The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts is set to launch a new project called SEE GHANA, EAT GHANA, WEAR GHANA. Expected to be launched in July, the project is intended to increase the sales and use of Made-in-Ghana goods and services and also identify ways of packaging them for the foreign market. The Chief … Read more
The District Chief Executive Officer for Asuogyaman in the Eastern Region has promised to help revive the collapsed and abandoned Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) to create jobs. Samuel Kwame Agyekum said the ATL if revived, will create jobs for thousands of unemployed youth but it is being utilized. The DCE gave the promise in an … Read more
Workers from three textiles firms; Printex Ghana Limited, Akosombo Textiles Limited and Tex Styles GTP are expected to hit the streets on March 9 over some concerns in the sector. Starr Business can confirm the mother union, Textiles Garments and Leather Employees Union, has served the police a notice to that effect. The workers want … Read more
Mr Samuel Hemans-Arday, Deputy Marketing Manager Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL), has called on the in-coming government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to create an enabling environment for local industries especially the textile industries to grow. Mr Hemans-Arday said: “The in-coming government should take some measures to revive conditions crippling the local textile industries, citing … Read more
Nana Asare Akowua, Krontihene of the Akwamu Traditional Area, on behalf of the Akwamu Traditional Council, has declared the “unflinching and unalloyed support” of the Akwamu kingdom to the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This declaration of support by the Akwamu Traditional Council, with 20 days to the … Read more
On behalf of the Akwamu Traditional Council, Nana Asare Akowua, Krontihene of the Akwamu Traditional Area, has declared the “unflinching and unalloyed support” of the Akwamu Kingdom, to the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This declaration of support by the Akwamu Traditional Council, according to Nana Asare Akowua, … Read more
Mr Kobina Ade Coker, the Chairman of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has said exporters of various products are the cornerstone of the nation’s economic growth. He said “exports have not just brought Ghana some much-needed foreign cash; it has also provided direct and indirect employment to many Ghanaians, reduced poverty and given goodwill … Read more