Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has congratulated Dr. George Agyekum Donkor, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) on his nomination to receive the prestigious “Prix de la Fondation” award at the Crans Montana Forum (CMF) in Geneva, Switzerland in November this year. The “Prix de […] The post DBG

FBNBank Ghana has officially joined the Ghana Club 100, the coveted league of Ghana’s top 100 companies, for the first time. This year’s edition of the Ghana Club 100, which is in its 19th year, had FBNBank ranked 55th out of the top 100 companies in Ghana due to their contribution to the economy. The […] The post FBNBank joins Ghana Club 100 appeared first on Citinewsroom

UNICEF Ghana, has kicked start activities to celebrate this year’s World Children’s Day (WCD) with a two-day football tournament at the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region. The tournament was dubbed ‘Unified Football for Inclusion’ which featured children from 10 schools for disabled children across the country. The tournament was themed It’s […] The post UNICEF

Vodafone Ghana has opened a new Retail Shop within the Accra Mall to improve customer convenience and enhance the service experience. The new shop, which is located around the banking area, is part of Vodafone Ghana’s broader strategy to excite and retain customers by offering satisfying and compelling experiences, and differentiated products and services that […] The post Vodafone

Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement (JA) Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education among young people across the continent. JA Africa is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs delivering hands-on, immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship, sustainability, STEM, economics, citizenship, ethics […] The post Delta

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, is demanding a retraction and apology from the Daily Newspaper over a publication attributed to him.  Through his lawyers, Mr. Nketiah says the said publication in the Tuesday, October 18 edition of the newspaper titled ‘NDC won’t stop galamsey’ following an interview on Kumasi-based […] The post Aseidu

The Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has been dismissed. The Office of the President announced the termination of Prof. Opoku-Amankwa’s appointment in a letter dated, Monday, October 17, 2022. “The Ministry of Education  has informed this Office that the exigencies that required your skills and expertise as Director-General of […] The post President

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) says its members will still go ahead and close shops in the Greater Accra Region beginning Wednesday, October 19, 2022, to protest the current economic challenges. This is despite an engagement with members of the Council of State on Tuesday, October 18 to convince the group to rescind […] The post GUTA

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hit back at persons he says are his detractors in the Ashanti Region. He maintains that, it cannot be said that his government has not really done enough for the people in the region because there is enough to prove that the Ashanti Region has benefitted in terms of […] The post ‘I’ll shame you all’ –

Officials of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) have handed over mechanized boreholes fitted with standpipes to inhabitants of Hwibaa in the Ahafo Ano South-West District of the Ashanti Region. The inhabitants were also given over 10,000 litres capacity storage tanks as part of PURC’s pro-poor water project to provide potable drinking water to underserved […] The post PURC

The Asokore Mampong District Court has remanded two persons into police custody for allegedly shooting two fire officers at Offinso in the Ashanti region. The two have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and Possession of firearms and ammunition without lawful authority. The police have however launched a manhunt for a third […] The post Two

The Director of legal affairs for the National Democratic Congress, Abraham Amaliba, has cautioned candidates vying for various regional executives’ positions to run a clean campaign. He noted that the party will need to emerge strong after the internal contest to wrestle power from the ruling New Patriotic Party, emphasising that, aspirants who emerge victorious […] The post NDC

The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns about the number of judges appointed to the Supreme Court by President Akufo-Addo. The Minority says the increase from 11 to 14 justices has the tendency to drain the resources of the state, contrary to the president’s claim of protecting the public purse. The Minority Leader in Parliament, […] The post Minority

An economist and research lead at GC Capital Limited, Courage Boti, says the introduction of a common African currency in the sub-region would not mitigate Ghana’s forex challenges. The economist argued that there was not enough trade going on between the ECOWAS countries. This call comes on the back of Bloomberg rating of the Ghanaian […] The post Common ECOWAS

The Greater Accra Regional Security Council is set to demolish all unlawfully erected structures in the core zone of the Sakumo Ramsar Site on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. This comes after a series of announcements by the government for persons erecting buildings on the site to desist from the act to help preserve the ecological […] The post Accra REGSEC to demolish

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Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ketu South have backed the General Secretary bid of their former Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey. Mr. Kwetey, a former Minister of Food and Agriculture and of Transport declared his intention to contest the NDC General Secretary position following the decision by the […] The post Fiifi

Ghanaians could find themselves in cash-and-carry situations at health facilities because of Ghana’s forex challenges, Dr. Kwame Sarpong-Asiedu, a research fellow with CDD-Ghana, has warned. Because the pharmaceutical sector is heavily reliant on imports, Dr. Sarpong-Asiedu noted that the National Health Insurance Scheme will struggle to settle claims if it reviews its formula. The cedi […] The post Analyst

Edward Mabaya, Cornell University; Robert B. Richardson, Michigan State University, and Thomas Jayne, Michigan State University Global food systems have been battered by overlapping crises in recent years. Key among these are the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukraine war and extreme weather events resulting from climate change. These have resulted in forced migration, loss of employment, […] The post Towards

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 16th October 2022, commissioned the 330 kilovolt Kumasi to Bolgatanga Transmission Line Project, at the commencement of his four-day tour of the Ashanti Region. The project, which is an integral part of the West Africa Power Pool Project, seeks to reinforce the Ghana Transmission […] The post Akufo-Addo