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Government has announced May 15 to June 15, 2019 as dates for the ban on fishing in the country. Dubbed “closed season”, the ban is aimed at saving some species of fishes such as mackerel and anchovies which are going into extinction due to poor fishing practices. Announcing the new dates at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, the ...

The Forestry Commission and the Volta River Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding intended to plant bamboo to protect the Volta Lake. The two agencies have agreed to collaborate by pooling their resources to protect the Volta Lake which houses the Akosombo Dam with bamboo plantations for effective power generation. The project dubbed, ‘Bamboo for the Protection of the ...

Ghana has been ranked seventh in Africa for being more open to other African countries in terms ofopening up its borders for other African travellers when it comes to visa policies. The country moved from the 22nd position in 2015 to sixth in 2016 and now occupies the seventh position as at 2018. This is according to the 2018 Africa ...

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), says it is hopeful that the impending dialogue between the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), on finding ways to rid the political system of vigilante groups will be fruitful. Since President Akufo-Addo called for the meeting, the two major political parties have been going back and forth ...

The World-Meets-In-Ghana Investors’ Forum and Executive Dinner Ball is billed to take place in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, as part of the official programme of the 20th-anniversary celebration of the coronation of the King of Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The Manhyia Palace, which is the seat of the Asantehene, Ministry of Business Development, Ministry of Aviation, Ghana Investment ...

Financial technology firms (fintechs) are best positioned to bridge the gap that would make pensions available to the informal sector. However delivery cost has been a major impediment to undertaken such initiative. In 2018, Ghana’s mobile market comprised about 34.57 million subscribers translating to a penetration rate of 119 percent. In this light, Fintechs in Ghana have called on regulatory bodies ...

The Bank of Ghana will issue upgraded and security-enhanced banknotes into circulation on May 6, 2019. According to a statement issued by the BOG on Monday, April 8, the banknotes will have enhanced security features in line with evolving changes in the technological landscape. The upgraded banknotes will also come with improved durability and machine readability. The new enhanced security features ...

Government has taken a giant step towards automating the issuance of construction and building permit to reduce time and cost of doing business. The move, which would be implemented using a web-based application software, seeks to reduce corruption, facilitate ease of doing business, ensure proper control on construction and planning. For the start, the application software funded by the Department ...

Only two percent of the 250, 000 of Ghanaians who enter the Ghanaian labour market annually, are absorbed in the formal sector, Mr Franklin Owusu Karikari, the Director for Business Support of the National Entrepreneurship Innovative Plan (NEIP) has said. He said the remaining 98 percent relied on the informal sector for jobs, saying, last year alone, the country produced ...

Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister for Inner- City and Zongo Development has stressed the need for the expansion of legal education to bridge the lawyer-citizen ratio in the country. This will ensure the availability, efficiency and accessibility of legal services to all regardless of one’s social, political or economic circumstances. Ghana has an estimated population of over 30 million with Lawyer ...