Investigating Nigeria’s notorious baby farms and the criminals who abuse and exploit women for profit.It is understandable why a desperate childless couple might do anything to have a baby, but those who exploit their unhappiness for profit are not so easy to forgive.In this deeply disturbing episode of Africa Investigates, Ghana’s undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw […]
About 78 farmers and fishermen were honored today at the 31st National Farmers’ Day celebration in Bolgatanga, the Upper East regional capital.This year’s event, which is on the theme: “Transform Ghana: Invest in Agriculture,” focused on getting the private sector to invest in the agriculture sector to transform the country’s rural economies and to halt
Forty customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been arrested for power theft. They were arrested during an exercise organised by the ECG with the assistance of the police to clamp down on illegal connections. During the exercise, the customers, whose power supply had earlier been disconnected for non-payment of bills, had re-reconnected
Local Government minister Collins Dauda has sued the failed National Democratic Congress parliamentary aspirant for Ejisu Juabeng Gloria Huze in Ashanti region. The Asutifi South Member of Parliament is demanding GHC5 million in damages from Huze for defamation. Huze has accused Collins Dauda of receiving bribe to influence the nomination of Yamoah Ponko as Municipal
The flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo has said the country must focus more on agriculture in order to make meaningful impact in the lives of its people.He said he will not allow the discovery and proceeds of oil to distract him from the value of agriculture, if he is elected as
China has announced $60bn (£39bn) of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent. President Xi Jinping said the package would include zero-interest loans as well as scholarships and training for thousands of Africans. The Chinese leader made the announcement at a major summit between China and Africa in Johannesburg.
The Dean of the School of Information and Communication at the University of Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo has stated that the poor remuneration of Ghanaian Journalists leads them into taking ‘soli’.‘Soli’ (short form for solidarity) is the practice in which journalists, who cover programs and events are given money, apparently to “cover the cost of
Ghana has the second highest interest rate in the whole world, a report by tradingeconomics has said.Ghana came second on a list of 150 countries with an interest rate of 26%. Ghana’s central Bank recently adjusted the policy rate upwards by 100 base points from 25% to the current 26%.Malawi topped the list with an
Ghana’s President John Mahama has congratulated President-elect of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Kabore.“Mr Kabore’s victory will open a new chapter in the constitutional history of Burkina Faso and lead the country into a golden era of democracy, good governance and prosperity,” Mr Mahama, who is seeking re-election in Ghana’s 2016 elections, said in a statement.He
Newmont Mining Corp has said it expects to keep profitable production of between 4.5-million and 5-million ounces of gold a year over the next five years.In a statement released in Denver on Wednesday December 2, about the firm’s long-term operating outlook, the biggest US-based gold producer said it expects to keep all-in sustaining costs below
