ON 13 October 1937, a DH86 Diana class aircraft operated by Elders Colonial Airways on behalf of Imperial Airways arrived in Accra, Ghana for the first time, at the end of a one-week journey, which involved nine stops between the UK, via Khartoum. 77 years later, this trip takes a little over six hours, and […]
THE leadership of the Local Government Workers’ Union (LGWU) has added its voice to the current brawl which rocked the payment of the 2nd Tier Occupational Pension Scheme fund resulting in indefinite strike by public sector workers in the country.
PUBLIC Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has decided to stick by Duduzile Myeni as chairwoman of the embattled South African Airways board despite the fact that the minister admits it is struggling to be “a going concern”.
WITH stress costing the UK economy £6.5bn, it is undeniable that this is one of the biggest health related priorities facing businesses. The British Safety Council is lending its voice to this important issue, as well asking workplaces to give due attention to occupational health overall. Alex Botha, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, […]
THE Sekondi High Court will on Friday October 24, 2014, give its ruling in the case in which five members of Ghana’s Parliament are praying the court to remove a restriction government has imposed on further expansion of oil and gas facilities at the Takoradi Port.
DUPONT PIONEER, the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics and the USAID launched the Ghana Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (GAMSAP) today to help improve the productivity of smallholder maize farmers in Ghana.
INVESTMENT is key to making fast-growing cities livable, inclusive, and sustainable, city and business leaders heard at a roundtable organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN) as part of the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2014 in Geneva.
GHANA’S Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekow Spio-Gabrah has warned that the move to drive out foreigners engaged in petty trading may have a negative impact on the country’s economy.
THE potential positive impact of foreign investment on women’s empowerment through the creation of formal employment and business linkages is considerable, but the operations of transnational corporations (TNCs) also risk increasing women’s vulnerability in the workplace or exacerbating gender inequality, a new UNCTAD report has found.
GHANA’S services sector is expected to contribute about 50.2percent to the country’s GDP industry by about 29.2percent and the agric sector by about 20.6percent.
