s drive to transform its cocoa sector from exporting raw beans to local processing has received a major boost, following a high-level strategic meeting between …
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Local Accountability Key to Ending Ghana’s Sanitation Crisis; Prof. Anokye
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsStory By: Felix Ernest Odamtten & Muhammed Faisal Mustapha. Ghana’s recurring floods and mounting sanitation crisis have reignited a national conversation on the effectiveness of local governance, with environmental …
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ADB and GHIB Chart New Frontiers for International Banking and Trade Finance
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsThe Agricultural Development Bank PLC (ADB) and Ghana International Bank (GHIB) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in international banking, trade finance and cross-border financial services to support Ghanaian …
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The 75% Bloc: COCOBOD Chief rallies W/A nations to end ‘exporting raw poverty’ in historic cocoa revolution
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a bid to overturn a century-old economic contradiction, the Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Ransford A. Abbey, has made a …
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“Fisheries management is facilitation”— FC Boss backs new SSF Academy to empower coastal communities
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Benjamin Campion, has thrown his full weight behind a new community-led conservation movement, hailing grassroots facilitation as the …
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Accra unveils ambitious blueprint to slash waste-sector methane emissions by 30% by 2030
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsIn a major step toward climate resiliency and sustainable urban living, the City of Accra has launched an ambitious “LOW-Methane Portfolio” aimed at slashing methane emissions from its waste sector …
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Crash Control: GH¢2.6bn disbursed to defuse cocoa crisis
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major bid to salvage the livelihoods of struggling cocoa producers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced today that it has released GH¢2.6 billion to …
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Akyem Abuakwa: Chief of Staff unveils plan for mega palm processing factory to spur job boom
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adams By Adnan Adams Mohammed In a monumental development for local agriculture and industrialization, the government has announced an ambitious plan to establish one of the largest palm processing factories …