As part of efforts to combat maritime crimes within the sub-region, a 30-day Concentrated Maritime Affairs and Security Course for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently ongoing at the Regional Maritime University (RMU) at Nungua, near Accra. The course modules include maritime security, functional areas, legal and policy framework, blue economy, … The post ECOWAS
A former member of the senior national football team, Princeton Owusu-Ansah, has charged the management of the Black Stars to prepare the team adequately ahead of the titanic World Cup qualifier against Nigeria next month. The Stars engage the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a two-legged play-off with the aggregate winner booking a place at … The post World Cup
Kylian Mbappe is considering a new proposal from Paris Saint-Germain, to make him the highest-paid player in world football. The French club realise the importance of the 23-year-old to their project, as perhaps the best player in the world for the next decade, and are willing to offer the sort of contract not yet seen … The post PSG to make Mbappe world’s
Molineux will stage an England game for the first time since 1956 when Gareth Southgate’s team take on Italy in June, the Football Association said on Thursday. The home of Wolverhampton Wanderers will welcome Italy on June 11 in a Nations League clash with England up against Hungary three days later also at Molineux. The … The post UEFA Nations League: England face Italy
Beijing Olympics organisers said on Thursday that there were no new Covid cases in the “closed-loop” bubble for the first time, hailing the success of China’s strict approach. There were fears ahead of the Olympics that Covid could badly impact the Games, especially with the more contagious Omicron variant. The nearly 3,000 athletes and more … The post Beijing
Former Zimbabwe footballer Charles Yohane has died in South Africa at the age of 48 in an apparent car-jacking incident. Defender Yohane was in the Warriors’ squad for their debut appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004. Following retirement from playing he had been working in Johannesburg as a football coach and a … The post Ex-Zimbabwe footballer
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most popular footballer online in China for the fourth straight year. The 11th annual Red Card report by digital sports agency Mailman has found that the Premier League has continued to make waves in the Far East at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has prevented … The post Ronaldo named most popular
Legendary Nigerian midfielder Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has cautioned the Super Eagles ahead of their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualification play-off against Ghana. The two West African giants are set to meet next month with the winner on aggregate booking their spot in this year’s World Cup finals which will be hosted by Qatar from November … The post Okocha cautions Super Eagles
CalBank Plc, a leading indigenous bank in the country, has organised a day’s seminar for its stakeholders on good corporate governance. The seminar organised in collaboration with UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) in Accra on Tuesday was to build the understanding of business owners on how good corporate governance can promote business growth. It also … The post CalBank
New data from the COVID-19 Business Tracker survey results revealed businesses in Ghana continue to recover from the shocks caused by the pandemic. The third wave identified multiple recovery pathways such as sales, access to inputs, finance, employment, compared to the2020secondrounddata(WaveII). However, the key findings from the third round(WaveIII)data released by the Ghana Statistical Service … The post Businesses
Agriculture is the most dynamic and innovative areas of the global economy that Ghana needs to focus most to ensure sustainable development, the Food and Agriculture Organisation Representative to Ghana, GueyeNdiaga, has emphasised. He said farming was a pillar of Ghana’s economy, adding that food and agriculture had been one of the important economic sectors … The post Focus
The board of Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has appointed Pamela Djamson-Tettey as the new managing director (MD) of the company. MsDjamson-Tettey’s appointment takes effect from today. The GACL in a statement copied to the Ghana Times in Accra yesterday, said Madam Djamson-Tettey’s appointment followed the resignation of the current Managing Director, Mr Yaw Kwakwa. … The post GACL
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is to establish two more markets to increase trade and expand services and products on the Accra bourse. The two markets namely Green and Derivatives, are to be established within five years, bring to five the markets on the Accra bourse. The others are the Equity Market, Bond Market and … The post GSE to establish two new markets on Accra bourse
There was an unusual quietness in the Kumasi Metropolis. Few vehicles, including even the commuters (trotro)plied the roads. The Asafo and Kejetia markets had few traders doing business, with some stores in Adum, the hub of business, closed, on Wednesday. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (second from right) with First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo (third from right) and … The post Asanteman
Ghana has recorded 121 new cases of the COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said. The country’s active cases are now 396, this, according to the Service has brought the country’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases to 158,159 as of last week Tuesday. The Service also indicated that there were three people in critical condition … The post Ghana records 121 new COVID-19 cases
The Parish Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Kpando -Agbenoxoe in the Volta Region, Rev Fr Anthony Delali Azah, has called on Christians to shun worldly pleasures and embrace teachings of God, to enable them to earn everlasting life. He reminded Christians that they had two ways to tread, either the path of … The post Christians asked to shun worldly pleasures appeared
Two days after the High Court ordered the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to return to the lecture rooms, members of the association are yet to comply with the order. Checks by the Ghanaian Times on campuses of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon; University of Cape Coast (UCC); Kwame Nkrumah University of Science … The post UTAG remains adamant over court order
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, has paid a glowing tribute to queen mothers in Ghana for their critical roles in maintaining the chieftaincy institution for national development. The Vice President, who was speaking at a grand durbar of queen mothers at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi as part of activities marking the 5th anniversary … The post Veep pays glowing tribute to Queen
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) yesterday donated two orthopedic drill machines worth, GH¢10,500 to the Trauma and Orthopedics Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra. The device is used for trauma surgery and also for human hand and foot surgery, usually used to drill bones to fix screw devices or screws. Making … The post GRIDco donates 2 orthopedic
The Coordinator of the Inner City Development Secretariat and Zongo Development Fund, (ZoDF), Ben Abdallah Banda has ended a two-day tour of the Western Region to update them about intervention by the government for the Zongo communities across the country. Top among them are entrepreneurship and skills training, youth and women empowerment, education and health. … The post ZoDF coordinator
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