Ogilvy Africa has named Vikas Mehta as its new Chief Executive Officer taking over from Mathieu Plassard who is moving to Ogilvy South Africa in a new role. Until his appointment, Vikas was the CEO of Mullen Lintas, in India. He will take on this new role effective December 2019, said Bharat Thakrar, CEO of … The

The Importers and Exporters Association has kicked against a planned 11 per cent tariff increment for cargo handling at the Terminal Three of the Tema Port. The importers in a statement said the expected increment scheduled to take effect next month, would increase the cost of shipping. The Meridian Port Services, operators of the new … The post ?Importers

The acting Chief Executive of the Petroleum Commission, Egbert Faibille, says fronting by Ghanaian companies for foreigners is one critical challenge undermining the commission’s mandate to promote local content policy in the oil and

Ghana on Wednesday joined countries across the world to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).  The event was organised as a prelude to the main celebration of the World Children’s Day held

The Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has held its maiden meet-the- press to highlight on some programmes, activities as well as projects in the municipality covering the period of 10 months. Addressing the media, Adjei Tawiah, the Municipal Chief Executive said though the

No building permit will be issued to potential house owners, if their building plans do not have toilet facilities on them, the Municipal Chief Executive for Jirapa, Mrs Christine Bonbanye-Amadu has warned. She added that old buildings without such facilities had been cautioned

Some workers of Unicredit, one of the financial institutions affected by government’s bank clean-up exercise are finding it difficult to make ends meet months after the revocation of the licence of the company. Unicredit’s licence was revoked and the company, handed over to the Pricewater House Coopers (PWC) as receiver for the purpose of winding … The post Unicredit

The Ghana Prisons Service (GPS), on Wednesday, donated a cheque for GH?10,000.00 to the Ghana Heart Foundation (GHF) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to assist the needs of patients. Presenting the cheque at the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on behalf of the Director-General of Prisons, the Director of Prisons (DOP) … The post ?Prisons

A Professor in population studies at the Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Stephen Kwankye, has urged the government to harness the unique Demographic Dividend (DD) for sustainable development of the country. Prof. Kwankye explained

A three-day conference aimed at highlighting the industrial continental free trade agreement among member states to boost regional economic transformation and sustainable development in Africa has ended in Accra. The occasion which coincided

The Programme of Action(PoA) of 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) is an unfinished agenda and the gains must be sustained, after 25 years of the ground-breaking conference. These  were the sentiments expressed by discussants in one of the sessions of the

All structures built on water ways near the Labone Senior High School (SHS) and the Boye-Fio Street, are to be demolished, Mr Solomon Kotey Nikoi, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for La Dade

The Council on Foreign Relations-Ghana (CFR-Ghana) , an international affairs think tank,  has inducted 17 new members into its fold with a call on them to bring their expertise to bear to impact policy making.

For the umpteenth time major parts of Accra were submerged in floods following torrential rains yesterday. The about three-hour downpour affected major ancillary roads and highways including the Kasoa-Mallam highway, Odorkor-Kaneshie,

The Electoral Commission (EC) has presented final certificate to two political parties to enable them participate in the 2020 general elections. They are the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), founded by the Head Pastor and General Overseer of the Life Assembly Worship

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for work to commence on a 30-kilometre Cape Coast inner city road project to improve the road network situation in the area. The project which formed part of the Synohydro facility

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will by mid next year develop a Digital Agricultural Innovation Hub (DAIH) for the management

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will on Saturday honour 113 individuals and organisations for their contributions to media freedom, independence and development in the country. The awardees, which include Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, who would be awarded the Champion

Fifty-Four tertiary students in the Bia East District of the Western North Region were on Wednesday, awarded scholarships totalling GH¢89,000 under the Government’s decentralised scholarship for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies.

Mrs Veronica A. Adu-Saforo, the Tano North Municipal Director of Education at the weekend, commended Mrs Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North constituency for her contributions towards the progress of education in the municipality. She said with assistance of the MP, almost