President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Daniel Asare as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). Dr. Asare, former CEO of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital took over from Dr Felix Anyah. The Board Chair of KBTH, Dr. Bernard Oko Boye in a media briefing said Dr. Asare was selected based on capacity to [...] The post KBTH gets new CEO appeared first on

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Federal Republic of Nigeria to give its assent to the Continental Free Trade Area, Africa’s single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business persons and investments.   According to President Akufo-Addo, “Nigeria, with her dynamic population, sense of enterprise of her people, and the size of her economy, [...] The post Pres

The ‘Royal Storm’ Isaac Dogboe has declared an intention to fight the best in the super bantamweight division in a bid to unify the division.   Moments after his shortest career bout that saw him stop Hidenori Otake in his first defence, the Ghanaian world champion called out the WBC, IBF and other champions in the division to come forward [...] The post Dogboe: I’m ready to unify

Communications Director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Elvis Adjei-Baah has dismissed reports that Ghana has been stripped of the hosting right of the 2018 African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON). Reports went widespread on Sunday that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has stripped Ghana of the hosting right to host this year’s AWCON following a decision by [...] The post MoYS

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has applauded the Ghana Tennis Federation’s (GTF) resolve to raise the next generation of female tennis players with the introduction of the National Tennis Girls Camp. The GTF last week began the 2018 “National Tennis Girls Camp aimed at mentoring the next generation of women achievers through [...] The post Dr

The Paramount Chief of Sakote Traditional Area in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, Naba Sigiri Bewong, has stated that the introduction of government’s flagship programme of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJs) has become a major tool for poverty reduction in the area. The Paramount Chief made the observation on Friday when the Minister of Food and [...] The post PFJ major

One major factor contributing to household food insecurity in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region is the denial of smallholder women farmers to agricultural productive land, research findings have revealed. The findings showed that by gender, most of the fertile farmlands are owned and controlled by the male family heads of the various communities. These were made known [...] The post Denying

The Shama district of the Western Region is positioning itself to become the industrial hub of the region through many interventions and partnerships with both local and international investors. Mr Joseph Amoah, the District Chief Executive (DCE) said the district would continue improving the social and economic fortunes of its inhabitants and called on all to support the vision and [...] The post ‘Shama

The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has revealed that the rising bunker prices has narrowed the profitability in the container market despite the growth in economic outlook and world merchandise trade in the first half of the year. According to the GSA, the average bunker prices from January-June increased by 25 per cent compared to the average prices recorded in 2017. [...] The post Increasing

Kuapa Kokoo Limited purchased a total of 822,121 cocoa bags in the 2016/17 season, representing 51,382.56 metric tons. The company has been able to achieve 99 per cent of its 2017/18 target of 1,120,000 cocoa bags by purchasing 945,544 bags of cocoa representing 59,096 metric tons from its members as of August this year. Its market share has increased from [...] The post Kuapa Kokoo increases market

MANAGEMENT of Lushann International Energy Ghana Limited, an oil and gas company, has said it not to be blamed for the collapse of UT Bank. The oil and gas company has been identified as one of the companies heavily indebted to UT Bank, leading to its insolvency, but the company said the claim that it was indebted to the defunct [...] The post ‘Lushann Int’l Energy can’t

PROMINENT citizens who have contributed their quota in various ways to national development deserve to be given fitting recognition and praise as a way of encouraging others. One great son of Ghana who merits to be remembered by present and future generations is Dr. Ephraim Amu – for his passion for African culture, zealousness towards service to Ghana and preparedness [...] The post Honouring

The Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region has distributed items worth GH¢77,452.00 to 97 persons with disabilities (PWDs).   The items include, 11 metal container store, table-top kiosks, mini polytank reservoir, five chest deep freezers, 10 mini refrigerators, 15 plastic chairs, one fufu processing machine, two wheelchairs, secondhand clothing, two sewing machines, a laptop computer and physical cash. to assist [...] The post Yilo