The annual All Africa Business Leaders Award has nominated Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, as a finalist for “Business Leader of the Year”, West Africa division. The award is set to honour business excellence and leaders who have made a considerable impact on their industries and communities. The All Africa Business Leaders Awards [...] The post Dr
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai Osudoku, Mr Daniel Akuffo, has urged parents and guardians to take advantage of government’s educational policies and send their children and wards to school. That he explained was the only way their children and wards could benefit from such policies towards attaining the highest academic status in life. Mr Akuffo gave this advice [...] The post Take
Now is the time for parents and guardians to invest in the future of their children’s education by investing in good educational insurance policies, Mawuko Afadzinu, Head of Marketing and Communications, Stanbic Bank has said. “Because a lot more people are going through at the secondary level now freely, preparations for the tertiary and the higher levels ought to start [...] The post Parents
Yara Ghana, a leading distributor of fertiliser and other nutrition products for plants, says it is considering establishing a plant in Ghana to produce its products locally. “This is something we are planning to do in the long term,” Kwame Okyere, the Marketing Officer Yara Ghana told the Times Business in an interview yesterday ahead of this year’s National Food [...] The post Yara
The Country Director of the World Bank, Dr. Henry G. R. Kerali has called on civil engineers in the country to institute sanctions regime for engineers and contractors whose actions lead to poor infrastructure delivery. Dr. Kerali made the call when he delivered a speech as the special guest of honour at the Civil Engineering Conference and Exhibition held in [...] The post Institute
The media has been urged to increase their coverage of vital agriculture issues in order to shape government policies to engender private sector participation and investment in agriculture in Ghana. Researchers and policymakers are also encouraged to involve the media in all phases of project activities-design, process, and implementation to deepen their knowledge in the policy framework. Dr [...] The post Stakeholders
Ghana Home Loans, a leading company in Ghana’s mortgage industry has launched its 20th Housing Fair edition in Accra. The fair is also part of activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of the company. This year’s fair is under the theme, ‘Celebrating a decade of transformation and leadership in the mortgage industry.’ The fair held in April and October each year, [...] The post Ghana
Ghana Immigration Service’s bid to give league leaders Tesano Spinners a hot chase, suffered a setback when they lost 2-3 to Ghana National Fire Service in a crunch match two duel as the Stanbic Table Tennis League entered its 14th week at the DG Hathrimani Sports Hall last Saturday. Ghana Immigration did everything to maintain the chase on Tesano Spinners, [...] The post Fire
Team Minigolf Ghana on their maiden World Cup appearance managed to win the admiration of fans and attention of the World Minigolf participants in Croatia. After two days of competitive adventure masters Minigolf and five rounds over 18 holes, Germany emerged as the new world champions, while Finland and Italy took the top spot in individual scores. At a well-attended [...] The post Ghana
AT long last, the big game that everybody has been waiting restlessly for is here: It is Ghana’s Black Stars B crossing swords with their Nigerian counterparts – the home-based Super Eagles side, at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium this evening. The appetising Group A clash in the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations was supposed to have been played last [...] The post Ghana, Nigeria to set Cape Coast
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of their countrymen were expelled, the UN says. Its peacekeeping mission Monusco said another 117 were injured during the incident in the east of the country. Government sources said protesters overran a prison where the Burundians were being held for deportation. [...] The post DR
Thousands of people have fled Ethiopia’s Somali region following deadly clashes in recent days between ethnic Somalis and Oromos. The BBC’s Kalkidan Yibeltal looks at the cause of the conflict and whether it can be stopped. Dozens of people are reported to have died in clashes across Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions in recent days. According to Adisu Arega, Oromia [...] The post What
The high youth unemployment should not be seen as an economic and social issue anymore, but a security threat to the country’s very existence, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Minister of Employment and Labour Relations has cautioned. He said the unemployed youth uprising in North Africa and other parts of the world in recent times should serve as an indicator to how frustrated [...] The post High
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