I first heard of sakawa at an internet cafe at Ashale Botwe, that vibrant Accra suburb.In those days when wifi was a prized possession in Ghana, if one needed to send an email or read emails sent to one, one had to go and queue at an internet cafe, hire a booth and buy “net time”, before … The post ON THE SAKAWA TRAIL appeared first on Ghanaian
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, yesterday inaugurated the new liquid bulk terminal project at the Takoradi Port. The project initiated by Ibistek Ghana Limited in March 2018, at the cost of $56 million with funding from the Ghana Infrastructure
Customers of the 347 collapsed Microfinance companies, Savings and Loans and Finance Houses will from today be paid their monies in full. This follows the release of GHS3.56 billion by government to settle the remaining depositor claims thereby replacing the us of bond for payment as announced
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle in the Western Region, Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has donated 2,016 pieces of mathematical sets to this year’s Basic Education Examination Certificate (BECE) candidates in the area.The gesture was to motivate and encourage them to successfully write their final exams.Before the gesture, the Ellembelle lawmaker also organised a … The post Ellembelle
In those days when wifi was a prized possession in Ghana, if one needed to send an email or read emails sent to one, one had to go and queue at an internet cafe, hire a booth and buy “net time”, before one could go online. Obtaining access to the web was only the beginning … The post I first heard of sakawa at an internet cafe at AshaleBotwe,
A Christian book titled “The Treachery of the Little Foxes” was on Monday launched in Accra to perfect the ways of mankind in aiding national development. The 40-page book is authored by Reverend Nii Ashikwei Kuma Ollenu, an ordained minister
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources in collaboration with Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) has donated 100 shrink packs of G-Water to the Western Regional Coordination Council (WRCC) for distribution to health
Sponsors of the recently ended “ReadCamp 2020 COVID-19 Edition” Mobraz Farms has pledged their commitment to improving the quality of education in the country by enhancing the reading habits among children.According
A team of students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has won the 2020 national experiential learning competition for the third time in a row. This was said when the team paid a courtesy call on the Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Adom Asamoah to present the trophy won by the team at … The post KNUST to participate in Enactus World
The Managing Director (MD) of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), Daniel Wilson Addo, has been given an award for his contribution to the growth and development of the banking sector and for providing excellent banking services in Ghana.He received the award at the Ghana Development Awards held in Accra. The occasion, the
The Bank of Ghana (BoG), has adopted a system to gather data from all the regulated financial institutions in the country for the purposes of bridging the gender gap in access to finance.The Online Regulatory and Analytics Surveillance System , which would be fully operational by the end of the year, is meant to help … The post BoG to address gender gap in access to finance
Atletico Madrid ace Thomas Teye Partey has stated he is looking to help Ghana reach higher heights after being named as new deputy captain of the national team.On Sunday, the midfielder was rewarded with the vice-skipper role for his team influence since joining the Black Stars in 2016.Taking
Forty players have been named in a provisional squad as the national Under-17 male team (Black Starlets) resumes camping tomorrow.The Black Starlets’ preparations for their upcoming international assignments were halted following the suspension on public gathering and sporting activities due the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.Coach Ben Fokuo’s side has now been given approval to … The post Starlets
Ghana’s tennis sensation, Johnson Acquah, has emerged winner of the Kaiser Tennis Showdown which came off at Sakumono in Accra on Sunday.Acquah beat about eight players to win the competition to walk away with the ultimate prize of $1,000 dollars and a giant trophy.He was followed by Reginald Okantey, who settled for the second position … The post Acquah shines at Kaiser Tennis appeared
The New Juaben South Municipal Assembly (NJSMA) has collected GH¢2,664,559.26 as of July this year, representing 33 per cent of its revenue target of GH¢6,677,433. The shortfall, according to the Budget Officer of the NJSMA, Mr Francis Doe-Glah, was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He told the Ghanaian Times in an interview here yesterday that … The post New Juaben South loses almost
The government has injected GH¢6.5 million into Ayum Forest Product Limited, a timber processing factory at Mim in the Asunafo North District, to revive the company. The company, which has been adopted under the One District One Factory (1D1F) programme, was shut down in
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), yesterday signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CAMFED–Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, to train young women in technical and vocational skills. The three–year programme is expected to train at
Tinea appears to be common, so this piece will dwell on Tinea capitis. I will draw on materials from “Management of tinea capitis in childhood” by Bennassar et al published in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology 12 July 2010 and Medscape.Tinea capitis (TC) is a dermatophyte infection of the scalp hair follicles and intervening skin. … The post TREATMENT OF TINEA CAPITIS
Ghana yesterday successfully hosted the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). High on the agenda were measures to deal with the Malian crisis towards the restoration of a constitutional government and political stability in the country. The fact that the extraordinary session came barely a week after the 57th Ordinary … The post Time to resolve the
Fourteen people lost their lives and 35 others suffered from injuries after a Burkina Faso bound DAF cargo truck, crashed into two vehicles at Kyekyewere, on the Nsawam-Suhum stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway, in the Eastern Region. The injured have been conveyed
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