EY Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Emmanuel Adekahlor as Country Managing Partner of the Ghana practice with effect from 1 July 2023. The EY Africa Executive and Leadership team are pleased that Emmanuel will take on this new role, with strong support from his fellow Partners.  Emmanuel succeeds Ferdinand Gunn who retired […] The post EY

The government has urged Ghanaian traders to desist from transacting business in Niger due to the ongoing attacks in the country. This follows a recent shooting and burning of a Ghanaian truck driver’s vehicle in Burkina Faso by unidentified attackers. Similarly, three trucks transporting food supplies from Niger to Ghana were set ablaze at the […] The post Defence

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has intensified its drive to impact the lives of Ghanaians, especially in deprived areas with its educational and social infrastructure support projects. The Amenfi West and Wassa East Districts in the Western Regions are the latest to benefit from the National Oil Company’s benevolence. On Thursday, and on behalf […] The post Hard-to-reach

The Wa Circuit Court has taken a decisive step in the case involving a 35-year-old man accused of defiling 12 children in Wa, the Upper West regional capital. The court has ruled that the accused, Ahmed Rashid, must present his defence starting September 1. This move comes as a result of the court’s establishment of […] The post Wa Circuit Court orders alleged

The Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) Branch of the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) and Technical University Senior Administrators’ Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) have declared an industrial action effective today, August 25, 2023. The groups claim the vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Samuel Alnaa, is seeking to vary portions of their retirement benefits against […] The post Teachers,

Lifeline for Childhood Cancer Ghana has cut the sod for the construction of a 40-bed multipurpose paediatric oncology block for the children’s unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The project is part of the infrastructure projects being undertaken to commemorate the hospital’s centenary celebration. The multipurpose paediatric oncology block will have consulting rooms, playrooms, and […] The post Lifeline

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture says that Ghana’s goal of becoming the top tourist destination in Africa and making tourism the top contributor to Ghana’s GDP can only be achieved if all stakeholders pay close attention to making traditional festivals more appealing. The ministry’s initiatives, such as the Year of Return and Beyond […] The post Tourism

Super delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will convene on Saturday, August 26th across seventeen voting centers nationwide to prune the number of candidates vying to be flagbearer from ten to five. The top five will then compete in the main primary (November 2023) at which time the larger electoral college will elect the […] The post Gearing up for

Newmont Africa has announced that, in the first half of 2023, its operations in Ghana (Ahafo South and Akyem mines) paid a total of GHS 2.046 billion in taxes, royalties, and carried interest to the Government of Ghana, through the Ghana Revenue Authority, Forestry Commission, and Ministry of Finance. By the close of June 2023, […] The post Newmont

The Nurse Educators Group Ghana (NEGG) has called on the government to consider implementing a research and book allowance scheme for its members to enable them publish research work they have conducted. The group is also concerned about the exodus of nurse educators to Europe and the Americas and is urging the government to introduce […] The post Nurse

OpenLabs Ghana, formerly known as NIIT Ghana, has held a graduation ceremony for 100 IT students over the weekend who completed diploma and certificate programmes in Python Programming Data Analytics, Full stack development, Graphic Design, Software Engineering, and Network Engineering among others at the institution’s Tema and Accra campuses. During the special ceremony with the […] The post OpenLabs

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), in line with its continuous commitment to fairly spread the benefits of Ghana’s petroleum resources through the GNPC Foundation, has commissioned various completed projects in four communities in the Western Region. The completed educational and social infrastructure projects, which are meant to improve education and sanitation in vulnerable communities […] The post GNPC

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a member of the Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia campaign team, has urged all party faithfuls of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to support his boss, as he is the hope of the party and the future of the country. He has encouraged all delegates participating in the party’s Saturday special delegates’ conference to […] The post NPP

The Greater Accra Regional Campaign Manager of Alan Kyerematen, Sylvester Tetteh, has asked the campaign team of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia not to be overly fixated on winning the bragging rights of topping Saturday’s special delegates’ conference, as they could be disappointed in the main primaries. “For the bragging rights, you may be first in having […] The post NPP

The coup leader in Niger, Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, has signed an order allowing the fellow military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso to send their troops into his country to help defend against an attack. The announcement was made after the foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Olivia Rouamba, and Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, visited Gen Tchiani […] The post Niger to allow in other

Yaw Boateng, spokesperson for Francis Addai-Nimoh, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says he is confident that his boss will be one of the top five candidates in the party’s special delegates conference on Saturday, August 26, 2023. Speaking in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM in Accra on Friday, […] The post NPP flagbearer

Education and Skills Development Foundation Africa (ESDEV Foundation Africa) – a Pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Jena Declaration, constituted in cooperation with the World Academy of Art and Science, the Club of Rome, National Commissions for UNESCO, and several other relevant organisations. The Jena Declaration advocates for a […] The post ESDEV,

The Institute of Climate and Environmental Governance (ICEG) has called for the creation of an Energy Transition Authority. The Executive Director of ICEG, Hamza Suhuyini, said in an era where the world was grappling with the urgent need to transition to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources, such an authority was not just desirable; it […] The post Ghana needs an energy

Suffice it to say that the environment is a God-given resource all people are entitled (or supposed to be entitled) to. When “God saw that everything he made was good,” he intended for us to breathe the same “good” air quality, consume the same “good” water quality, benefit from the same “good” ecosystem services, and […] The post Environmental

Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) in the Ashanti region are warning of an imminent massive demonstration against the government, which will also lead to the closure of all shops of their members. This is to protest against what they describe as harassment and discrimination by customs officials over the payment of […] The post Ashanti