Free Zones boosts economy-Exports over $1 billion in 9 months
Companies operating under the free zones enclave exported goods valued at 1.4 billion dollars in the first nine months of this year, as against their total imports of 113.1 million within the same period. This means that the exports of free zones companies outstripped their imports by more than one hundred percent. The Executive Secretary […]
Parliament freezes agreement on use of drones
Parliament has put on hold a service agreement between government and a local company, ‘Fly Zipline’ for the delivery of emergency health and blood products. Under the agreement, ‘Fly zipline’ will use drones to transport health supplies to facilities across the country in a timely manner. The Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato […]
7 perish in gory car crash, 12 others injured
Seven people, including two Chinese, were killed, and 12 others seriously injured, when two vehicles they were travelling on, collided at a section between Nyinahin and Akoraboukrom in the Ashanti Region. The Chinese, who died on the spot, have been identified as Li Jianjun, 46 and Wu Xinxiang, 37, and two other victims have been […]
Minister inspects work on Tono Irrigation Project
The Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Abayage, has paid a working visit to the Tono Irrigation site in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality to ascertain the progress of rehabilitation work on the dam. Since its establishment in 1985, the dam has not seen any major rehabilitation. The Tono Irrigation Project was constructed to promote the production of […]
