Members of the Ashanti regional chapter of the Small-Scale Miners Association, have given government a three-day ultimatum to allow them return to their mining sites or face their wrath. The association’s chairperson, Frank Osei, who disclosed this at a news conference in Kumasi on Thursday, May 18, said government would have to draw the line […]

One of Ghana’s emerging rap stars, Ko-Jo Cue has penned a new deal with popular American fast food restaurant chain, KFC to lead its “Streetwise 2” campaign in Ghana. The deal which seeks to build out KFC’s “Streetwise 2” campaign across the country was reached a few weeks ago and has already been rolled out […]

This month BBC Africa Debate will be in Accra, Ghana, to discuss how best to provide safe, efficient and affordable air transport across the continent. Air travel in Africa can be a challenging and expensive affair. Often the quickest route from one country to another, even over relatively short distances, is via Europe. That comes […]

Random remarks by Franklin Cudjoe Ports and Harbours journalist, Samuel Agyeman reports that ‘’The Vice-President, Dr. Bawumia has just announced 3 major policy ideas which are expected to improve port efficiency in Ghana. These are essentially; (1) From 1st September, 2017, there should be mandatory Joint inspection at Ports. This is a departure from the […]

Dr Anthony Ashinyo, Volta Regional HIV/TB Coordinator, has said the absence of adequate resources to undertake “aggressive education” is a reason why the region has a high HIV prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent. Volta and Brong Ahafo regions jointly topped the prevalence list of the 2016 HIV sentinel survey report. Dr Ahinyo said in […]

Power Africa announced the launch of its Southern African Energy Program this week in Cape Town, South Africa. This announcement came as representatives from Power Africa, a U.S. government-led initiative, and the U.S. Mission in South Africa participated in African Utility Week and the Gas to Power World Congress. The USAID-funded Southern African Energy Program […]

ADDRESS BY COMMISSIONER EBRAHIM MOHAMED AT THE MEDIA BRIEFING TO LAUNCH THE PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE VACATION OWNERSHIP / TIMESHARE INDUSTRY: Pretoria Moderator, Deputy Commissioner of the National Consumer Commission, Ms Thezi Mabuza Inquiry Panelists, Members of the media, Officials of the NCC present, Ladies and gentleman, Good morning. Thank you for gracing us with […]

The Northern Network for Education Development (NNED), an education focus non-governmental organisation, has urged the government to adopt pro-poor policies to improve quality education at the basic and secondary levels. Mrs Rosemond Kumah, Executive Committee Chairperson of NNED indicated that her outfit has acknowledged the efforts of the government to reform and strengthen the educational […]

The 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) officially kicked-off in Addis Ababa today with Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdalla Hamdok, calling on Africa to stop exporting raw materials and primary goods to feed industries of the developed world. In his welcome remarks to delegates, Mr. Hamdok said exporting […]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has directed all Customs barriers on the roads be removed effective September 1, this year, and the personnel deployed elsewhere. This is to enhance trade facilitation between Ghana and its neighbouring countries. The Vice President directed mandatory joint inspection of goods at the ports by Ghana Community Network (GCNET) and […]

The U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa and The Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC) are pleased to announce the launch earlier this month of a Mentorship Program to help further foster entrepreneurship development in Ethiopia. The program connects successful Ethiopian aspiring entrepreneurs with experienced mentors. These mentors, entrepreneurs themselves, provide coaching and technical assistance on specific problems identified […]

Workers of the Chinese Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) in Tema has embarked on an industrial action to back their demands for better conditions of service. The workers who were burning with fury, on Thursday converged in front of the construction site of the Tema Harbour expansion project and chanted their demands through singing and drumming. […]

On May 18, 2017, the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”), the private sector arm of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with City Bank, Bangladesh in order to strengthen collaboration for fostering private sector development in the country. The signing ceremony was held at the 42nd […]

Mr Paul Ansah, the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, said the port would work towards data integrity and warned that shippers caught filing fictitious documents would suffer stiffer sanctions. He said it had deployed modern technology such as drones, ship identification system, optical recognition and CCTv cameras to monitor port operations and […]

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has initiated legal action to recover an amount of GH¢70, 000.00 owed to it by some tenants at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Mr. Patrick Loungre, an Administrator of the NSA, said about 20 defaulting tenants had so far been dragged to court. He told journalists in Kumasi that they […]

The Executive Director of OlympAfrica International Foundation, Mr Alassane Theirno Diack has assured the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) of his support to complete the abandoned OlympAfrica project. Mr Diack made this known when he inspected the OlympAfrica project site at Amasaman, Accra yesterday. Speaking to the media at the GOC head office after the inspection, […]

The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”) the private sector arm of IDB Group, and, Al Kuraimi Islamic Microfinance Bank (“KIMB”) have entered into a Joint Strategic Collaboration to implement Islamic Microfinance Institutions The collaboration will focus on the implementation of Islamic Microfinance Institutions and Banks particularly in the provision of […]

Mr. Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa is the young former Deputy Information Minister who, together with Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah, then also a Deputy Minister, staunchly backed by then-President John Evans Atta-Mills, rudely defied a Wood Supreme Court order to return his lawfully purchased landed and real-estate property to Mr. Jake Ontaka Obetsebi-Lamptey. And so in every sense of […]

GE continues to be a key partner for Africa with significant presence in the Sub-Saharan Africa region with over 2600 employees, revenues of about $3.9 billion dollars (2016) and operations in 33 countries As part of GE’s investment commitment to Africa, the company deepens its presence in the continent with the opening of new offices […]

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) shows the extent of the wide spread outbreak of international ransomware “WannaCry” with a new Check Point WannaCry Ransomware Infection Map. Check Point researchers have been investigating the ransomware campaign in detail since it was first reported. The researchers were able to track 34,300 attack attempts in 97 […]