The Deputy Finance Minister, Kweku Kwarteng has charged the Ghana Exim Bank to pursue pragmatic policies and programs to increase Ghana’s export revenue and improve the Balance of Trade (BoT). The Exim Bank is among others expected to support local producers with the necessary financial and technical expertise to position them to compete favourably with ...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Tuesday for Abuja, Nigeria on a day’s official visit. His visit is at the behest of the Acting Nigerian President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as a Guest of Honour at Nigeria’s National Defence College’s Silver Jubilee Anniversary and the graduation ceremony of participants of Course 25 of the ...
The Ministry of Information in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has held it maiden joint town hall meeting at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly. The event which will be held across all the 216 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country is aimed at depeening the governance system at the ...
The President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara says his country will not need to co-host the expanded Africa cup of Nations finals in 2021. He said the country has the capability to host 24 teams rather than 16 stipulated in its original bid. Ouattara was talking during an official visit to Sierra Leone. “The reality ...
The Tema base of the Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Invisible forces, have threatened to visit chaos on the Tema metropolis if the NPP government does not provide them with jobs. The aggrieved Invisible Forces, a vigilante group affiliated with the governing party, say they are being ridiculed for their unemployment, despite the fact that ...
Serena Williams has written a powerful essay calling for equal pay for black women. To mark Black Women’s Equal Pay Day in the US, the tennis star posted an article titled How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap. “The gender pay gap hits women of color the hardest,” she writes. “Growing up, I was ...
Newmont Ghana has reiterated its commitment to ongoing, good-faith dialogue with youth near the Ahafo mine to address their concerns regarding employment opportunities at the operation. The Kenyasi No. 2 Youth Association conducted a demonstration to express their concerns about youth unemployment, community investment opportunities, and environmental management. In response, Bernard Wessels, General Manager of ...
Dancers in Ghana will soon be put on a pension and insurance scheme to be instituted by the National Commission on Culture. In an interview with Mr. Socrate Safo who is the Director of Creative Arts, Programmes and Projects at the National Commission on Culture, he said the decision to get this scheme for dancers ...
The newspapers have a scoop today – it seems that artificial intelligence (AI) could be out to get us. “‘Robot intelligence is dangerous’: Expert’s warning after Facebook AI ‘develop their own language'”, says the Mirror. Similar stories have appeared in the Sun, the Independent, the Telegraph and in other online publications. It sounds like something from ...
Participants in a roundtable discussion held by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) have observed that political party vigilantism poses a serious threat to the country, and have reinforced calls for their disbandment. They said vigilante groups are getting more sophisticated with arms, a situation which if left unchecked, could lead to their growth ...
West Ham United attacker, Andre Dede Ayew says he is not threatened by competition from new signings. The Hammers finished 11th in last season’s premier league following a strenuous move into the London Stadium. West Ham has made a couple of purchases including Javier Hernandez ‘Chicharito’ and Marko Arnautovic who joined for a club record ...
Almost 500 people arrested after last year’s failed coup in Turkey have appeared in court accused of taking part in the plot. Some of the handcuffed defendants were jeered as they were individually escorted into court by police and armed guards in front of TV cameras. The trial focuses on events at the Akinci airbase ...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) plans to prosecute persons who smuggle fuel from Ghana to neighbouring countries. According to the GRA, the government was losing thousands of Ghana cedis from the activities of the fuel smugglers hence the decision to take strict measures to curb the menace. The Commissioner of Customs, ...
The deputy Minister for Agriculture, William Quaitoo has said that farmers are not cooperating with the Ministry in the fight against fall army worm. According to him, some farmers do not report cases of the invasion on their farms on the onset for the necessary action to be taken. He said the situation has led ...
The Deputy Chair of Operations at the Electoral Commission, Amadu Sulley has called on the Commission’s Chairperson, Charlotte Osei to act in accordance with the structures of the Commission, following what he describes as her non-recognition of his presence. In a leaked memo, Mr. Sulley complained that Mrs Osei had refused to recognize his presence ...
The appointment of a Director-General of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority collectively is likely to connote in the minds of many a Ghanaian, a powerful gerent who oversees to, and supervises all operations, functions, and activities of not only the sea ports, but also the airports as well as the goods entry boarder points around ...
The Chiefs of Upper Denkyira West in the Central Region want the government to quickly determine the fate of their suspended District Chief Executive (DCE), Daniel Appianing, in order to ensure development there. Daniel Apiannin has been on suspension since June 1, 2017 following public comments he made in the aftermath of the lynching of ...
Government has set an ambitious target to complete payments of all arrears owed contractors by 2019. This follows a validation process to audit the arrears bequeathed the NPP by the erstwhile NDC administration. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta disclosed this during his midyear budget review to Parliament on Monday. According to him, the settlement ...
Some angry youth in Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 blocked all roads leading to and from the community. They were demonstrating against mining company, Newmont, and demanding immediate employment. The irate youth also say they are unhappy about the company’s alleged pollution of some water bodies and the destruction ...
The Minority in Parliament stormed out of Parliament on Tuesday over the Speaker’s decision to forward the motion to withdraw the 2015 AMERI deal to the House’s Energy Committee. Indicating his displeasure to Citi News, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka said, “this is the first time in my whole life in Parliament that I ...
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