Managers of the Ghanaian economy have been advised not to be complacent just because the country has seen a year of significant growth in 2017. This is because the growth was powered by largely unsustainable factors such as commodity prices. Last week, the Ghana Statistical Service rebased the economy and presented new data on how … The post You
Ghana’s exports for 2017 improved slightly compared to 2016, the 27th edition of the “State of the Ghanaian Economy Report”, published by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana (UG), has revealed. According to the report the value of Ghana’s merchandise exports increased to $13,835.01 million from $11.13635 … The post Ghana’s
Ghana’s exports for 2017 improved slightly compared to 2016, the 27th edition of the “State of the Ghanaian Economy Report”, published by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana (UG), has revealed. According to the report the value of Ghana’s merchandise exports increased to $13,835.01 million from $11.13635 … The post Ghana’s
The management of GN Bank has urged customers to remain calm and ignore rumours that sought to suggest that the financial institution was facing liquidity challenges. It described the news purporting the Bank’s collapse as unfounded and mere speculations targeted at causing fear and panic among its customers in the wake of the current crisis … The post GN Bank
Ghana’s public sector has over the years suffered incompetence, absenteeism, corruption and lateness coupled with unsatisfactory service delivery against the robust public sector inherited after independence. Mr Thomas Kusi Boafo,the Chief Executive of the Public Sector Reforms said this at a day’s mini sensitization launch in Takoradi, under the theme “delivering for Citizens and Private … The post Ghana’s
The Global Fund, a not-for-profit entity designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria has saved 27 million lives, this year, according to new results released this week. By the end of 2017, the Global Fund supported HIV/AIDS treatment for 17.5 million people, TB treatment for five million people, and distributed 200 … The post Global Fund saves 27 million
Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has started soliciting inputs towards the consideration of the Companies Bill 2018, in Accra. The contributions, which were in written memoranda and presentations, are intended to help amend some aspects of the existing Companies Act 179. The panellists at the stakeholder’s conference to discuss and solicit the … The post Parliament
Ghana’s mutual engagement with China should by not be seen as China colonizing Ghana. What Ghana needs to do, is make the best of its relations with China by ensuring, that its citizens gain from of a revitalized economy in the areas of health, education and road infrastructure among others. “What is needed are experts … The post Ghana’s
The Government of India has presented a cheque of $1 million to the Ghana–India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence (GI-KACE) in Information Communication Technology (ICT), to strengthen ICT Research and Innovation in country. The fund, which is a grant, would support the Centre in capacity building for the expansion needs of ICT research product development … The post Ghana–India
The emotion was palpable at the United Nations two weeks ago, when, to the sound of traditional Ghanaian songs, the General Assembly bowed to the memory of Kofi Annan. A true global leader, the man who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 and co-recipient, with the UN, of the Nobel Peace Prize … The post Without tax
Vodafone Ghana has pledged its commitment to support actors in the Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SME) as they contribute immensely to the promotion of socio-economic development in the country. Mrs Angela Mensah-Opoku, Head of Vodafone Business Solutions said Vodafone had found the need to support and recognise the great work being done by Small and … The post Vodafone
Charles Kwabena Akunnor, newly-appointed head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has described his job at the club as the most difficult in his coaching career. The German-trained technical handler, who was at a ceremony in Kumasi on Wednesday, said the task ahead was, however, surmountable and called for the massive support of all stakeholders to … The post Kotoko’s
Mr Christian Agordah, an Engineer and the Head of Monitoring and Evaluation/Coordinator, National Anti-corruption Action Plan (NACAP, National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) has called for a total paradigm shift towards skills development. He said the paradigm shift towards skills development would enable skills, provided by industry and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) … The post Engineer
The Ministry Of Education has invited 10 teachers nominated from across the country to receive honours and awards in the 2018 National Best Teacher Awards ceremony slated for October 5, 2018. The invitation encompasses a pre-symposium before the awards ceremony where nominees would be urged to motivate other teachers with their life stories as teachers; … The post Education
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will on Thursday October 4, begin the registration of households for the free distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLITN) across the country. The distribution of the LLITN will be done in partnership with the Ghana Malaria Control Programme as part of efforts to reduce the incidence of malaria … The post GHS
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has called on African governments to invest more in agriculture in order to ensure food security on the continent. “Today, conversations on food and nutrition security have taken centre stage globally, because of the urgency for the world to end hunger, achieve food security, … The post Vice
The Government Wednesday said it would soon place the Wildlife Resource Management Bill before Parliament for passage into law to back community participation, governance and ownership of the natural resources, particularly, the wildlife and forest resources.The Law would also consolidate all the fragmented policies on natural resource conservation and give a backing to the Community … The post Legislation
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called on the Ghana Revenue Authority to move its task force from the premises of its beverage manufacturers to stop the disruption in business operations. At a press conference on the activities of the Task force, Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi, President of the AGI, said the operations were … The post Move task force
A two-day training workshop on effective awareness raising and communication on irregular migration in the country has been held for selected journalists in the Western Region. The workshop was organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) with funding from the European Union (EU). Mrs Florence Kim, a Communication Expert at IOM and a facilitator … The post IOM
The Sekyere East District Assembly has introduced a “Pay-as-you-fetch” policy to help raise revenue to maintain boreholes and other water supply facilities in communities in the area. The new policy allows water and sanitation committees to collect fees from people when they fetched water from community water supply systems. Mr Emmanuel Adjei Baafi, the Presiding … The post Sekyere
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