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BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra, Ghana- A CROSS-SECTION of Ghanaians have called on the government to implement the recommendations of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC). They say it is quite unfortunate that eight years after the CRC submitted its report to the President of Ghana on the need to make some amendments to portions of the 1992 constitution, the government has failed to fully implement the road map. This development, according to many Ghanaians who expressed their views in separate interview, is becoming a waste of the taxpayer’s money, resources and time by these experts appointed by President John Evans Atta Mills to sample views on the need for the review. While a cross-session of Ghanaians believe that the work of the CRC was to enhance the...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Real owners of African Development Bank (AfDB) have confirmed $ 115 billion capital increment to arouse Africa’s development and growth. According to the AfDB’s statement, the approval was given at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on Thursday 31st October, 2019 in Abidjan. It said that, the capital increment was the largest in the history of the bank since it was established in 1964. “With the approved increase, the capital of the bank would more than double from $ 93 billion dollars to 208 billion dollars. “This solidifies the bank’s leadership on development financing for the continent. “The boost in capital ensures that the bank will continue to maintain a sterling AAA rating, all stable from the top...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- United States, sudden uprising of the fine grained sedimentary rock gas, at the first half of this decade; the United States climaxed the global oil and gas rankings. Last year, it averaged 17.87 million b/d, which accounts for 18 % of the world’s production. This is up from the 15.6 million b/d in 2017. In December of 2018, the US administration launched its Prosper Africa initiative with the vision to open markets for American businesses, grow Africa’s middle class, promote youth employment opportunities, improve the business climate and enable the United States to compete with China and other nations who have business interests in Africa. The $ 50 million program will offer technical aid to companies...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra- GHANA CLOSE TO 80% retail consumers between the ages of 17 to 39 preferred to shopping online using smartphones and the internet. According to Firmus Advisory, Market research, regulatory compliance and trade development consulting firm, in its recent survey, disclosed that a lot more purchases are still done through traditional means, especially for food and beverages. However, young entrepreneurs have taken advantage of social media platforms such as Facebook, Intagram, Twitter among others to market their merchandise were found to be making good returns, and chipping away some of the revenue that would otherwise have gone to the more established retail outlets. The report also revealed that Ghanaian households spend closely GH¢500.00 on...