The Ecobank Mobile App has registered one million customers in Ghana since its launch in November 2016.   The millionth customer, Madam Priscilla Bamfo successfully downloaded and on-boarded the app on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, exactly 18 months after the launch of the app on November 16, 2016.   The Ecobank Mobile App is a highly secured mobile application with [...] The post One

Stanbic Bank Ghana in partnership with Vodafone Ghana has held a two-day certificate programme for women entrepreneurs at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Accra.   The maiden edition of the “Women in Entrepreneurship” workshop, a follow-up on Stanbic Bank’s Lionesses of Africa programme and the SBIncubator project, hosted 51 women leaders.   The business owners were taken [...] The post Stanbic

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) opened the third week of May (21-25) transaction on a bearish note despite Bank of Ghana dropping the monetary policy rate by 100bps to 17 per cent. On the inter-bank market, the cedi lost 0.02 per cent against the USD at GH¢4.4158.00, edged by 0.2 per cent against the Euro at GH¢5.1867.00 and rose by [...] The post Ghana stock market hits bearish trajectory

AFD, a public financial institution and the main actor in France’s development policy says it is providing a non-sovereign loan of €173.9 million to GRIDCO for the construction of a 330 kV line from Kumasi to Bolgatanga and a simultaneous upgrade of the Volta-Achimota-Mallam line around Accra.   The construction of the 330 kV line from Kumasi to Bolgatanga aims [...] The post AFD

The 10 year-old winner of the 2017 TV3’s Talented Kidz, contest Erica Bluwah Ama Tandon (alias DJ Switch) last Friday presented her trophy to her alma mata. Miss Tandoh who is a class six pupil of the Talented Royals International School at Kasoa in the Central Region stunned other contestants when she became the youngest ever winner at the sixth [...] The post Talented Kidz winner

The Ministers of the Interior and Defence, Ambrose Dery and Dominic Nitiwul, have assured of maximum security in Tamale following the clash between the police and military in that town adding that persons who would be found culpable in the bloody clash will not be spared.   A committee from both the police and the military, the ministers said, has [...] The post Military

The executive members of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) have paid a courtesy call on the Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Nana Asomah Hinneh. The visit was for the executive to welcome him, introduce members of the executive and also discuss how the media and the police could work together for  mutual [...] The post Tema

A computerised system that enables stakeholders track court cases using the internet was launched in Accra yesterday. The system code named “The Criminal Justice Case Tracking System (CTS) can track the stage, status and progress of civil and other legal cases from arrest to incarceration across the complete case lifecycle. The aim is to expedite the justice delivery process, reduce [...] The post Veep

The 1991 year group of the old pupils of Osu Salem Presbyterian Junior High School (OSOBA ‘91) and Osu Presbyterian Girls Basic School (OPOGA ’91) on Monday presented learning materials to final year pupils of the two schools. The gesture was to motivate the pupils ahead of their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which is scheduled for the first week [...] The post OSOBA,

The Private Banking Unit of Stanbic Bank, has donated some teaching and learning materials and a cash gift to the Medie Presby 2 Basic and JHS in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region. The items donated were books, rulers, erasers, sharpeners, pencils, pens, abacuses, piggy banks and assorted drinks. The Head of Personal Markets at Stanbic, Mr [...] The post Medie

Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Prof. Joshua Alabi has affirmed that he will ride on the corporate legacies of his party to win power for the NDC and not by the successes chalked by any individual. There have been suggestions from the rank and file of the party for the likes of Prof. Joshua Alabi and other [...] The post I’ll win power on NDC’s goodwill –

The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson has urged 2018 graduating students of Webster University, Ghana campus, to be “change agents” in the society. He said students were expected to use what they had learnt over their study period to make a positive impact on their society, adding that “students can achieve this by finding their purpose and embracing [...] The post Webster

Legal practitioner and leading member of Pressure group, Citizen Ghana Movement, Kofi Bentil, has revealed how he and several others in his former group OccupyGhana were against the Mahama-led government. As such, did whatever it took to get his government out of power, including voting against him. According to him, “Everything was all over the place, clearly, they were mismanaging [...] The post Kofi

UNREPENTANT Basic School teacher, Benjamin Lern Akpalu who defiled a 12-year-old girl in his class and defended his vile conduct by telling the Ho Circuit Court that the girl already had a big “pussy” was yesterday slammed with a 15-year hard labour prison term. Akpalu sweated profusely throughout the sitting, cleaning his face every now and then with a huge [...] The post Teacher jailed