The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has been appointed by the Africa Union (AU) to lead a team of experts to reform education in Africa. The Chairman of the AU Educational Committee, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, announced the new role of Dr Adutwum in Accra late last week. The occasion was […] The post Ghana’s
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has confirmed Winneba, in the Central Region of Ghana, as venue for its delocalised joint committee meeting from July 29 to August 2, 2024. This would be the fourth time since 2021, that the town of Winneba would be hosting the august Parliament of […] The post Simpa hosts ECOWAS Parliament again appeared first on The
Dr Fahad Aldossari, the board chairman of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has assured African leaders and financial institutions that his outfit will do everything within its mandate to ensure that their objective of overseeing and promoting Africa’s rapid development within the next 50 years has been achieved. Speaking at a […] The post BADEA promises rapid development of
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Abdul- Hamid, says his outfit has entered into an agreement with Senegal and The Gambia for them (NPA) to export petroleum products to their West Africa neighbours. According to him, Ghana was already exporting the product to Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’ Ivoire […] The post Ghana exports petrol to 7 W/A countries
Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is calling for an enactment of a law that will withhold salaries of irresponsible parents. The withheld salaries, he suggested, should be used to take care of children they have fathered, but have refused to take care of them. Speaking at the 2024 Ohum Kan Festival durbar in Kyebi recently, […] The post Freeze salaries of irresponsible parents –Okyenhene
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is finalising processes to capture some two million potential informal sector taxpayers into the tax net. Speaking to the B&FT at a media briefing in Accra, Commissioner, Domestic Tax Revenue Division, GRA, Mr. Edward Gyambrah said plans are far advanced to roll out the […] The post GRA targets
The Enyan Denkyira Rural Bank PLC in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of the Central Region posted a profit of GH¢1.073 billion after tax in the 2023 financial year. The profit, the highest in the bank’s history, is 290.46 per cent increase over GH¢274, 722 million recorded in 2022. The Board Chairman of the bank, Dr John … The post Enyan Denkyira Rural Bank posts historic profit
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to commission a 320-unit housing project for the Ghana Police Service. This commissioning will take place on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at the National Police Training School in Tesano, Accra. The 320-unit housing project, which began in 2018, comprises seven blocks of two-bedroom apartments and thirteen blocks of […] The post President to commission 320
Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) has appointed its first Ghanaian Managing Director, Abdul-Rahman Amoadu, to lead the company’s business operations in Africa. The appointment, effective 1 August 2024, marks a significant milestone in Newmont’s history on the continent, where the company has two operating mines (Akyem and Ahafo South mines) […] The post Newmont
The Sunyani Area of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo)?recouped GH¢22,014,490.59 million during its fifth revenue mobilization and loss control exercise. The post
Former Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has dismissed the governing New Patriotic Party’s ambitious goal of securing over 80 percent of votes in the upcoming December election in the Ashanti Region, labelling it as unattainable. Muntaka emphasised that the NPP’s poor performance in the Region will not go […] The post Election
Ghanaian music duo, Keche has lamented the persistent problem of musicians not being able to receive substantial amount of money as royalties from GHAMRO. The post We’ve never received even GHC500 as royalties from GHMARO despite our hit songs – Keche first appeared on 3News.
I presume nerves have been calmed by now, after the rage over the statement NPP’s running-mate, Hon. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) made when he was bold enough to tell Ghanaians in the face that Nana Addo had developed Ghana, more than Nkrumah did. Before analysing this issue, I need to remind Napo that one […] The post Technically Speaking, Did Napo Really Goof? appeared first on The
For some time now, the various road medians across the country, once envisioned as vibrant green spaces enhancing our urban landscapes, have changed into unsightly stretches overgrown with weeds and littered with trash. Globally, medians are constructed as important features of road designs with attractive green outlooks, but in Ghana these medians, initially intended to […] The post Editorial:
The first IBA Champions’ Night in Africa will take place on August 17 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The announcement was made at a press conference with the authorities of the country, members of the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC) and the IBA. The event will feature African boxers. The news was announced at a joint press … The post Ethiopia to host maiden IBA Champions’ Night
The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye has reiterated his point that the slowing of inflation does not mean prices of goods and services are dropping. Persons who believe that the cost of living is coming down because of the slowing of inflation must be suffering from money […] The post You
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