Crude oil is now Ghana’s second main export, increasing moderately in the past two years from $2.7 billion in 2011 to $3 billion in 2012, according to Standard Chartered Research. Gold is the country’s highest foreign exchange earner. In its Outlook on ... Read More

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) office in Ghana is set to launch the second phase of a trade capacity building programme aimed at improving standards in exports. The four-year programme, which will run from 2013-2016, is aimed at supporting ... Read More

A Brazilian processing company, Usibra Ghana Limited, is to establish a $25 million cashew processing plant in Ghana. The plant, which is expected to process 300 metric tonnes of cashew daily, will provide about 2,000 direct jobs in the country. The Director ... Read More

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has dispatched a technical assessment team to Mali to assess the conditions of the Ghanaian contingent in the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). A statement signed by Major E. Assan of GAF Public Relations ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has instructed the newly commissioned inter-ministerial taskforce on illegal mining to arrest, prosecute and deport foreign nationals involved in illegal mining in the country. He thus cautioned all persons involved in the trade ... Read More

The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index 2012/2013 has ranked Ghana as the 4th investment destination in sub-Saharan Africa and 3rd among the five top recipient of Foreign Direct Investment into Africa. Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, who disclosed this ... Read More

A delegation of high-level managers from 30 French companies in the infrastructural, banking, technology, telecommunications, oil and construction industries and public works will visit Ghana from May 22 to explore business opportunities. A statement signed by the French Ambassador to Ghana, ... Read More

Mr. Kofi Annan Mr. Kofi Annan has been named Chair of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders founded by South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. Mr Annan, the former UN Secretary General takes over from Archbishop Desmond Tutu who stepped down ... Read More

Israeli Ambassador, Sharon Bar-li The Israeli Embassy in Ghana will officially launch a club dedicated to all alumni and individuals, who have benefitted from the training of its international Development Agency (MASHAV), over the years. The Ghana Chapter of the Shalom ... Read More

The United States  is pleased with the on-going political situation in Ghana with regards to the current petition challenging the outcome of the December 2012 presidential polls in court. Mr Michael Pelletier, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, African ... Read More