MTN Ghana commemorated this year’s Mothers‘ Day celebrations by rewarding 500 mothers with a variety of exciting gifts, including Huawei 4G handsets, customized birthday cakes, free movies tickets and free airtime. A segment of customers received 4G smartphones from MTN to enable them experience MTN’s 4G service on-the-go. One of the customers who received the […]

The GCB Bank has announced a partnership deal with government to inject one billion Ghana Cedis into the “One-District, One-Factory” project. Mr Anselm Ray Sowah, the Managing Director, GCB Bank, said the Bank’s vision for businesses, which would operate under the initiative in any district, would be to form a complex network and entrepreneurship ecosystem […]

For the last 16 years, the declining nature of newspapers in Ghana has paradoxically, not catch the attention of many. Ironically the existence of newspapers have apparently no negative effect to Ghanaians which might necessitate its extinction. Notwithstanding this, the arrival of Television in the 1950s originated the declining nature of newspapers as most people […]

Mr Felix Amakye, a Lecturer at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), has called for effective collaboration between duty bearers and the private sector to create employment opportunities for wealth creation. Mr Amakye was addressing the second quarter forum of the Social Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (SPEFA) to discuss how local governments, businesses […]

A total of 16 Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs), who were approved by their respective assemblies in the Volta Region, have assumed office after a short swearing-in ceremony in Ho. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, said the President required competent and proactive people to take charge of the various Assemblies and advised […]

Minister of Youth and Sports Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah has asked for a maintenance manual from all the managers of national sporting facilities and infrastructure. Mr Asiamah said such a manual would serve as a guideline in the maintenance of national properties. The Minister made this known, when he paid a familiarization visit to the […]

FanMilk Ghana on Monday, launched FanMaxx, which is a new pasteurized skimmed creamy drinkable yoghurt. The product, which is the first of its kind to be produced in West Africa, would be available in 330 millilitre bottles to be sold for four Ghana Cedis, and could be consumed as a light meal replacer. Mr Stephane […]

Newly appointed Black Queens coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is confident about the future of the team under his care. The former Asante Kotoko coach, who is a CAF instructor, is currently at the Winneba National Sports College training young coaches for the License C coaching badges in Ghana. In an interview with the Ghana News […]

Ghana France Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry  to promote ECOWAS Market The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Ghana (CCIFG) would  on Wednesday, May 24,  organise a conference, in Accra, on how to maximise the opportunities offered by the  ECOWAS Market. A statement issued by the French Embassy, and copied to the Ghana News […]

The just concluded examinations (UTME) conducted by JAMB on prospective candidates into universities has unfortunately become another tool in the hands of federal institutions under the APC administration to continue to attempt to humiliate Ndigbo in every area of their success in order to futilely make them appear as villains rather than as the victims […]

Fish processors and traders in the Western Region, have been called upon to adopt hygienic smoking and processing methods, so as to add value to the fish they produce. They have therefore been advised to use the “smokeless oven” for fish processing in order to safeguard their health and that of fish consumers. The smokeless […]

For 2017, as the drought is expected to continue, growth is projected to decelerate to about 2.0 percent, and inflation to increase to above 3 percent IMF staff welcomes the authorities’ continued commitments to policy and reform implementation despite daunting challenges The Somali authorities and the IMF reach a staff-level agreement on the completion of […]

U.S. Ambassador Robert P. Jackson launched the 2017 Primary School Insecticide-Treated Nets distribution campaign today at the Southern LEKMA Cluster of Schools in Accra.  Ambassador Jackson joined officials from the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, representatives from the health and education sectors, and primary school teachers and children at the event, which celebrated […]

The Kumawu Circuit Court, has sentenced a herdsman, Shaibu Nuhu, to 16 years imprisonment over cattle theft. The convict has been engaged to look after the animals but sold eight of them, priced at GH?30,000.00 and fled with the money. He pleaded not guilty to the offence. Police Chief Inspector Paul Kludze told the court, […]

With less than 10-days to go, the 7th All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™) invites Africa’s business leaders to participate in the continents ultimate business recognition With nominations closing on 31 May 2017, the 7th All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™) in Partnership with CNBC Africa welcomes Africa’s business leaders to enter this prominent award. It will […]

Mr Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has called on the public to remain united and support government to carry out its policies and programmes. He said the 11th European Union Development Fund has provided 160 million euros to invest in agriculture, roads and bridges as well as fighting climate change in all […]

I had my own misgivings about the recent appointment of Mr. Ernest Owusu-Bempah as the Communications Director of the Ghana Gas Company (Ghana Gas), but this was primarily more ideological than having anything to do with the fact of whether the Communications Director of the National Democratic Party (NDP) was qualified for his new job […]

Vocational skills training is to become a new priority of the countries’ development cooperation with the aim of opening up new opportunities and prospects for the people of Rwanda “Today’s meeting is an opportunity to review the situation and open up a new phase in our countries’ relations”. This proposal made by Federal Councillor Didier […]

Traditionally, the telecom industry has been dominated by a handful of large players and due to lack of competition, they did as they like. However, this is now changing with new entrants offering better solutions combined with exceptional customer service. Cloud PBX provider Euphoria Telecom believes providing a world-class customer experience is the key to […]

Ethiopian Airlines’ new flights to Chengdu will help synergize the development strategies of Ethiopia and China, says a Chinese diplomat. The statement was made by Liu Tao, counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia on Sunday during a ceremony held in Addis Ababa to inaugurate the flights to Chengdu, an economic and cultural hub for […]