Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, has explained the mistakes that the Word Bank made in Ghana’s energy sector in the 1980s and 90s Mr Tsikata indicated that during those periods when arguments were being advanced for gas to be used to support hydropower, the World Bank […]
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, has disagreed with the views expressed by the World Bank Country Director Pierre Laporte on the cause of the country’s energy debts. Mr Laporte had indicated that the Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) under the Mahama administration were poorly negotiated. He called for […]
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said there is a need for the Supreme Court to clarify its orders to Parliament to remove the records of deposed Assin North lawmaker James Gyakye Quayson. The apex court on Wednesday, May 17 unanimously ruled that the name of Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, […]
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said that the Ministry has become aware of persons whose funds have been locked up on the Mobile Money (MoMo) accounts following the SIM card deactivation exercise. She said efforts are underway to ensure that the subscribers are able to retrieve their cash. Speaking in Parliament […]
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said the Ministry has been urging the National Identification Authority (NIA) to assist people to acquire their Ghana Card. She said the Ministry has also been made aware of the difficulties facing subscribers in accessing their funds on their mobile money wallets following the deactivation of […]
West Ham treated Fiorentina like “animals” in their Europa Conference League final success, says the Italian club’s president Rocco Commisso. Striker Luca Jovic had to come off at half-time with a broken nose, while left-back Cristiano Biraghi was left with a bloodied face after being hit by an object thrown from the crowd. Jarrod Bowen’s […]
AfroSport, the sports business wing of the African Sports Centre, has announced its second round of speakers ahead of the second edition of the AfroSport Summit which is set to take place on August 2 and 3 at the Accra International Conference Centre. The summit is a two-day event which looks to bring together major […]
Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah has admitted that there is an existing friction between himself and the board chairman of the club Dr Kwame Kyei. Following reports suggesting that there is a form of disunity between the management of the club and the board, a lot of fanatics have called for […]
Ghana’s U-23 side, Black Meteors are set to depart the country to continue their preparations in Egypt ahead of the 2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be held in Morocco. The team earned qualification after a 2-1 aggregate victory over a two-legged qualifier against Algeria in March and have since then been preparing […]
Former Ghana Premier League player Charles Taylor is in favor of increasing the number of terms a president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) can serve. Ahead of the upcoming GFA Congress in July, it is believed that a proposal of increasing the two terms of office of the GFA president to three terms is […]
Ghana Abdul Samed Salis has signed a one-year contract extension with French Ligue 1 side RC Lens, securing his presence at the club until 2028. Lens are focused on strengthening their squad in preparation for their return to the UEFA Champions League after a significant absence. The club’s management believes that Abdul Samed Salis will […]
An Accra High Court has granted counsel for former chief director of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo permission to represent his client on medical grounds after taking his pleas in connection with charges relating to causing financial loss to the state in the $200million Saglemi Housing project scandal. After […]
Ghana U-23 head coach Ibrahim Tanko has named a provisional 29-man squad for camping ahead of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco. Despite initially initing 22 local-based players who had been camping at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence for the tournament, seven of those players have been dropped with 14 foreign-based […]
Black Stars winger Joseph Paintsil has expressed his willingness to remain committed to playing for Ghana even if he has to start from the bench all the time. The 25-year-old has been in incredible form for Genk in the Belgian top flight scoring 18 and assisting 14 but has struggled to break into the Black […]
Deposed Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson has expressed confidence in winning back his seat in the June 27 by-election. He said his conviction of winning the seata is non-negotiable. “It will be a win-win situation,” he told Media General‘s Komla Klutse in an interview on Wednesday, June 7. “I am […]
Uwe Gneiting, a senior researcher at Oxfam America’s Private Sector Department, has found that the current era is the most advantageous to address the long-standing issue of the heinous exploitation of Ghanaian cocoa farmers by the major businesses that control the cocoa supply chain. On Thursday, June 1, 2023, he revealed this in a skype […]
Ghana winger Joseph Paintsil has revealed that missing out on the Black Stars’ final squad for the 2022 World Cup motivated him to put in extra effort on the pitch which has yielded significant dividends. The former Tema Youth player was one of Ghana’s most in-form forwards prior to the 2022 World Cup held in […]
The UK and Ghana today, Thursday, June 8, launched a new investor group to help identify mutually beneficial investment opportunities for both countries in a boost to the existing economic partnership. The announcement at the 8th UK-Ghana Business Council meeting in London, co-chaired by the Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, the Minister for […]
Political Science Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo has admonished the Special Prosecutor to tread cautiously, particularly when he is not independent after all. “The Special Prosecutor must therefore tone down on his youthful exuberance and must not be rushing to please anybody because, the office is not independent after all, from the control of politicians,” Prof […]
Ghana may not have a representative in the next Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League and Confederations Cup due to the governing body’s new requirement of owning a female club to be eligible. In a bid to improve the state of Women’s Football in Africa, CAF advised its members to ensure they equally run […]
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