The issue of unemployment in Ghana, especially among the youth is of major concern to government and stakeholders in the public and private sectors. According to the 2015 Ghana Labour Survey Report by the Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana’s unemployment rate as of 2015 stood at 11.9 percent. The unemployment rate is highest among the 15-24 year age group (25.9%). The [...] The post Tackling

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has pledged government’s commitment to expand broadband and internet connectivity across the country within the next two years. According to her, a lot of the citizens had no access to internet services and there was the need to provide internet connectivity to all the citizens. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful made the pledge at the maiden [...] The post Government

The management of Accra Mall Limited has confirmed the payment of GH¢2.3 million, being an outstanding 2014/2015 VAT liability, to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) following deliberations with revenue officials who visited the mall premises last week. A statement issued by Hannatje Ludick, the Asset Manager for the mall, disclosed that prior to the payment the management of Accra Mall [...] The post Accra

President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), Kwabena Yeboah has called on the country’s football governing body, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to appoint competent personnel to help revive the dwindling fortunes of the Ghana Premier League. The Executive Committee of the Ghana FA held a three-day seminar at Cape Coast on how to make the Premier League [...] The post ‘Employ

The age-old rivalry between Ghana and Nigeria will be rekindled at the Lagos State Stadium, Agege, on Saturday December 9 when the two nations clash in the return leg encounter of the Binatone International Unity Skate Soccer Cup. Ghana’s Rolling Rockets exhibited an outstanding performance to beat their Nigerian Kano Pillars counterparts 3-2 on a spectacular afternoon to win the [...] The post Ghana,

Ghana captain Mukarama Abdulai scored all the five goals as the Black Maidens hammered Gambia 5-1 in the U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier on Saturday. The Northern Ladies attacker scored a brace in the first half to put the visiting side in a commanding lead in the first leg match played in Banjul. A lapse in concentration allowed Gambian attacker [...] The post Black Maidens hammer Gambia appeared

Siemens Proprietary Limited (Ghana), subsidiary of global engineering giant Siemens, has entered into an agreement with Sekondi College (SEKCO), in the Western Region, to support the school with science and computer infrastructure and other resources.   The agreement was signed by the Country Manager of Siemens Ghana,  Mr Edmund Acheampong and the Headmaster of Sekondi College,  Mr Francis Rexford Sam. [...] The post Siemens,

Student enrolment at the Sunyani Technical University (STU) has increased in the 2017/2018 academic year, Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, the Vice Chancellor (VC) has said. This, the Vice-Chancellor, attributed to the new two-year Top-Up B-Tech programmes introduced at the University in the academic year and this has opened avenues for academic progression for its HND graduates. Prof. Adinkrah-Appiah said this at [...] The post Sunyani

The Minority in Parliament is waving a flag of failure against the government, accusing it of reneging on its promise to deliver the national ID to all Ghanaians in the first year of its administration. With just 33 days to the end of 2017, Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George said the government had only been able to [...] The post Minority accuses govt of abysmal failure

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni- Frimpong has described the President’s campaign to create a Ghana beyond aid as cheap populist talk. According to him, Ghana still needs aid and that people who campaign against development aid to Ghana appear not to know what the reality looks like. Rev Opuni-Frimpong noted that donor [...] The post Ghana

A Parliamentary aspirant seeking to enter the legislature in Ghana should be prepared to cough a little over GH¢2million for campaigns and other over head costs. The longest serving lawmaker in Ghana’s parliament and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who made the shocking disclosure, noted that ‘moneycracy’ is gradually taking over democracy in the country. “In our minds [...] The post Bagbin:

Dr Henry Lartey, leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), has stated that critics claiming that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo intends to legalise homosexuality in Ghana either do not understand the English Language or are being mischievous. According to him, President Akufo-Addo never said in his interview with Al Jazeera that he was going to legalise homosexuality in [...] The post Let’s

At least 13 people have died after a fishing boat collided with a 336-tonne tanker and capsized off South Korea’s west coast. Two others were missing, South Korea’s coast guard said, as a search and rescue operation continued. The chartered fishing boat, the Seonchang-1, had been carrying 20 passengers and two crew during a fishing tour at the time of [...] The post 13 dead in S Korea boat