The Ghana Flying Disc Association (GFDA), has held a national coaches training workshop at Nungua in Accra over the weekend. The aim of the workshop was to enhance the technical knowledge of the regional coaches in the disc sports games and also tasked with the promotion of the game in their various regions. It was … The post GFDA holds workshop for coaches appeared first on
The Head of Policy Coordination, Monitoring, Evaluation at the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), Mr Mohammed Sani Adams, has noted government’s efforts to support young footballers in the country. He said this in an interview with the GNA Sports after the Street Academy football team defeated Accra Old Stars 3-1 in a friendly encounter … The post Annual
La Liga Grassroots Football, an initiative aimed at setting up a world class football academy in Ghana using the Spanish top tier model will soon roll out in the country. The initiative would ensure that football talents were discovered, nurtured and provided the platform through collaborations with La Liga teams to become world class players. … The post La Liga Grassroots
A person living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Reverend John Kworshie Azumah, has advised Ghanaians against the stigmatisation of persons living with the virus. Rev. Azumah, who has lived with the virus for the past 23 years, said stigmatising such people exposed them to all sorts of hazards, and in some cases led to … The post ‘Don’t stigmatise persons living
Smallholder farmers must move from being Peasant entrepreneurs to becoming more industrial, a Dean of International Programmes and Institutional Cooperation (DIPC) at the Accra Technical University, Professor Ernest Winful, has said. He said commercialisation of agriculture was key to national development, hence the need to sensitise farmers to transform into commercial to enable the country … The post Agric
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has commenced partnership with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT-Ghana) to improve safety on the roads. The partnership seeks to build the capacities of leaders of transport companies and transport units of both private and public organisations. According to Kwame Koduah Atuahene, Director of Regulations, Inspections & … The post NRSA,
The Caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Wednesday inaugurated an $8m Volkswagen (VW) vehicle assembly plant in Tema. The assembly plant by the German car manufacturer, VW Ghana is located in the Free Zones Enclave in Tema. Speaking at the inauguration, the caretaker minister stated that the assembling, and ultimately, … The post $8m VW vehicle
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has advocated stronger cooperation between African countries and petroleum downstream sector players. At the Africa Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) Week 2023, underway in Cape Town he said a bond between both public and private institutions would ensure security of energy supply … The post Stronger
A 10-year master plan that will enable Science, Technology and Innovation contribute the largest part of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will soon be implemented by the government, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has said. • Participants at the programme Photo: Victor A. Buxton The plan will … The post 10-yr
Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president during the 73rd Congress in Kigali on Thursday, promising record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more football to be played around the world. Infantino stood unopposed, making his re-election as head of football’s governing body a formality, even if he … The post FIFA
arim Benzema scored the only goal of the game as Real Madrid safely booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League yet again at the expense of Liverpool on Wednesday evening.Protecting a 5-2 lead from the first leg, the holders rarely looked in any danger of shipping one goal – yet alone the … The post Benzema closes in on Champs League 40-goal tally
Absa Bank has held an event with students of St. Mary’s Senior High School in Accra to enable the students to engage in a session with the women leadership of the bank on how digital technology can propel their academic and professional careers. It was a special session organised by the bank in connection with … The post St. Mary’s students ‘Job Shadow’ at Absa Bank
Some Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have started reducing the prices of petroleum products at the pumps. Checks at some filling stations by this paper in Accra yesterday saw the leading OMC, GOIL, selling a litre of petrol at ¢12.95 and diesel at ¢13.49. TotalEnergies and Shell also have dropped their prices for both diesel and … The post Fuel prices drop at pumps appeared first on
Databank Research has predicted a slowdown in economic growth this year on the back of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. “Economic compression is inevitable under an IMF programme, we anticipate an economic slowdown from an austerity path chartered by an IMF deal and forecast growth between 2.3 per cent to 3.3 per cent in … The post Databank expects
Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Akoto, is confident that he will win the flag bearer’s slot of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and expressed optimism that the delegates of the partywill vote massively for him to lead the party in the 2024 elections. “The delegates will choose a competent person to lead … The post Afriyie Akoto confident of winning
The flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has asked party delegates to elect competent and winnable candidates in the party’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries on May 13, 2023. According to the former president, the NDC would require majority in Parliament to be able to prosecute government business after winning the … The post Mahama:
The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to abrogate the National Cathedral project. The caucus said one year since the contractors left site, the government must come to the realisation that the project had become moribund. “A year is enough time for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to come to the realisation that … The post Abrogate Nat’l Cathedral
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency in the North East Region, Dr Abed Bandim has urged women to overcome obstacles in their political career. He conceded that venturing into political career was a difficult terrain for women but with determination, dedication and commitment women should be poised to develop a political career to … The post MP
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