Vodafone Ghana, a leader in Ghana’s telecommunications industry, is at the front of the charge for a green energy revolution in Africa. In line with Vodafone Group, the business is taking significant steps to reduce impact on the planet by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025 and becoming net zero by 2040. […] The post Vodafone
Leaders of the Adventist church in Ghana on March 11, 2023, met with the Chief Imam of Ghana to solicit his support for a proposed change to the election calendar from December 7. The church is requesting the Electoral Commission to consider the first Tuesday of November or the first Tuesday of December as the […] The post Adventist church solicits
A group calling itself the 1993/1994 retrenched Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Officers Association on Wednesday, March 15, picketed at the entrance of Parliament to petition the Speaker over what they say is the underpayment of their benefits by COCOBOD. The group bemoans that members were laid off in the years 1993 and 1994 without due […] The post Retrenched
The enrolment into the Sunyani Technical University has shot up by 20 percent in the 2022 – 2023 academic year with the majority of the students going for Science and TVET programme. The Vice Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University, Ing Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah disclosed this during the 27th Matriculation ceremony. “This year, the university […] The post Enrolment
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that consumers of petroleum products should expect a further decrease in the prices of fuel at the pumps as a result of the implementation of government’s Gold for Oil Policy. Already, the national average price for petrol and diesel currently stands at GH¢13.53 and GH¢13.69 respectively. Dr. Mahamudu […] The post Gold
The Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has sued 11 branch executives of the National Democratic Congress in the constituency for defamation. The 11 persons are said to have published and circulated comments deemed libellous against the Member of Parliament. The Asawase MP is demanding GH¢10 million in damages […] The post Asawase
The Ghanaian horologist and founder of Hourhand Watch Co., Patrick Amofah is currently one of few watchmakers in Africa capable of servicing a $600k Richard Mille McLaren timepiece. The Richard Mille McLaren with reference RM-011-03 is an exclusive timepiece made in honour of McLaren Auto motive’s creations. The Skeletonized automatic Calibre RMAC3 winding movement is […] The post Ghanaian
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has proposed that the number of seats in Parliament is reduced from 275 to 200. The Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency said his proposal will ease pressure on the public purse. “I must say that one critical thing to look at is to put an upper limit […] The post Reduce Parliamentary seats from 275
A visually impaired man has been arrested by the police in the Eastern region for murdering his wife at Abepotia a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality. 71-year-old Mudor George is said to have beheaded his wife while she was asleep Tuesday dawn after the wife Georgina Mudor threatened to divorce him. According […] The post Visually impaired man arrested
A visually impaired man has been arrested by the police in the Eastern region for murdering his wife at Abepotia a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality. 71-year-old Mudor George is said to have beheaded his wife while she was asleep Tuesday dawn after the wife Georgina Mudor threatened to divorce him. According […] The post Visually impaired man arrested
Inflation fell for the second month in 2023, February, to 52.8% after a 19-month surge. Data by the Ghana Statistical Service revealed that the Consumer Price Index for February 2023, was 168.7 relative to 110.4 for February 2022 using the linked series. This means that in the month of February 2023, the general price level […] The post Inflation drops marginally to 52.8% in
A professor of political science at the University of Ghana has chided the government for the knee-jerk action of cancelling the collection of road tolls and attempts to reintroduce same. Responding to the plan to reintroduce road tolls, he condemned the government for the intransigence exhibited when there were calls on the government to rethink […] The post Governance
The World Health Organisation has revealed that Ghana is among 55 countries in the world losing its health workers due to international migration. This was contained in the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023 which also identified 36 African countries including Nigeria as vulnerable to the availability of health workers required to achieve […] The post Ghana,
Kow Abaka Essuman, Legal Counsel to the President of the Republic of Ghana, has been selected as part of the Young Global Leaders Class of 2023 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The announcement was made on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023. The Young Global Leaders (YGL) is a community of individuals under the age of […] The post Kow Essuman named Young Global Leader
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has received the Order of Volta-Companion award on Tuesday, March 14. The Health Minister amongst others were honoured by the State for their role in the fight against COVID-19. The award was to recognise the selflessness, hard work and outstanding contributions of the national COVID-19 Taskforce in the management […] The post Agyemang-Manu
Edward Bawa, a member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, wants the government to provide details on the terms of engagement for the funds used in the purchase of the first consignment of oil under the government’s gold for oil policy. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) revealed that the initial 40,000 tonnes of diesel that […] The post Provide
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) says the unwillingness of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to criticize the military for their invasion of Ashaiman after a soldier died is wrong. The Executive’s degrading silence over the violations of human rights endured by the defenceless residents, according to the centre, also constitutes a tacit endorsement. The […] The post Nana
Over a decade ago, Fidelity Bank set out on a journey to make banking accessible to all Ghanaians. One of the main pillars of this agenda was an endeavour that would enable anyone to carry out basic banking transactions beyond the usual banking hall. Through Agency networks, Ghanaians could access banking services at community pharmacies, […] The post Championing financial
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has taken on the Education Minister, for threatening to close down non-performing schools. During a meeting with the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in Kumasi, the Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum stated that schools that do not improve their educational outcomes risk facing closure. However, […] The post Shutting
More than 200 people are now confirmed dead in Malawi after Tropical Storm Freddy ripped through southern Africa for the second time in a month. Huge amounts of brown water have cascaded through neighbourhoods, sweeping away homes. Malawi’s commercial hub, Blantyre, has recorded most of the deaths, including dozens of children. Aid agencies are warning […] The post Storm
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