The British government has announced a cabin baggage ban on laptops on direct passenger flights to the UK from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture have in consultation with the Brong Ahafo Regional Security Council (Regsec), ordered the indefinite closure of the Kintampo Waterfalls.
You're probably going to die with some debt to your name. Most people do. In fact, 73% of consumers had outstanding debt when they were reported as dead, according to December 2016 data provided to Credit.com by credit bureau Experian. Those consumers carried an average total balance of $61,554, including mortgage debt. Without home loans, the average balance was $12,875.
Ghanaian Dutch-born international Raymond Gyasi has completed a transfer to Norwegian side Stabaek Fotball. Gyasi's transfer was confirmed by his managers, Eden Sports Group in a post on Twitter.
Former Dutch footballer George Boateng, Barcelona great Ronaldinho and ex-England goalkeeper David James will be among seven famous footballers to participate in exhibition games come July in Pakistan. The organisers said on Thursday that the fixtures are part of plans to build on the "comfort zone" from the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League cricket final in Lahore earlier this month.
Manchester United have confirmed Bastian Schweinsteiger will join Chicago Fire where Ghana attacker David Accam plays. The German midfielder has released an emotional statement expressing his sadness over leaving but gratitude to the Premier League side.
A former Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, has said the size of the budget allocation to the Office of the President is way bigger than that for the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), a phenomenon which has the tendency to cripple their performance.
The CEO of Astro Football Academy, Wesam Moussallem, has announced an ambitious tournament which will present young footballers with the opportunity to earn contracts with foreign clubs. According to Madam Moussallem, Ghana abounds in football talents but many are unable to realise their dreams of becoming global superstars because they do not have access to professional agents to guide them on the path to success.
MTN Ghana has plans to roll out a range of network expansion programmes this year to enhance its communications service delivery in a bid to offer product value proposition for its customers.
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is to establish a number of Special Economic Zones in the country for foreign investors to operate under special terms and conditions.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the private sector of the resolve of the government to engage it to transform the ailing economy. He said the government will also depend on the players in the sector to create the needed jobs for the people while creating wealth for all.
A Myanmar woman is suing her own son for calling her a “prostitute” on Facebook, the latest case under a controversial law that critics say is increasingly stifling free speech.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has successfully organised the second edition of FIFA “Live Your Goals’(LTG) Campaign in the Volta regional capital, Ho.
This year’s World Oral Health Day has been commemorated in Accra with the launch of a campaign to educate children on the proper way to brush their teeth. The “Little Brush Big Brush” campaign is a behavioural change programme that seeks to help children build better tooth brushing habits through fun.
Vice-President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Tuesday received the Queen’s Relay Baton for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Ghana, expressing optimism that Ghana’s participation in the games would bring more laurels to the country. The next Commonwealth Games, slated for April 2018, and christened the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, will take place in Australia.
Africa can be proud of many remarkable achievements in recent decades. Giving 427 million more people access to improved drinking water since 1990 – an average of 47,000 people every day across sub-Saharan Africa – ranks among the most impressive and most important. Safe drinking water and good sanitation bring huge benefits. They cut the death toll from disease, lift the long-term burden of ill-health and release many hours spent fetching water
Africa has been reluctant in the past to adopt genetically modified food technology for crop production, but that is changing, says Steven E. Cerier, a freelance international economist writing for the Genetic Literacy Project. Recent developments suggest that many African countries are prepared to overcome domestic and international opposition to GM technology, embracing it as a way of boosting their agriculture sector.
The acting Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Mr Joe Anokye, has charged Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to work on improving their Quality of Service (QoS) and ensure that consumers are satisfied.
The US has announced a ban on electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries.
World Bank Group President Mr Jim Yong Kim has announced a record $57 billion in financing for sub-Saharan African countries over the next three fiscal years. This follows a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Baden, Germany, on March 19.
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