Sibi suffers perennial water shortage
Sibi, a farming community in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region, is without water for the past three months. Members of the community, with a population of about 8,000 people, walked several miles to Kpassa the District capital, in search of water whilst others journey towards Damanko to fetch water from the Oti […]
Alibaba accepts record China fine and vows to change
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday that it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country’s anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine after a probe determined that it had abused its market position for years. The fine amounts to about 4% of the company’s 2019 domestic revenue. Alibaba Group’s executive vice chairman Joe […]
Zenu-Atadeka Police recapture seven suspects
Seven out of 12 suspects who escaped custody from the Zenu-Atadeka District Police in the Ashaiman Municipality have been re-arrested, while five others are still on the run. Six of them have since been convicted by the Ashaiman Circuit Court on their own pleas, on charges related to their escape from lawful custody. This was […]
Ghana’s farmers eye sweet success from chocolate
There is a lot of money in chocolate but the producers of the raw material see very little of it. Last year the retail industry was worth $107bn (£78bn), according to one projection, but Ghana – the world’s second largest cocoa producer – earned just around $2bn. This is a familiar pattern for many African […]
