We bring you the first part of an exclusive interview with Ms Ngone Diop, the Director of the Economic Commission for Africa, Sub-Regional Office for West Africa in which she delves into the opportunities and challenges of Africa and how to address the demands for transformational change. This first part of the interview focuses on … The post Africa must

Delegates at the end of the maiden National Labour Conference have recommended the review of the Single Spine Pay Policy to address the disparities and inequalities in the public sector wages. To facilitate this, they proposed the setting up of a technical committee, by end of March 2022, to undertake the preliminary review on the … The post Labour

The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says plans are far advanced towards upgrading some Colleges of Education into universities. He said the decision was to offer such Colleges the opportunity to run their own programmes towards the development and transformation of the nation. Dr Adutwum, who announced this when the new leadership of … The post We

A continuous depreciation of the Ghana cedi against the US dollar is likely to drive prices of petroleum products upwards by at least 4 per cent this week, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected. The Institute said the recent hikes in prices of petroleum products was largely due to the poor performance of … The post Cedi’s poor performance

The Tema Polyclinic recorded a total of 106 positive cases of HIV infections in 2021 – an average of nine infections every month. Nana Tekyiwaa Frempoma II, the Principal Midwifery Officer in Charge of the Anti-Retroviral Therapy and Sexual Transmitted Infections, said this called for increased public education to stop the spread of the infection. … The post Tema

The European Union (EU) has pledged to deepen its partnership with the African Union (AU) to build a common future. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the sixth EU/AU summit held in Brussels. It said; “The Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the AU and the … The post EU pledges to deepen partnership with AU appeared first on

The Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in 2021 exceeded its targeted revenue collection from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) by 4.18 percent. Chief Revenue Officer Geoffrey Oduro Kwaasi, the Sector Commander, who announced this said they had set a collection target of GH¢5,382,140.00 but ended up raking in GH¢5,607,137.26 Mr. Kwaasi was … The post TOR

Two hundred and eighty Ghanaian entrepreneurs have graduated from the third edition of a mentoring programme organised by Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans (SASL) at a ceremony in Kumasi. For the first time, nine (9) out of the number were men while the remaining two hundred and seventy-one (271) representing 95 per cent, were women. … The post 280