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The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has distributed two million pineapple suckers to two export farmers at Pokrom in the Eastern Region. Each of the two two farms – Golden Rivers Farm and Ohui Farms – received one million suckers. The move is to enable the export farmers expand their farms in a bid to increase the export of the non traditional product, which is the leading agriculture product in the non traditional export sector. Figures from GEPA show pineapple contributed 18.1million dollars to the non traditional export basket in 2017, representing 4.1 percent of the non traditional export growth…

Police in Daboya have arrested five (5) persons for allegedly attempting to kidnap a 14 year old Gafaru Tonga at Singa in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The suspects who are all weavers from Daboya have been identified as: Alhassan Abdulai, 18 years; Alidu Taufic, 25 years; Osman Rashid, 19 years; Amidu Hafiz, 20 years; and Amadu Abdulai, 21 years. The Northern Regional Police PRO Yussif Tanko said the incident happened on 23rd June 2019 at about 11:30pm. Police personnel were dispatched to Singa where the suspects were being kept at the chief’s palace by residents, the…

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has contributed 100 million Ghana Cedis towards the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative started by the government in 2017 to boost agricultural production in the country. The amount by the bank has been committed in the form of credit facilities and working capital loans to enable agro-inputs to get to beneficiary farmers under the programme. “Since the launch of the initiative in 2017, the Bank has assisted hard working farmers who participated in the programme to expand their operations to transit into successful commercial farmers by providing the necessary support needed,” the MD for…

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has contributed 100 million Ghana Cedis towards the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative started by the government in 2017 to boost agricultural production in the country. The amount by the bank has been committed in the form of credit facilities and working capital loans to enable agro-inputs to get to beneficiary farmers under the programme. “Since the launch of the initiative in 2017, the Bank has assisted hard working farmers who participated in the programme to expand their operations to transit into successful commercial farmers by providing the necessary support needed,” the MD for…

Kwesi Appiah head coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars has handed starting roles to Andy Yiadom and Thomas Agyapong as the team takes on Benin in a Group F game at the Ismailia Stadium in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Missing in the lineup to face Benin is the Inter Milan star and vice-captain of the side Kwadwo Asamoah who was expected to play in a midfield role. Black Stars immediate past captain, Asamoah Gyan will also start the tournament from the bench on Tuesday evening. According to reports gathered by the GNA Sports, Richard…

[caption id="attachment_127649" align="aligncenter" width="864"] Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard[/caption] The media landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade. As a result, newsrooms have been forced to make monumental changes such as reducing the staff complement to keep up with the demands, or they have simply had to shut down. With some African newsrooms being written out of history, there has been an emergence of international media setting up shop on the continent. This interest serves as a double-edged sword for African media that often finds itself under-resourced. Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, the founder and chairman of the APO Group, is of the view that…

Founder of tropical dried fruit company, Yvaya Farm, Yvette Tetteh has called on the Government of Ghana to simplify the process of registering a business in the country. In an interview with 3news.com’s Natalie Fort, she bemoaned the long duration involved in registering a business coupled with the tax system makes the youth less interested in venturing into entrepreneurship. “I will definitely define our business as a startup, we’ve just done over a year and a half of business as a registered company supplying stores. We owe our success to our great team and advisers,” she noted. “However, load-shedding (dumsor), trying…

Founder of tropical dried fruit company, Yvaya Farm, Yvette Tetteh has called on the Government of Ghana to simplify the process of registering a business in the country. In an interview with 3news.com’s Natalie Fort, she bemoaned the long duration involved in registering a business coupled with the tax system makes the youth less interested in venturing into entrepreneurship. “I will definitely define our business as a startup, we’ve just done over a year and a half of business as a registered company supplying stores. We owe our success to our great team and advisers,” she noted. “However, load-shedding (dumsor), trying…

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP), Freddie Blay, has denied claims by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) that he has  not been cooperative  in an ongoing investigation into the procurement of some 275 buses for the NPP. The commission had claimed it has not been able to serve Mr. Blay an invitation to appear before it for hearing and has thus proceeded to the high court praying he be jailed for avoiding investigations. But Mr. Blay Tuesday discounted the claims in an Accra High Court contempt hearing  brought against him by the commission. He observed…

Management of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has tasked consumers to report persons who sell sub-standard products on the market. Speaking in an interview on Onua FM’s Ye Nsempa, Business Development Manager of the GSA, George Kojo Anti said the clamping down on the sale of sub-standard products cannot be done by the Authority alone, and called on the general public to get involved. “There is a minimum requirement that every product should meet, hence in the Authority’s effort to set standards and certify products, consumers as well should take keen interest in clearing inferior products in the country. “There…