Ghana: Children working in toxic environments.

An estimated 168 million children around the world work and most of them full-time, often in conditions that deprive them of adequate education, help, or basic reforms.In Ghana many children work at one of the world's biggest electronic dumping grounds, and its toxic.Al Jazeera's Nicholas Haque reports.

Ghana to Lose Millions of Dollars to Gas Flaring.

 

Anti-gas flaring activists have warned that apart from the environmental and human health implications, Ghana would lose millions of dollars as a result of gas flaring. This follows the Ghanaian government's decision to allow Jubilee partners to flare gas from the Jubilee Field to save the oil wells from collapsing.

The Jubilee partners - Tullow Plc, Kosmos, Anadarko, PetroSA and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) were given approval to flare gas in late May this year which is against the country's "No Flaring Policy". The Head of Public Affairs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Angelina Mensah, whose agency and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum approved the flaring insisted that they took the decision in the interest of the economy.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo picks NPP flagbearship pick forms to contest NPP presidential primary.

 

Two-time flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has fired up the race to lead New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general elections after picking nomination forms in Accra, Thursday.
Boosted by fanfare and sloganeering, the former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under the NPP administration was followed to the NPP headquarters in Accra, where he picked up nomination forms.

Set up special funds for IT business in Ghana.

 

The Executive Chairman of Innovative EPS Ltd, Mr George Boateng says government may have to do a little bit more to amply demonstrate its genuine desire to integrate the country as a cashless, ICT driven economy.
According to him, though government has been proactive in the quest to grant IT a pivotal place in business transaction, a lot more ought to be done especially in the area of funding for IT business in the country.

Vodafone Ghana Banned from Signing Up New Customers in Ghana.

 

Vodafone's Ghana subsidiary has been barred from signing up new customers until the end of July following a serious network outage.

Vodafone suffered the network outage from around 10am on the 2nd June, which lasted through to midday on the 3rd June.

Oil Tanker Missing Off West Africa Coast Is Found After Pirate Attack.

 

An oil tanker missing for a week off the coast of West Africa was attacked by pirates who stole its cargo, the company that managed the ship said on 12th June after speaking with its captain.

 The Liberia-flagged MT Fair Artemis had last made contact with its manager, Fairdeal Group SA, on June 4 when it was off the coast of Ghana.

GHANA: Distell ups West Africa interest with bottling plant launch.

 

Distell has opened a US$5m alcoholic beverage bottling plant in Ghana as it seeks to expand its footprint in West Africa.

The plant, just outside Accra in Tema, will produce Distell's cider and whiskey brands as well as other spirits, the South Africa-based drinks producer said today (12 June).

Ghana: GSS Releases Inflation Rate for May 2014.

 

Press release

Up from 14.7% in April 2014, the year-on-year inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at 14.8% in May 2014, while the monthly change rate for May 2014 was 0.9% against the 1.7% recorded in April 2014.

This means that the change in the general price level increased by 14.8% over the one year period, from May 2013 to May 2014, while the change in the general price level went up by 0.1% between April 2014 and May 2014.