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A dowser, from an 18th-century French book about superstitions. Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia), [1] gravesites, [2] malign "earth vibrations" [3] and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus.
The history of bauxite mining in Ghana dates back to the early 20th century.Bauxite was first discovered in the country in 1921 at Awaso, in the Western North Region.The first operations began in the 1940s, with the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) managing the extraction and export of bauxite since then.
Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is the umbrella body that regulates the activities of trades in Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The body also lobbies the Government of Ghana on issues that affect traders in the country.
The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) is a Ghanaian government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. [1] [2] The GEA is mandated by the Ghana Enterprises Agency Act, 2020 (Act 1043) to promote and develop MSMEs in Ghana. [3] It replaced the National Board for Small-Scale Industries (NBSSI).
The Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA), is a Ghanaian government-controlled institution formed on 31 August 1995 to facilitate the setting up of Free Zone in Ghana to improve the economic development and to regulate its related activities. [1] [2] It was enacted by an Act of Parliament, the Free Zone Act 1995 (Act 504). [3]
Trading in the country begun when the first settlers arrived in the region. Like many countries in Africa, the main method of trading was through the barter system. People used to exchange goods and services for commodities and services that was believed to measure up to what was being offered.
The Ghana Club 100 is a yearly official list of the top 100 companies in Ghana. The compilation was first done in 1998 by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) with the aim of recognition of the top 100 companies and to encourage competition and improvement of company products and services in the country. [ 1 ]
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