Absa Group, a bank, improved on its half-year performance for 2020 with a three per cent growth in revenue. The Group’s half-year revenue increased by three per cent to 40.1 billion rands. Absa, in a statement on its half-year group interim results copied to the Ghanaian Times, said operating cost fell by two per cent … The post Absa Group posts positive half-year revenue

Hearts of Oak Chief Executive Officer, Frederick Moore, has revealed that the club’s short-term target is to win trophies. According to Mr Moore, Hearts want to win a trophy in Ghana and conquer Africa. Hearts have not been successful in recent years. The last time the club celebrated a trophy was in 2009 when they

Ghanaian sports journalist, Mr Kenneth Odeng Adade, has been named Chairman of the Armwrestling Federation of Africa (AFA) Media Committee. AFA recently named a seven-member Media Committee to spearhead the promotion and publicity drive of the sport on the continent and beyond. After initial discussions among the Executive

Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, will at 10.am on Friday cut the sod for construction works to begin at the Nkawkaw Sports Stadium. The stadium has been abandoned for nearly 25 years. The project forms part of the government’s broader programme on Sports Infrastructure Development (SID) across the

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will hold its 26th Ordinary Congress today to make decisions on the future of the game. Slated for the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, Prampram, the one-day event will be graced by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, who may be expected to explain further why football … The post GFA Congress to exert

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has cautioned landlords, landladies and water vendors to stop selling water to residents and tenants as that was against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive for free water for all as a mitigating factor against the effects of the coronavirus.

Adamus Resources, operator of the Nzema Mine at Teleku Bokazo, which exported $115m of gold in 2019, has been refused permission to sell gold and to export gold from Ghana pending the settlement of a royalty dispute between Adamus and African Champion Industries Limited (ACI) a Ghanaian-owned public company. The Nzema Mine in the Western … The post Deposit

Customers of Blackshield Capital Management Limited, formerly Gold Coast Fund Management Limited (GCFM) yesterday appealed to the government to include them and 24 other companies in the bail-out programme scheduled to commence by December.

The Ghana Airport Company has deployed more than 80 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test machines at the Kotoka International Airport as part of measures to ensure safe reopening of the country’s airports to international arrivals today. The machines rated as 99.5 per cent sensitive

The Government has earmarked GH¢10 million to support businessmen and women in the Zongo communities in the country. Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, Minister for Business Development yesterday announced this in Tamale. According to him, the money was to help alleviate poverty in the Zongo communities. Dr Awal explained that the ministry developed an initiative dubbed, … The post Govt

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a foundry and machine tooling centre in Accra to manufacture a broad range of machine tools and parts for industries. The

An unidentified man, believed to be a robber, was  killed and tied to a wooden electric pole, at Nankabamu, within  Bremang UGC Area of the Suame municipality of Ashanti.The victim was stripped, had injuries on the body, and was tied with rope from the neck to the feet to an electric pole.Some residents, who spoke … The post Suspected robberkilled at Nankabamu appeared first on

The chief of Abossey Okai and four others, in Accra,  would appear before court for failing to notify the police about the celebration of Homowo festival. The chief, Nii Abossey  III, Jacob Laryea,  Okyeame II, Naa Korkoi II , Manye, John Awuley Lartey, and Godfred Marmah Nelson, Nii Okyeame, were cautioned contrary to section 9 … The post Abossey