Ghana is expected to adopt the technological mechanism of Intelligent Addressing (IA) of the United Kingdom as the cardinal structure in the street naming and property addressing system. Mr Tony Black, an IA Consultant who participated in a recent workshop in ... Read More

The Swiss Ambassador on Friday said more Ghanaian exports are rejected at the European Union and United States borders because of non-compliance with international standards. Mr Andrea Semadeni has, therefore, suggested to the government to take pragmatic steps to rectify the ... Read More

Switzerland has provided $ 5.35 million to support Ghana’s export capacities in the fruits, cocoa, fish, wood and furniture value-chains. A statement issued by Swiss Embassy in Accra said the support forms part of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation trade capacity ... Read More

The Canadian government has in the fiscal year 2011-2012 giving Ghana a total of $131 million in development assistance. According to Canadian authorities, Ghana is a country of focus for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and bilateral development assistance focuses ... Read More

A Shanglin man holding a gold medallion.Photo: news.dnkb.com.cn A modern day gold rush is taking place in Ghana, and fortune seekers from one particular Chinese county are making millions, according to 21cbh. Shanglin County is located in China’s Guangxi Province and ... Read More

Gene A. Cretz – US Ambassador to Ghana The United States has planned a comprehensive development agenda in northern Ghana with a budgetary allocation of $200 million in areas of education, agriculture and health. The agenda, which is meant to alleviate ... Read More

A Zambia delegation is in Ghana to study the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service migration process. The delegation, led by Mr Mwansa Kapeya, Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services of Zambia, visited the Ministry of Communications, National Film and Television ... Read More

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