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Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, says the introduction of tax waivers on the importation of electric vehicles will help boost uptake of electric vehicles in the country. He said the Policy was keeping with efforts by the government to modernise and promote the decarbonisation of the transport sector within the context of a global call for a Net-Zero Emission Future. Addressing participants at the 2024 Logistics and Transport Conference and Exhibition in Accra, the Minister urged stakeholders to develop expertise within the green and circular and economy sector and take advantage of emerging opportunities. The Conference, organised…

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Over 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks have been deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault yesterday to conserve crop diversity in the face of escalating climate change, conflict among others. This represents the highest number of depositors since the Seed Vault’s record of 35 genebanks in 2020. The deposit features first-time contributions from genebanks in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Chad, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, and Suriname. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), an international genebank located in India, has deposited 2,950 seeds from 56 species, including pearl millet,…

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The National Insurance Commission (NIC) of Ghana has granted sandbox innovation licenses to five Insurtechs operating in the country. The sandbox license will allow the insurtech firms to roll out innovative products in a pilot phase for a period of one year, after which the commission will review the performance of the licensed products and decide if to issue a full license for the same. Insurance technology (Insurtech) refers to the use of innovative technology such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, blockchain and other emerging technologies to improve and automate traditional insurance processes. Speaking at the Tech…

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Small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those in the fields of Science, Technology, Innovation and Research (STIR), have been advised to turn to cheaper and long-term funding opportunities such as venture capitals and angel investors to sustain and expand their operations instead of relying on loans from commercial banks. This was the unanimous call from speakers at a virtual conference aimed at linking innovation startups and researchers to alternative funding sources for their enterprises and research outcomes organized by Heritors Labs, in collaboration with its funding partner, the RISA Fund. The virtual conference which formed part of activities of the…

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As far as the IEA is aware, Newmont and the Government have not reached any agreement for the mine to be transferred to Zijin for the unexpired term of the lease, i.e. up to 19th January 2025,” the statement noted.

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