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PROJECT QUALITY MANAGER VACANCY AT GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE), GHANA

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Gambeta News

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry. Role Summary: The Project Quality Manager in SSA shall: Drive the overall quality performance in the SSA region to meet the project contract quality requirements, the GPS business requirements and world class best…

GHANA PRESIDENT UNVEIL NATIONAL CATHEDRAL DESIGN PROPOSAL

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ghana President unveil design plan for the National Cathedral construction that will help celebrate christians. The design of the national cathedral has been unveil by Ghana president during an event at Accra. The state-of-the-art National Cathedral will have over a 15,000 seat auditorium. It will have house chapels and baptistery, a grand central hall, a musical school, a choir rehearsal and multi-use spaces. The cathedral will also have Africa’s first Bible museum and a documentation centre dedicated…

AfDB GIVES GHANA US$20m LOAN FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ghana gets loan from AfDB to construct alternative for Adomi bridge. The African Development Bank (AfDB) have released US$20m loan to Ghana for the construction of a link road. The link road is between Volivo to Dorfor Adidome, where another bridge needs to cut across the Volta lake near the Togo border. This new 54-meter bridge, will serve as an alternative to the Adomi bridge. It will help ensure free flow of traffic whenever there is routine…

Drought to hit other cities in Africa asides from Cape Town.

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Gambeta News

Cape Town and other cities in Africa to face drought. Plans for investment in water infrastructure in Africa needs to be set in place. As the count down to Cape Town drought comes close. May 11 is the predicted date for the drought due to the current climate change. Cape Town is not the only place in Africa that will be affected by this drought. Restrictions to water usage are been implemented in Cape Town…

MALL FOR AFRICA SPREADS TO MORE PARTS OF AFRICA.

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Gambeta News

Mall for Africa expands to 11 new countries in Africa. Worldwide e-commerce and m-commerce colossus, Mall for Africa will expand into 11 new countries in Africa. In acknowledgement to the growing demand for its patented platform, the app will now be available in African countries like Angola, Chad, Guinea, Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. The app offers items from 250 US and UK retailers to stores that are…

EU GIVES GHANA A GRANT WORTH €175 MILLION.

Posted on February 1, 2018February 1, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ghana receives €175 million grant. Ghana and the European Union (EU) has come to a conclusion as regards to the agreement to support Ghana’s plan of developing the country in 7 years time with a total of €175 million. The agreement signed by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on behalf of the West African country and the EU Ambassador to Ghana, William Hanna. €102 million from the grant will be for Ghana’s Productive Investment in Infrastructure for Agriculture…

GHANA MAINTAINS POLICY RATE

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Gambeta News

Bank of Ghana maintains policy rate at 20% After the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held yesterday (January 22, 2018) by Bank of Ghana, it was announced that Ghana’s central bank would maintain its policy rate of 20%. The Central Bank Governor, Dr Ernest Addison explained that the decision was reached to help keep inflation at a stable rate. He further added that a trend decline in the headline and core inflation allowed for a 550 basis…

MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE MEETS TO REVIEW GHANA’S ECONOMY

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Gambeta News

Quarterly meeting held by Ghana’s Central Bank’s Committee on Monetary Policies to review the country’s economy. Bank of Ghana committee on monetary policies met on the 19th of January 2018 for its quarterly meetings to review Ghana’s economy. The meeting which is the first for this year will be concluded today 22nd January 2018, with the committee releasing the policy rate for the year. The Central Bank in 2017 alone reduced the policy rate by…

GHANA CARGO TRAFFIC REACHES 21m METRIC TONNES

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ghana records positive increase in its cargo traffic. Reports from Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) revealed that a total of 21million metric tonnes of cargo was handled in 2017, which exceeded the set target of 20million metric tonnes, a 2million metric tonnes increase over the 19million metric tonnes recorded in 2016. Figures in the report showed that the gross of cargo was carted by the 1,850 vessels that called at the Tema and Takoradi ports —…

GHANA’S PRESIDENT COMMISSIONS TWYFORD CERAMICS FACTORY

Posted on January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ghana’s president commissions US$77.26 million Twyford Ghana Ceramics Company Limited factory. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned a US$77.26 million Twyford Ghana Ceramics Company Limited factory, which is located in Shama District of the Western Region. The factory which will be producing and distributing tiles at a designed production capacity of 14.4 million square metres per year with annual sales projected to be US$82.8 million, will also create some 1,846 jobs. The Production capacity of the factory would reduce Ghana’s…

IDTC CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN GHANA

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Gambeta News

Infectious Disease Treatment Centre (IDTC) constructed in Tamale, Ghana to help the country attain her Millennium Development Goals which was requested by WHO after Ebola outbreak. The hospital which is an Infectious Disease Treatment Centre (IDTC) is expected to increase the nation’s emergency preparedness and response to outbreaks of contagious diseases. The hospital which is located in Tamale, Ghana is worth US $333,000 and was funded by the Korean government under the auspices of the…

GHANA TO GET FIRST WASTE-TO-DIESEL PLANT IN 2018

Posted on November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 by Gambeta News

Ghana to get recycling facility in 2018 to help in waste management and to generate energy. The Ghana Plastic Manufacturers Association in collaboration with P2D Recycling Limited of Germany are getting ready to establish a £5 million recycling facility. The recycling facility which would be Ghana’s first waste-to-energy recycling plant would be located at Akunse in the Eastern Region. The recycling plant would turn sachet water waste into carry-bags which, after use, will also be converted into…

100 BASIS POINT CUT FOR BANK OF GHANA POLICY RATE

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Gambeta News

Central Bank of Ghana reduces policy rate from 25.5 to 20 percent After a meeting of Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana, the Central Bank have cut its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 20 percent. The policy rate which is the prime rate, at which the central bank lends to commercial banks, was previously at 25.5 percent. The Governor of the bank, Ernest Addison said the reduction was due to a drop in consumer…

GHANA’S TEMA-AKOSOMBO RAIL CONSTRUCTION SET FOR DECEMBER

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Gambeta News

Indian Export and import bank provide funds for Tema-Akosombo railway construction in Ghana. The construction which will be done by Fredmef Group Limited, a building and civil-electromechanical engineering company in partnership with KEC International-India’s second largest manufacturer of electric power transmission towers. The 84km railway project which will cost about US $388m will also form part of plans to redevelop the railway system in the country. The major financier of the project are the Indian…

Coca-Cola Bottling Company and CrossBoundary Energy signs Ghana’s largest commercial solar deal

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Gambeta News

TCCBG and CrossBoundary Energy signs Ghana’s largest commercial solar services agreement. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana (TCCBCG), which is a part of Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company Group, and CrossBoundary Energy, today announced the signing of a commercial solar services agreement for CrossBoundary to install and operate a 1.33 MWp solar power plant at the TCCBCG’s Accra bottling facility. This agreement is Ghana’s largest commercial solar services agreement and Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s first commercial and industrial power purchase…

AfDB offers Ghana Agricultural sector US$60m loan

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Gambeta News

AfDB is set to approve US$60m loan to support farmers in Ghana’s Northern Savannah region. The Board of Directors of African Development Bank (AfDB) are currently considering the approval of a US$60 million loan to support Ghana’s government Planting for Food and Jobs programme, which is a flagship programme that aims to encourage Ghanaian youths to venture into agri-related business. The loan when approved will affect about 500,000 farmers, it will also help to increase food…

APPOLONIA CITY HOUSING PROJECT SET TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN GHANA

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo leads appolonia city housing project during groundbreaking ceremony. The groundbreaking ceremony of the housing project which is set to have about 2000 affordable housing unit has been commission by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana. The Appolonia city housing project is expected to help reduce the country’s housing deficit which is in line with the government’s vision of using appropriate mix of public policy and public-private investments so…

BURKINA FASO-GHANA TO STRENGTHEN TRADE TIES

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Gambeta News

GPHA seeking improved trade relationship with Burkina Faso. During a week long trade mission to Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, organised by Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), which is aimed at increasing transit traffic between Ghana and Burkina Faso (who are Ghana’s biggest transit trade partner). Some concerns which need addressing were raised; Aiming at removing repetitive custom procedures at Ghanaian borders, Burkina Faso’s Customs are requesting to integrate its systems with those of its Ghanaian counterparts. This…

TURKEY TARGETS US$1bn TRADING WITH GHANA BY 2020

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Gambeta News

Turkey seeks to increase its trading volume with Ghana to a billion dollars by 2020 Ghana-Turkey became Sub-Saharan Africa’s 3rd largest trading partner in 2016 with a trading volume of US$480 million, but the Ambassador of Turkey to Ghana, Nesrin Bayazit, has said that she is targeting to increase this volume to US$1 billion by 2020. Nesrin believes that with improved commitment and increased collaboration, among the two countries, the US$1 billion target can be achieved. A Joint Economic Committee…

GHANA SEEKS FOR LOWER SULPHUR CONTENT IN NIGERIAN FUEL

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Gambeta News

Ghana urges Nigeria to reduce sulphur content in its fuel The institution responsible for petroleum regulation in Nigeria have been asked by its counterpart, the Ghana National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to take measures in reducing the sulphur content in its diesel fuel to about 50parts per million(ppm). Currently Nigeria is doing 3,000ppm of sulphur content and this is considered as been toxic. According to CEO of the NPA, Alhassan Tampuli, reducing the sulphur content of Nigerian fuel will …

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