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The government has selected a strategic investor to revamp the Komenda Sugar Development Factory in the Central Region.The investor, Park Agrotech Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian-Indian company, will inject $28 million into the factory between 2020 and 2023. The Ghana-based company is a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of Companies of India, one of the largest integrated farming businesses in India. Capital injection Park Agrotech, which emerged as the successful bidder after a rigorous selection process conducted by the accounting and advisory firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is expected to invest $11 million of the amount into sugarcane cultivation, $6 million to upgrade…

The government has selected a strategic investor to revamp the Komenda Sugar Development Factory in the Central Region.The investor, Park Agrotech Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian-Indian company, will inject $28 million into the factory between 2020 and 2023. The Ghana-based company is a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of Companies of India, one of the largest integrated farming businesses in India. Capital injection Park Agrotech, which emerged as the successful bidder after a rigorous selection process conducted by the accounting and advisory firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is expected to invest $11 million of the amount into sugarcane cultivation, $6 million to upgrade…

An Ashiaman-based trotro driver, Mr. Emmanuel Maif, has won the first brand new Suzuki Alto K10 in the ‘Shell Get More’ promotion launched by Vivo Energy Ghana (Shell licensee). “I am grateful to Shell for this brand new car. Indeed the promotion is real. It is like dream to me and I could not believe it when they called me. I recommend Shell to every driver in Ghana, because their fuels and oils are the best,” he said while receiving his prize in Tema. Other winners who received prizes included Michael Ayordele who won a motorbike with helmet, Ernest Ankoma…

An Ashiaman-based trotro driver, Mr. Emmanuel Maif, has won the first brand new Suzuki Alto K10 in the ‘Shell Get More’ promotion launched by Vivo Energy Ghana (Shell licensee). “I am grateful to Shell for this brand new car. Indeed the promotion is real. It is like dream to me and I could not believe it when they called me. I recommend Shell to every driver in Ghana, because their fuels and oils are the best,” he said while receiving his prize in Tema. Other winners who received prizes included Michael Ayordele who won a motorbike with helmet, Ernest Ankoma…

Political activist and Kufuor Foundation scholar, Kabu Nartey was over the weekend adjudged the 2018 Best Student Journalist at the 24th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards held at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, in Accra. The former student leader makes history by becoming the first to win this newly created category at a ceremony which formed part of the GJA’s 70th Anniversary celebration. He was among some 78 practicing journalists and veterans awarded for their exceptional role in national development through the pen and the microphone. The activist was tipped as the choice for the award having consistently aired…

Political activist and Kufuor Foundation scholar, Kabu Nartey was over the weekend adjudged the 2018 Best Student Journalist at the 24th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards held at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, in Accra. The former student leader makes history by becoming the first to win this newly created category at a ceremony which formed part of the GJA’s 70th Anniversary celebration. He was among some 78 practicing journalists and veterans awarded for their exceptional role in national development through the pen and the microphone. The activist was tipped as the choice for the award having consistently aired…

Hope Olusegun Aroke is serving a 24-year prison sentence photo: EFCC[/caption] The head of a maximum-security jail and a prison doctor have been arrested in Nigeria, following allegations that they enabled a prisoner to conduct internet scams. Hope Olusegun Aroke carried out a million-dollar fraud while serving a 24-year jail sentence – for fraud. He had access to a mobile phone and the internet. He was originally arrested in 2012 and convicted of obtaining money under false pretences and forgery. The country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the two prison staff were arrested for falsifying medical reports that enabled Aroke…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has assured that there would be constant electricity supply to Ghanaians before, during and after the 2019 Christmas festivities. The ECG says it is aware that consumption of electricity increased during such celebrations so its engineers are on standby to ensure every challenge is addressed immediately. The assurance comes in the wake of the nationwide blackout on Tuesday, November 26. The ECG blamed the widespread blackout on technical challenges, saying, the challenges were “beyond its control”. Greater parts of the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern and Northern Regions were plunged into darkness on Tuesday, November…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Actress Yvonne Okoro has expressed unhappiness about the dwindling state of the movie industry in Ghana.   According to the award winning actress, movie productions keep dipping due to lack of investors, infrastructure and unity in the industry. “We are from an industry that was churning out movies regularly until now that we do three or five productions a year, and this is done by the actors themselves,” Yvonne Okoro said in an interview with 3news. She noted that the industry is being sustained by actors turned producers all in the bid to salvage the little that is left off…