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Kintampo Co-operative Yam Producers And Marketing Society Ltd Exposes Ghana’s Yam Production At Int’l Scene

Kintampo Co-operative Yam Producers And Marketing Society Ltd Exposes Ghana’s Yam Production At Int’l Scene. Information reaches Opera News website from Kintampo in the Bono East Region of Ghana indicates that the area has become a leading center in yam production where the neighborhood countries find it appropriate to export food produce into their countries […]

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Africa Loses US$ 88.6bn Annually Through Corruption – EDA Reports

Africa Loses US$ 88.6bn Annually Through Corruption – EDA Reports. According to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2020 by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Africa loses about US$88.6 billion, 3.7 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), annually, in illicit financial flows. Even the lower estimates are on par with […]

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Ghana’s Rice lndustry Has No Future – Rice Distributor Predicts

Ghana’s Rice lndustry Has No Future – Rice Distributor Predicts. The Southern Sector distributor of the Tamanaa Company’s Ltd rice, Alhaji Musa Abubakari has observed that the future of the country’s rice industry stands bleak since rice producers have no guarantee that prove that the challenges confronting the sector can be stabilized. Speaking to the […]

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Butchers Association Hails Gov’t Over Cedi Stabilisation But Urges Officials To Do More To Sustain It

Butchers Association Hails Gov’t Over Cedi Stabilisation But Urges Officials To Do More To Sustain It. By King Amoah. The National Vice President of the Ghana Meat Sellers And Cutters Association, Chief Abdulai Wahab Ibrahim Tikuma has praised government for coming out with a policies that have seen the visibility of the currency appreciation in […]

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Ghana Will Not Benefit, As IMF Approves Changing To Lending

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved changes to its lending rules, enabling it to help countries facing exceptionally high uncertainty but unfortunately, Ghana does not fall within the criteria even though the West African country is also in debt distress and facing high uncertainty. That notwithstanding, the new rule opens the way for support […]

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Dr. Acheampong Challenges Akuffo Addo’s IMF March Deadline

Dr. Theophilus Acheampong, an economist and political risk analyst has averred that President Akufo-Addo’s March deadline for the completion of the debt relief negotiations and executive board approval is not feasible. According to the economist, the earliest the country can complete the debt relief negotiations and get board approval for its debt relief programme is […]

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Protoa Chairman Pleads With The Authorities To Ban Drivers Without Unions Cards From Operating

In his quest to ensure accident free on the roads the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA), Mr. Joseph Mensah has suggested that the Authorities should come out with measures that could ban drivers who have no valid official documents from the recognized transport Unions. He stated that it would be […]