Accra -GHANA'S former Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, has called on government to embark on job cuts in the public sector to save the economy from grinding to a halt.

Accra -FIDELITY Bank Ghana Limited has raised $130 million in significant capital after the bank completed a road show aimed at reaching out to existing and potential customers.

Ghana has made tremendous strides in electricity penetration as compare to other African countries. The country enjoys a total installed capacity of 2,813.5MW mainly from hydro, thermal and more recently from solar. Over 70% of Ghanaians have access to electricity but affordability has been a major issue to both household and corporate consumers.

Midrand -A Ghanian MP at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) gathering in Midrand, South Africa yesterday mooted the idea of launching a common African passport to boost the integration of all Africans.

This is a survey published Tuesday by L'Equipe based on figures from Opta statisticians. Based on the curves and figures, it turned out that Algeria, Cameroon and Ghana have no chance (0%) to win the 2014 World Cup.

As part of activities marking the birthday celebration of the Founder and General overseer of the Royal House Chapel, Apostle Samuel Korankye Ankrah, the Koforidua branch of the church, in conjunction with Standard Specialist Clinic, a Koforidua based private health facility, has organized a day health screening for residents of Koforidua.

Candidates contesting for the various executive positions in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who think they can identify themselves with Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a popular figure in the party, and use that as strategy to win the hearts of the delegates to vote for them, must start revising their notes.

Ever since Ghana started oil production in commercial quantities in 2010, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), a wholly owned state refinery, has never been supplied with crude from the Jubilee Fields to process.

Ghana Sports Minister Elvis Ankrah is confident the team will prepare in the right way for a successful World Cup.

Nairobi -Twitter activity in Africa during the last quarter of 2013 peaked on the day of Nelson Mandela's death, according to How Africa Tweets, a new study analysing Twitter activity on the continent.