http://business.peacefmonline.com/rss/industry.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2013-05-16T14:40:42+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/164446.php The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has projected that more than $20 billion will be injected into the country’s petroleum activities in the next five years, the sector Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has said. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/164446.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/164262.php Nana Owusu-Afari, President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), on Tuesday called for some level of protection for Ghanaian manufacturing and agro-processing companies to enable them become competitive. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/164262.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/163732.php Stanbic Bank Ghana has closed a USD 20.15 million loan deal with Western Diamond Cement Limited, a company of the West African Cement SA (WACEM) Group to build a cement production plant in the Western region. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/163732.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/162849.php Leading automobile company, Modern Auto Services (MAS) Limited, has launched the latest REXTON W sports utility vehicle (SUV) onto the Ghanaian market. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201305/162849.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162717.php The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has noted with great concern a statement issued on April 29, 2013 by the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) and same published on many media platforms. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162717.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162669.php OIL exporters in the Sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana have generated $370 billion from export to other parts of the world in 2012, according to World Trade Organisation report. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162669.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162668.php Six hundred million! The number is so large, it’s almost incomprehensible. Yet that’s how many new jobs the world needs by 2020, according to a 2013 World Bank World Development Report. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162668.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162556.php The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Nayon Bilijo says government will very soon launch a five-year National Aquaculture Development Plan for the systematic and pragmatic inland fish production. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162556.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162421.php President John Dramani Mahama is expected in Prestea today to blow the siren for work to start on the underground mine, to be run by the Golden Star Resources Limited. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/162421.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161941.php Despite attempts by the government to get more revenue from the sector, multinational mining companies are still keen on Ghana's prospects. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161941.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161916.php Ghana is working extremely hard to improve its enviable record as the world’s 10th friendliest nation, Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has said. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161916.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161535.php Airtel Ghana, in response to an article in the media that it has abrogated contracts with some local Value Added Services (VAS) providers, explained that it abides by all the terms and conditions of contracts that it signs with all its partners. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161535.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161352.php Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, Deputy Minister-designate for the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum yesterday branded the ongoing national gas project as the panacea to the country’s economic success. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161352.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161349.php Some local contractors providing various Value Added Services (VAS) to Airtel Ghana are currently raging with anger over an executive decision by the telecom operator to allegedly abrogate its contracts with local companies to engage the services of foreign companies. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/161349.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160586.php MTN Business will in a few days launch a pilot of its MTN Cloud bouquet of services and become the first mobile network operator in Ghana to adopt the Cloud Service Brokerage model. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160586.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160456.php The Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Buah, has Ghana is committed to considering nuclear energy as a viable option in power generation. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160456.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160430.php Even though Ghanaians are undergoing power crisis, which has resulted in massive load shedding and power disruptions, Ghana’s energy sector runs high as compared to other African countries in the sub-Saharan belt in terms of electricity access and utilization, says Mr. Kwaku Awotwe, Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA). http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160430.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160391.php Shaanxi Mining Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Gold Resources Group Company in the Talensi District, has assured that it was working with the necessary stakeholders to compensate persons affected by its mining activities. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160391.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160179.php Two European companies have discovered 1.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Western Region. http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160179.php http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160094.php The Government has officially taken over the Takoradi 132 MW Thermal Power Plant (T3). http://business.peacefmonline.com/industry/201304/160094.php