Business
W/R: Artisanal Mills Upgrades Commercial Financing Program With Capital Plus Exchange

W/R: Artisanal Mills Upgrades Commercial Financing Program With Capital Plus Exchange

Artisanal Palm Oil Millers and Outgrowers Association in collaboration with Capital Plus Exchange(US) organized a one day training program to develop a curriculum and learning materials for competency-based training in oil palm industry to upgrade

Food
FDA suspends operations of Yellow Sisi waakye

FDA suspends operations of Yellow Sisi waakye

The Yellow Sisi Waakye joint in Oyibi, which caused one person to die and over 40 other people to end up in hospitals, has had its services suspended by the Food and Drugs Authority. “The

Food
FDA denies suspected food poisoning killed five people at Oyibi

FDA denies suspected food poisoning killed five people at Oyibi

Only one person is believed to have died from suspected food poisoning at Oyibi Bush Canteen Junction in Accra, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said. This comes after allegations of possible food poisoning

Food
FDA investigates suspected waakye poisoning

FDA investigates suspected waakye poisoning

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has initiated an investigation into the deaths of five people in Oyibi, Greater Accra Region after they allegedly ate a popular delicacy, 'waakye,' last Friday. The investigation will look

Food
Waakye kills 5 including pregnant woman

Waakye kills 5 including pregnant woman

Five people have reportedly died after eating a meal of rice and beans, popularly known as waakye, they bought from a food joint at Oyibi Bush Canteen Junction, in Accra. About 40 people were reportedly

Food
Hawa Koomson appointed caretaker Agric Minister

Hawa Koomson appointed caretaker Agric Minister

Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, has been named as acting Minister for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture by President Akufo-Addo. This comes after the substantive minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto's

Food
The sugar disease

The sugar disease

One dreadful health condition which many people fervently hope to avoid over their lifetime is Diabetes Mellitus (DM), sometimes referred to as the ‘sugar’ disease. Like many other chronic ailments, DM has increasingly become a

Kids
Child traffickers to face five-year imprisonment for exploiting minors

Child traffickers to face five-year imprisonment for exploiting minors

The Sunyani Circuit Court has sentenced a man and his son to five-year imprisonment terms for trafficking and exploiting six minors into fishing on the Volta Lake after a 44-month-long human trafficking trial. The case

Business
Petrosol CEO lauds NPA boss for enforcing Petroleum downstream regulations

Petrosol CEO lauds NPA boss for enforcing Petroleum downstream regulations

The Chief Executive Officer of Petrosol Ghana Ltd, Michael Bozumbil, has commended Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), for the bold steps he has taken to sanitize the downstream

Food
Over GHC1billion spent on fertiliser import for Planting for Food & Jobs – Agric Minister

Over GHC1billion spent on fertiliser import for Planting for Food & Jobs – Agric Minister

Government spent over GHC I billon 2020 to import fertlisers, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has disclosed According to him, the fertiliser importation alone demonstrates the government's commitment towards the