The General Secretary of the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) says they are waiting for the opportunity to sit down with the Nana Akufo-Addo government to discuss the issue of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession. Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi said they are praying that the new board that has been inaugurated would be very open-minded not to only the […]
file image A Governance Expert Dr Eric Oduro Osae is suggesting to the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to warn his nominees to desist from leaking appointments information to journalists and the public. He explained that the situation develops unnecessary tension amongst nominees when there is changes in the original list. A typical example is […]
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) is to install the first-ever dedicated traffic cameras in the country by June, 2017. The cameras are to help in curbing the high-incidence of road accidents in the country in recent years. Speaking in an interview with 3FM’s Johnnie Hughes on the Late Edition, Mr David Adonteng, Deputy Executive […]
Young people from nine different constituencies in Namibia on Monday completed a training on project management that will enable them to help address poverty countrywide. The Project Management Workshop, between March 8 and 13, aims to pave the way to establishing one enterprise in each of Namibia’s 121 constituencies. According to the Social Progression pillar […]
Martino Swarts, a Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) student currently studying Mandarin at a university in China, encourages other students to seize every opportunity that comes their way, especially if it is education related. The 19-year-old recently echoed this when he was back in Namibia on a month’s vacation. Swarts is one of […]
Global energy giant GE will install a 200-MW combined-cycle power plant in Ghana to help the country overcome its energy deficit, said a release issued on Monday. The power plant that will be operated by GE’s partners Amandi Energy Limited will supply power to more than 1 million Ghanaian home. The release said the turnkey […]
Kenya has upped efforts to reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate change and has developed strategies to roll out county-specific action plans, officials tasked with implementing the country’s economic blueprint, the Vision 2030, said Monday. The Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat (VDS) has been in talks with stakeholders on how county governments can mainstream climate […]
Ghana’s Mental Health Authority (MHA) on Monday called for decriminalizing attempted suicide amid increasing youth and student suicides. Suicide has of late become the most common cause of death among students in Ghana’s tertiary institutions. Six cases have been recorded in the country in the last three weeks. In a statement issued in Accra, the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the authorities to give more trust to intellectuals, requiring policymakers to seek more advice from the latter when making big decisions, and be more tolerant on their dissenting voices. Xi made the remarks when joining a panel discussion with political advisors to the fifth session of the 12th National […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping reemphasized the importance of scientific and technological innovation at a recent discussion meeting, indicating that scientific innovation has been placed at a high position in China’s development agendas. Innovation is key to the “new normal” in economic development and crucial to the supply-side structural reform, Xi said when joining a panel […]
China’s mainstream media have applied popular live-streaming culture and technology to reporting the “two sessions” to send first-hand information about the important political event to the public in a timely manner. The two sessions, the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the top […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated on Tuesday the central government’s determination to weed out “zombie companies” that have been holding back economic reforms, in a bid to move forward its plan to reduce excess industrial capacity. Xi made the comment at a meeting of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economic Affairs, while describing […]
Telecom operators and internet service providers (ISPs) in the country want the industry universal access fund to be depoliticized to ensure efficient application of the funds. The telecoms/ICT universal access fund is called Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) and its legal mandate is to extend telecoms/ICT infrastructure and broadband connectivity to unserved and […]
Experts here have underscored the need for the Ghanaian government to review its Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) (Act 815) to ensure prudent utilization of oil revenue. Dr. John Gatsi, Head of Department at the Finance & School of Business at the University of Cape Coast, said six years into the commercial production of oil […]
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