The Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off has been brought forward a day from Sunday to this Saturday, the Confederation of African Football has announced. The match will now be played on Saturday at 8pm local time having initially been scheduled to start just three hours before the final on Sunday. Both matches will be … The post AFCON third-place match brought forward

Senegal’s experience of playing in the last Africa Cup of Nations final will be a “good asset” for them in Sunday’s title decider, said forward Sadio Mane. Senegal, who beat Burkina Faso 3-1 on Wednesday to reach the final, have yet to win the continental title but came close in Cairo in 2019. “Experience is … The post Sadio Mane: Experience

The Egypt Football Association (EFA) has been fined 100,000 USD by the CAF Disciplinary Board for a breach of media protocols and directives at the Africa Cup of Nations. All teams are obligated to attend press conferences before and after their matches at the tournament in Cameroon, which Egypt failed to do ahead of their … The post Egypt fined for breach of media protocols appeared

Former Ghana international and AFCON winner, Ahmed Polo believes former Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah is the right man for the team’s vacant coaching job and has advised the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to appoint him as Milovan Rajevac’s successor. “Kwesi Appiah is the best choice for the Black Stars job now. He has the track record for taking us … The post Ahmed

Olympic 100 metres champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs will return to action for the first time since his shock Tokyo victories in the 60m indoor in Berlin today, just days after denying accusations of doping. The 27-year-old sprinter has not competed since he won gold in the 100m and 4x100m relay in Tokyo, and has prepared … The post Olympic sprint champ defiant …ahead

Australia Open champion Rafael Nadal said he would love to finish his career with more Grand Slam titles than rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic but thinks he will have to secure more than 21 to do so. Nadal fought back to beat Russian Daniil Medvedev in the final at Melbourne Park on Sunday to … The post Nadal: 21 Slams not enough in all-time record race appeared

Derby matches have shaped the coaching careers of Simone Inzaghi and Stefano Pioli in the past, but the stakes are higher than ever when the former apprentice and master face off in a crucial Milan meeting on Sunday. Four points separate leaders Inter from third-placed AC Milan ahead of their San Siro clash, although the … The post  Master faces apprentice  in Milan Derby appeared

Social media giant Facebook has seen its daily active users (DAUs) drop for the first time in its 18-year history. Facebook’s parent company Meta Networks says DAUs fell to 1.929bn in the three months to the end of December, compared to 1.930bn in the previous quarter. The firm also warned of slowing revenue growth in … The post Facebook: Daily active

Oil prices fell on Thursday amid profit-taking, but remained underpinned by tight supply as OPEC+ producers stuck to planned moderate output increases. Brent crude was down 52 cents, or 0.5 per cent, at $88.95 a barrel at 1450 GMT, after rising 31 cents on Wednesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 53 cents, or … The post Oil prices take a breather, OPEC+ sticks

Ghanaians have been urged to support the Electronic Levy (E-Levy) to enable government to raise more revenue to enhance national development. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, Kessben FM, in Accra last Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Sector Reforms, Mr Thomas Kusi-Boafo, said the E-Levy was a better option than the … The post Ghanaians

Vaal Real Estates is set to launch its new residential project, the Harmonia Residence, in Ghana. The project, located at the Airport Residential Area in Accra, is part of an expansion plan which will see Vaal Real Estate develop another project in the second quarter of 2022. The launch, which will take place on February10, … The post Ghana’s

Business confidence in the Ghanaian economy has soared, the latest Bank of Ghana (BoG) Confidence Survey, has said. “The improved business sentiments were driven by the achievement of short-term company targets and optimism about companies’ growth prospects,” the BoG said in a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) statement issued in Accra on Monday. The MPC held … The post Business

A school management software that helps to reduce absenteeism and cut administrative work by 50 per cent has been introduced in Ghana. Called ‘eKool School Management Software’, the platform helps simplify or minimise the manual and cumbersome administrative processes. Aside from aiding effective learning and teaching experience to achieve quality education in the era of … The post eKool

The Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Services(GHS) has appealed to assembly members and other leaders to encourage people in their communities to participate in the national COVID-19 vaccination exercise, scheduled for this week. A statement signed by the Deputy Director of Public Health at the Directorate, Dr Richard Wodah-Seme, copied the Ghanaian … The post Community

The United State President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR) in conjunction with the African Center for Development Reporting (ACEDEV), have organised a two-day training workshop on HIV and AIDS reporting for Journalists in the Ahafo Region. Fifteen media practitioners drawn from print, electronic and online, attended the event held here on Wednesday, focused on … The post Journalists

residents of Kokrobite in the Greater Accra Region have complained about the stress on their economic activities as a result of their bad roads and have appealed to the government to repair them.According to them, roads in the area were full of potholes and this made drivers especially, commercial ones often try to dodge, putting … The post Kokrobite residents want roads fixed appeared

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annor Dompreh, has presented 50 metal beds and mattresses valued at GH?250, 000 to 15 health facilities in the constituency. The beneficiaries include the Nsawam Government Hospital, Old hospital, AhwereaseDarmangHealth Centre, Notre Dame Clinic and Adiagyiri Zongo Health Centre. The rest are Dorbro, Nsumia, Djankrom Zongo, … The post  Nsawam

Despite its adverse health effects, bleaching is on the rise as its products are heavily patronised in Accra. Checks by the Ghanaian Times at the Accra Central Business District, Kaneshie, Jamestown, Chorkor, and Madina showed that demand for such products had gone up. In separate interviews yesterday, vendors said they were making more money from … The post Bleaching on the rise in Accra

The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has embarked on a massive vaccination of residents against COVID-19 as part of a comprehensive programme rolled out to curb the spread of the disease. The exercise, which begun on February 2 and expected to end on February 6 this year, is targeting all residents in the region who … The post GHS begins mass COVID-19 vaccinations in UER

The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) and the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) have launched the Enhanced Scheme of Service Training for Staff of the Local Government Service. The subsidised paid-for training programme cuts across all areas within the local government set up.They include Administration, Human Resource, Management Information Systems, Engineers, … The post Training