Smuggling derails hope for bumper cocoa harvest Ghana's hopes for a bigger cocoa harvest in the current 2007/08 crop year is being derailed by "serious" smuggling of the beans abroad, COCOBOD officials have said.
Public debt shoots up to $7.8 billion At the end of the month of June 2008, Ghana's total public debt stood at US$7.8 billion, from an initial amount of almost US$7.3 billion, at the beginning of the year.
"I left the country because of political pressure" A businessman, who has sued Scancom Ghana Limited, operators of MTN, over a shareholding dispute in the company, has said he left the country for Nigeria in 1999 due to political pressure.
Christian Council calls for consensus building on GT sale The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) on Thursday said the divergent and dissenting views from well-meaning Ghanaians on government decision to sell 70 per cent of Ghana Telecom called for a careful reflection and consensus building to ensure that any action taken did not affect the supreme interest of Ghana.
Government to increase market access for SMEs - MOTI Trade and Industry Minister Papa Owusu-Ankomah on says the Ministry would soon commence a programme to increase access to various markets where there are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to enable that sector to fit into the broader goals of national development.
GT sale takes new twist Head of Communication and Customer Service of Ghana Telecom Major Rtd Don Chebe has confirmed a meeting between officials of Vodafone and workers of GT, but says it was normal practice.
