Business24 Newspaper 12th November, 2021

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2021

BUSINESS24.COM.GH

Friday November 12, 2021

NO. B24 / 273 | News for Business Leaders

Ghana ready to host AfDB 2022 AGM, Ofori-Atta assures

AGI calls for targeted review of benchmark value on imports See page 5

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says 200,000 youth targeted NPA rate of fuel adulteration in YEA’s artisanal jobs has fallen sharply programme since 2013 T A By Eugene Davis

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he Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has announced the commencement and activation of its Artisan Directory Programme, a skills development and market facilitation programme that seeks to train the youth in different artisanal skill areas and link them to prospective clients via a digital platform. According to the YEA, the programme has been designed with the support and contribution of industry players and government agencies.

The programme is expected to benefit at least 200,000 youth by December 2023.

s a result of stringent regulatory measures, the retail outlet failure rate, which measures the percentage of fuel stations selling low-quality or adulterated products, has reduced drastically from 32 percent in 2013 to 2.51 percent as at August 2021, the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has disclosed. Cont’d on page 3

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CalBank pledges strategic lending to aid post-Covid recovery By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com

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Inadequate vets hampers control of bird flu—Agric Minister By Eugene Davis

ndigenous publicly listed lender CalBank Plc says it will grow its loan book in a measured approach without risking the health of its balance sheet, even as it seeks to support

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he Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Cont’d on page 5

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