MTN Ghana Foundation has launched a technology camp project for females in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Dubbed, “MTN Girl Code: Tech Camp for Ladies Going Places”, the project aims at training and encouraging young women to participate in coding and computer programming. To be held in Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi and Tamale, the project was designed in partnership with [...] The post MTN
Tullow Oil reported a deeper-than-expected operating loss for the first half as lower oil price expectations forced it to book hefty impairment charges, but the market welcomed news it had raised a cost-saving target by $150 million. London-listed Tullow, whose main operations are in Africa, stayed in the red in the first half of 2017 with an operating loss of [...] The post Tullow
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has declared its readiness to implement the paperless processing of operational clearance procedures initiative at the ports. The government has directed port operators to achieve total paperless processing of operational clearance procedures at the ports from September 1. The Executive Chairman of GCNet, Dr Nortey Omaboe, said the company had already deployed the [...] The post GCNet
Access Bank is to inject additional $20 million into its operations of the bank, Mr Dolapo Ogundimu, Managing Director, Access Bank has announced. He said the Bank’s Group Office in Nigeria had agreed to provide the amount to adequately capitalise the bank in preparation towards the move by the Bank of Ghana to increase the Minimum Capital Requirement which currently [...] The post Access
Ghana striker, Raphael Dwamena, is hoping he can keep up his terrific start to life in the Swiss Super League after his opening day brace. The Black Stars forward scored twice, including a stunning second strike, as FC Zurich beat Grasshoppers 2-0 on Sunday in the opening weekend of the season. It was the perfect introduction to life in the [...] The post Dwamena hopes to emulate Yeboah appeared
The Premier League Board (PLB) has fixed the second round Super Clash between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak for August 6. The second round fixture was initially scheduled for July 16 was postponed indefinitely after the Kotoko team was involved in a fatal car accident which claimed the life of the team deputy kit manager. Kotoko were [...] The post Kotoko, Hearts clash August 6 appeared
Two hundred and eighty newly qualified and registered pharmacist were yesterday inducted into service by the Pharmacy Council in Accra. The new pharmacists who have successfully passed all examinations after five years of training swore an Apothecary’s Oath to devote their working life to the service of mankind through pharmacy. They comprise of 144 males and 136 females trained at [...] The post 280
Government is to give contractors, building materials instead of money, to complete housing projects that have stalled across the country, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister for Works and Housing has said. “Because we have seen that sometimes when the money comes into the hands of the Ghanaian contractors, that is when they want to do weddings for their daughters and [...] The post Govt
The National Media Commission (NMC) has described as unfair series of articles published by Prince Prah in The Day Break newspaper and on his blog about the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). A statement signed by Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, Chairman of NMC said the said articles could potentially undermine the cohesion of the institution and negatively affect national security. In the [...] The post NMC
The Minister of Information, Mustapha Abdul Hamid has pledged that the Right to Information Bill will be passed into law before the end of the year. He said the bill was currently before cabinet for perusal and discussion. Mr Hamid disclosed this in Accra on Tuesday at a media forum to launch a website for the Media Foundation for West [...] The post ‘Right to Information
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP) is to review the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to benefit persons with conditional illness. They include persons with autism, fistula, sickle cell, hole in heart, HIV, the mentally ill and persons with special cases. Disclosing the development at a media briefing in Accra, Otiko Afisa Djaba, Minister, MOGCSP, said [...] The post Gender
A young man who allegedly joined a gang of robbers to attack a couple at gunpoint and escaped arrest is now in police grip following his arrest upon a tip- off. He was arrested with the help of a gang member who spotted him by the road side and alerted the police personnel who were escorting the members to the [...] The post 3 robbers remanded in police custody appeared first on
Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by embattled human right activist, Francis-Xavier Sosu to overturn a three-year ban imposed on him by the General Legal Council (GLC). In a judgement yesterday read by Justice Anthony Kwofie, the court dismissed the case on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The court held that Mr Sosu should have followed the internal [...] The post Court throws out
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has referred the petition seeking to impeach the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, to the Chief Justice in accordance with Article 146 (3) of the Constitution. According to the Communications Bureau of the Flagstaff House, the President received the petition, initially undated and unsigned, against the EC Chairperson while he was outside [...] The post President
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided the Central Zaharial Primary and Junior High School in the Tamale Metropolis with a toilet and other sanitation facilities. Madam Susan Namondo Ngongi, UNICEF Country Director who handed over the facilities to the school authorities said it was part of UNICEF’s efforts to improve the sanitation conditions in the school. The toilet [...] The post Central
The Headmaster of Adabraka Presbyterian Preparatory School, Mr Daniel Botchway has called on parents who have not enrolled their children in school, to recognise the importance of basic education for children. Mr Botchway made the call at the school’s 12th graduation of 62 pupils comprising of 29 Junior High School leavers and 33 Kindergarten two pupils in Accra yesterday. The [...] The post Adabraka
A five-day in-service training course for about 500 selected teachers in the Central Region has opened in Cape Coast with a call on education stakeholders to commit more to the regular re-training of teachers. The training is aimed at deepening the teachers’ knowledge and understanding of subject contents, leadership and administrative skills to be relevant to the child in the [...] The post 500
A day’s stakeholders’ forum to deliberate on ways of addressing emerging challenges confronting the progress of education, has ended in Accra. It brought together more than 80 participants including educationalists, heads of departments from selected schools who brainstormed towards developing pragmatic solutions to the challenges facing the educational sector. The programme was organised by the Educational and Management Training Foundation [...] The post Stakeholders
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Prof. John Owusu Gyapong has bemoaned the challenge of the high deficit of infrastructure and inadequate Information and Communication Technology logistics confronting the university. According to him, the phenomenon continues to hamper the training of students, adding that five out of six schools are being run in temporary [...] The post UHAS
A group calling itself Youth for Stephen Ntim has assured supporters of the former National First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim to remain calm and not be alarmed as he is still in the race contesting for the chairmanship position of the party. This follows a publication by the Al-hajj newspaper that allegedly states “Akufo-Addo [...] The post Group root
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