Archive for January, 2009
Posted by Contributor on January 30, 2009 at 6:50 pm in Business
By: Jean Lukaz The Private Sector of Ghana’s Tourism industry under the umbrella of the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) has delivered a letter full of recommendations to His Excellency President Mills. The proposal titled ‘Recommendations on How to Stimulate Ghana’s Economy through Tourism’ was delivered on Wednesday, January 21 by the President of GHATOF to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:47 pm in News From Other Newspapers
Ghana perhaps, could be sitting on a goldmine, but still poor and debt-ridden. The controversial goldmine is the Oman Ghana Trust Account, which is believed to have a colossal $800 billion or in excess of $3.2 trillion in it, says Gregg Frazier; the man who holds the key to the account. On Thursday, January 29, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:46 pm in Other Top Stories
President John Atta Mills Friday joined Muslims in a national thanksgiving prayer to Allah for Ghana’s peaceful election and transition of power and renewed his promise to make the development of deprived areas a top priority. He stressed peace as a catalyst to national development and urged Ghanaians to let religion be a unifying factor [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:44 pm in Business
The Ghana cedi recovered slightly against the four major trading currencies on Friday pulling down the Gold Coast Securities (GCS)-Cedi Index by 0.37 points. The cedi after weeks of decline to the dollar, climbed up by 0.02GHp against the US currency. It also appreciated against the Euro by 2.48GHp and 0.06GHp to the CFA, but [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:39 pm in Business
Thursday January 29, 4:05 pm ET (“Pelangio” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Chris Pegg as Vice President Exploration (Africa) and Mr. Brendan Cahill as Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Pegg has been consulting for the Company in Ghana since May 2006 and has been working in Africa since 1992. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:38 pm in Sports
By: Eldickson Agbortogo After a one all tie against the Junior Lions of Cameroon, the Black Satellites of Ghana have steadily sailed to the finals of the U-20 Nations Cup in Rwanda. The Ghanaians commanded by Andre Ayew, son of ace striker Abedi Pele have been very enterprising in their style of play. Thanks to [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:37 pm in Local News
devon.editorial@archant.co.uk TWINNING links between South Molton and the Ghanaian region of Shama have received a massive boost following a special visit this month. Francis Mensah, from the Shama Sister City Commission, has been visiting North Devon in order to develop the link between the two areas. While in the region, he met with South Molton [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 6:36 pm in Business
Grace Azubuike Ghana and eleven countries in Sub-Sahara Africa are to share from $4.2 billion five years loan provided by the Japanese government to boost rice production and other developmental projects in Africa. The representative of Coalition for African Rice Development (CARD) and National Rice Development Strategies (NRDS), Mr. Hiroshi Chioroaka, disclosed this yesterday in [...]
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