The One-District-One Factory initiative was instituted by President Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to address the challenge of slow economic growth at the district level. The initiative aims to achieve this through a massive private sector led nationwide industrialization drive, which will equip and empower communities to utilise their local resources in manufacturing products that are in … Read more
The Akufo-Addo-led government’s One District One Factory programme, which is said to be launched next month, has received tremendous response from many investors across the globe. The National Coordinator of the policy, Mrs Gifty Ohene-Konadu, revealed: “Development agencies are seriously exploring ways they can provide support, and foreign investors and companies are knocking at our … Read more
For decades, The Gambia has built a reputation as a haven for tourists willing to pay for sun, sand, sea… and sex. But its tourism board has ambitious plans to give a makeover to this tiny west African nation known until now to tourists mainly for muscular young men selling themselves on beaches to much … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region George Loh has chastised the Finance Minister’s apology over the wrongfully deletion of names of public sector workers from the government payroll. George Loh says “they could not generate revenue to pay the salaries so they did that to respite but it is … Read more
A group of sympathizers of the embattled brother of former NPP chairman, Gregory Afoko have called for the immediate arrest of the party’s Northern Regional chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu. The call comes after Mr. Naabu said in a radio interview that the Upper East Regional minister, Rockson Bukari and Minister for Gender, Children and Social … Read more
Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative growth path last year. Quarterly GDP figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) last week show that the sector recorded a year-on-year annual … Read more
Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative growth path last year. Quarterly GDP figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) last week show that the sector recorded a year-on-year annual … Read more
Mr Bill McKibben, Co-Founder of 350.org, says African countries could be great leaders in the use of renewable energy sources globally if they commited to using their resources. He said countries that progressed fast in the use of renewable energy would lead in the future and Africa was blessed with vast amounts of sunlight and … Read more
Investor interest in the government’s district industrialisation programme (DIP), christened ‘One District, One Factory’ (ODOF), is gathering momentum, with financial commitments from the private sector into the initiative totaling US$3 million so far. Also, some 40 companies have submitted proposals on how to help implement the programme to the ODOF Secretary at the Presidency for … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to inaugurate 10 factories as part of the government’s district industrialisation programme (DIP) called the ‘One District, One Factory’ initiative in June this year. This follows a GH¢45 million initial commitment from the government to facilitate the launch of the programme which seeks to create about 1,296,000 direct … Read more
In the next few months, 10 factories across the country will be commissioned as part of its “One District One Factory” policy. The factories, predominantly manufacturing plants, are expected to create at least 5000 jobs across the country. Speaking at a media briefing Thursday, the National Coordinator of the “One District One Factory” Secretariat, Gifty … Read more
The One District One Factory Secretariat, implementer of the government’s mass industrialisation programme in the 216 districts of the country, has recorded a total of US$3bn in pledges, signaling strong foreign and local investor confidence in the much-anticipated project, Gifty Ohene-Konadu, National Coordinator, has said. “The program has so far generated investment pledges and commitments … Read more
The “One District One Factory” programme will be launched In June this year with the start of work on 10 new factories. The National Coordinator of the ‘One District, One Factory’ secretariat Mrs Gifty Ohene-Konadu announced this at a media briefing last Wednesday, confirming that the secretariat had received the GHC450million earmarked in the 2017 … Read more
COALITION on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana (DV Coalition) has called for the establishment of two gender-based and sexual offences court in the district courts to increase women’s access to justice in the country. According to a report released by the DV Coalition dubbed: “State of the Nation’s Response to Sexual and Gender-based Violence Response,” … Read more
COALITION on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana (DV Coalition) has called for the establishment of two gender-based and sexual offences court in the district courts to increase women’s access to justice in the country. According to a report released by the DV Coalition dubbed: “State of the Nation’s Response to Sexual and Gender-based Violence Response,” most … Read more
Malawi’s refusal to push forward with prosecuting suspects accused of attacking and killing people with albinism has left a persecuted minority on the edge, according to the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM). Boniface Massah, national coordinator of APAM, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the government’s failure to conclude cases demonstrates that … Read more
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Peace Seekers International, has admonished government to consider the nefarious activities of Kumasi-based pro New Patriotic Party (NPP) Delta Force vigilante group, as a national security threat, and quickly act to avert its re-occurrence. The pro NPP vigilante group raided a Circuit Court where they freed some of their members who were … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Aduagyire, Annor Dompreh has urged the presidency to wean itself off the Scholarship Secretariat and allow an independently constituted body to run the agency. This, he said, will ensure that political influences are reduced to the barest minimum. It will also enable professionals with expertise in scholarship administration to manage … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Aduagyire, Annor Dompreh has urged the presidency to wean itself off the Scholarship Secretariat and allow an independently constituted body to run the agency. This, he said, will ensure that political influences are reduced to the barest minimum. It will also enable professionals with expertise in scholarship administration to … Read more
NPP MP for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Hon. Frank Annor, is calling for decentralization of the Scholarship Secretariat to enable citizens across the country, especially, those in the hinterlands, have equal access to the facility. He therefore wants an extension of the offices of the Scholarship Secretariat in all the ten regions with the objective of bringing the … Read more