Muniratu Issifu, the Programmes Director of CAMFED Ghana, has underscored the importance of ensuring the girl child has women role models in science to look up to. During a conversation on how to advance girls’ education through digital learning, on the Citi Breakfast Show, Ms. Issifu said, these role models in the digital space will […] The post Role
Ghana has been put on the map again by PayAngel at the just-ended Innovations in Payments and Remittances Awards 2022 in London. PayAngel, Africa’s Payment Expert stood out against TerraPay and MFS Africa, two of the biggest FinTechs in the payments and remittance space, to emerge victors in the Social Impact Award category. The Innovations […] The post Ghana’s
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has expressed dissatisfaction with alleged delays by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department in paying Tier Two pensions of teachers. At its 2022 Mandatory National Council Meeting at the Teachers Village in Abankro, GNAT alleged that the Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme(GSOPS) run by the Controller and […] The post Teachers
A Sekondi High Court, has fined the 2020 National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Essikado-Ketan, Dr. Grace Ayensu Danquah GH¢20,000 after she filed a notice of discontinuance at the court in the election petition case against Joe Ghartey and the Electoral Commission. The court presided over by Justice Dr. Richmond Osei Hwere awarded the […] The post Essikado-Ketan
The planned closure of shops by members of eight trader groups in the Ashanti Region has been put on hold as the leadership of the groups says the cedi is beginning to pick up against other currencies. The traders suspended imports for a week to protest the continuous depreciation of the cedi against the Dollar […] The post Traders suspend closure of shops
Economist Dr. Patrick Asuming has commended government for “taking a step” to address some of the concerns of the citizenry. Dr. Asuming believes additional information on how government was going to bring the country’s debts to sustainable levels should also have been revealed. “It was important that the President addresses the nation on the economy. […] The post ‘Nana
Korshi T and AratheJay have teamed up on an Afrobeat jam titled, ‘Cool It Down’, the second single on Crux Global’s compilation, ‘The Come Up’. The lyrical content of ‘The Come Up’ compilation is basically hinged on love and good vibes. The song fuses a soft-core Amapiano feel and an Afrobeat rhythm to create a […] The post Korshi
If Ghana secures its 17th IMF programme in 56 years, it will almost certainly return for another in roughly six years, if the past is any indication. The most recent programmes were in 2003, 2009, and 2015, and, like those before them, they failed to transform the post-colonial economy into a dynamic and resilient one […] The post Beyond
Hundreds of residents and commuters who ply some notable inner roads in the Eastern Regional capital Koforidua were this morning left stranded after a group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Nyamekrom blocked sections of the roads to protest the deplorable nature of the stretch. The group blocked two sections of the road on the newly […] The post Koforidua: Nyamekrom residents
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has predicted a 10 percent increase in prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) with petrol and diesel likely to see an increase between GHS 3 and GHS 8 effective Tuesday, November 1, 2022. COPEC says this has been as a result of the international price movements of petroleum products. […] The post COPEC
Workers of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) have agitated over the continuous reduction in their salaries due to the depreciating rate of the Ghana cedi. The group says the over US$300 per month salary currently being paid in cedi equivalent has not seen any upward adjustments since last year. The group attributes this to the […] The post VALCO workers protest over low
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is worried about the Ghana Education Service’s alleged reluctance to promote teachers and members of the Association to their designated ranks. GNAT at its 2022 National Council Meeting held at the Teachers Village in Abankro indicated that the reluctance of GES to effect the promotions was “causing agitations […] The post GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is worried about the Ghana Education Service’s alleged reluctance to promote teachers and members of the Association to their designated ranks. GNAT at its 2022 National Council Meeting held at the Teachers Village in Abankro indicated that the reluctance of GES to effect the promotions was “causing agitations […] The post GNAT
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed worry about the delay in the work of an ad hoc committee set up to probe the revocation of licenses of financial institutions by the Bank of Ghana in 2017. The Speaker in March 2021 referred a petition from two businessmen who owned affected banks, Prince Kofi […] The post Bagbin slams committee probing
The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has described as empty, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announced measures for economic recovery while alleging that the President has lost control of the situation. The President in an address to the nation on measures to fix the economic crisis mentioned salary cuts of the executive, a […] The post Nana
Government says its appointees will still have the 30 percent slash in salaries as part of austerity measures to mitigate the country’s current anti-growth economy. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the decision to still hold on with the policy was agreed on at the just ended Cabinet Retreat at Peduase Lodge. He made this […] The post Gov’t appointees
As Ghana considers some debt restructuring, the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has clarified that the president’s assurances of no haircuts with respect to money invested in bonds cover just the principals for the time being. “My understanding is that no principals will be touched. No principals will have a haircut,” Mr. Nkrumah said on […] The post Debt
Calls have been intensified in recent times for government to make sanitary pads accessible and affordable to girls, especially those in rural areas. Latest to add their voices to the calls are two women support groups based in Obuasi; Gold City Mummies and Girls Shall Grow. On the back of the current hike in prices […] The post Gold City Mummies donate sanitary pads
Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election. After a divisive campaign which saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides of the political spectrum go head to head, Lula won 50.9% of the votes. It was enough to […] The post Lula da Silva makes stunning comeback in Brazil
At least 141 people died when a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat. A local official said most of those who had died were women, children or elderly. The bridge in Morbi had been reopened just a week ago after repairs. There was overcrowding on the bridge at the time as […] The post India in shock as bridge disaster toll
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