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Ghana: Something doesn't add up

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:15:00 +0200

ACCRA: It looks like someone is not telling it as it is as far as meeting Ghana's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on water supply is concerned.
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Ghana: Plummeting profits drive tomato farmers to suicide

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:23:00 +0200

ACCRA: With cross-border price-undercutting, mounting debt and a lack of buyers, many tomato farmers in Ghana's Upper East Region are turning to suicide.
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Ghana: Service export strategy launched

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:23:00 +0200

A programme dubbed: ‘National Services Export Strategy', has been launched with the aim of exporting consultancy services, medical tourism, travel and leisure, education and other non-tangible and invisible services provided by Ghanaians abroad.
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Government expands cash handouts

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:01:00 +0200

The Ghanaian government, backed by the World Bank, is expanding a cash handout programme to help families hit hardest by global food price hikes. But some local development experts question whether the approach has lasting benefits.
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Ghanaian banks risk extinction, warns analyst

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:00 +0200

Olu Sawyerr, partner and leader, financial services industry, Deloitte West and Central Africa, has told Ghanaian banks that they risk possible extinction if they do not transform themselves into big players in the industry.
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Ghana to diversify exports to EU

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:29:00 +0200

The Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) and the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) of the Netherlands have signed a pact to boost non-traditional exports to countries in the European Union.
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US, Ghana co-operate in trade, education

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:01:00 +0200

The United States government plans to boost its trade links with Ghana and help the nation improve its education system, under the US President's Special Initiative on Educational Programmes.
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Banking in a futuristic United Africa

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:39:00 +0200

African leaders met recently in Accra for a three-day summit where they promoted the idea of a “Unitary Government for Africa”.
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Rural banks urged to employ efficient, effective management personnel

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:58:00 +0200

The Managing Director of ARP Apex bank, Mr Emmanuel Kwapong has urged rural banks to employ persons with the requisite academic and moral back ground to management positions to meet the challenges of the banking industry.
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Nigeria: New hope for old 'master plan' on Niger Delta

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:50:00 +0200

The government of President Umaru Yar'Adua says it is serious about tackling the root causes of violence and poverty in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta with a ‘master plan' to develop the region and provide basic services.
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