Ghana
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
— Kwame Nkrumah
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Développement économique de l’Afrique : Les femmes, actrices clefs de la structuration et de la gouvernance du continent
La femme est au cœur de la structuration et la gouvernance en Afrique. Elle joue un rôle sans cesse plus important au niveau national, dans le processus de décision politique et pour le développement économique du continent. A l’occasion du Forum Crans Montana sur la Coopération Sud-Sud, qui se tient ...
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Ghana faces further hikes in cost of public debt
Despite ongoing efforts to lower its public debt servicing costs through the lowering of yields on the debt securities if offers, government is having to face up to rising interest costs on its debt. The most recent five year debt issue, which the Ministry of Finance announced last week carried ...
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Banking services resume at cedi house
Normal operations at the cedi house have resumed. Business activities was put on hold last week following a disruption to electric power supply. A statement from the Bank of Ghana however said the banking business at the cedi house will resume today 21st March, 2016. ‘The Bank of Ghana wishes ...
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Vodafone, MEST launch app development competition
Vodafone Ghana in partnership with Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has launched an application developers competition programme to empower and promote the growing App developer community in Ghana. The annual competition dubbed “Hackathon” is focused on unearthing talents in the “mobile app” development sector in Ghana while projecting Vodafone ...
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Use technology to drive innovation – SMEs urged
Mr Stephen Essien, the Director for Tigo Business, has called on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana to embrace technology and use it to grow their business. Speaking at an SME Clinic organised by Union Savings and Loans in Accra, Mr Essien urged the small business owners to look ...
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High schools not abiding by fire safety regulations – GNFS
The Ghana National Fire Service has revealed that majority of senior high schools in the country are not adhering to the fire safety regulations mandated by law. The GNFS has thus urged heads of second cycle institutions to the implement fire safety measures recommended to them by the service. This follows ...
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Nkoranza youth ‘curse’ BoG Governor over DKM saga
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, who has been in the news after it emerged that his step-daughter, Ramona Wampah, is married to the suspected British drug lord arrested in Ghana, is under pressure again from some residents of Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region, whose investments ...
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MPs fire Spio Gabrah for banning cashew export
Minister for Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah, came under fire in Parliament on Thursday from both majority and minority members, after his Ministry reportedly issued a directive, banning the export of cashew nuts from Ghana. The Ministry reportedly placed the ban on cashew exports in a bid to improve ...
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Azumah Nelson unveiled as Goil new ambassador
Former WBC Super featherweight Champion, Barimah Azumah Nelson has been unveiled as the Brand Ambassador of GOIL at an impressive ceremony in Accra. The former boxing champion will be the face of the Oil Marketing Company for the next one year in all its promotional activities and Corporate Social Responsibility ...
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IGP preaches peace in Northern Ghana ahead of elections
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP John Kudalor, is on a tour of Northern Ghana persuading chiefs to support law enforcement agencies to ensure peaceful elections on November 7. As his major outreach programme after his confirmation, John Kudalor has so far visited the Upper East and Northern Regions. ...
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Ogilvy Ghana appoints new MD
Communications consultancy group, Ogilvy and Mather Ghana Limited, has appointed Akua Brayie Owusu-Nartey as its new Managing Director. Her appointment will see her spearhead the enhancement of the capabilities of Ogilvy Ghana and its staff as well as the expansion of the company’s client base, growth in revenues and further ...
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Ghana’s 2nd Karpower ship to arrive in September
Ghana’s second Karpowership is expected in the country by the end of the September 2016. This is according to the Executive Director Business Development, for Karpowership Company Limited. The second powership will also have the capacity to produce 225 megawatts of power but that is expandable up to 450 megawatts. This follows the ...
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We’re not running any promotion – Airtel, Coca Cola
Beverage producing company, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company Ltd (TCCBCL) and telecom operator Airtel Ghana say they are not running any promotion. There are messages being circulated to mobile phone users which require recipients to make mobile money transfers to a given number to claim their prizes and rewards. But a ...
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Foreign Minister Hanna Tetteh on 3-day trip to Israel
Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Hanna Tetteh is on a three-day trip to Israel. According to a statement signed by the Minister of Communications, Edward Omane Boamah, Madam Tetteh left for the Middle Eastern nation from Accra on Sunday. Her visit to Israel is in honour of an invitation from the Israeli Prime ...
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Youth migration to Europe due to poor economy – TUC
The Deputy Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, (TUC), Dr.Anthony Yaw Baah, has blamed Ghana’s poor economic conditions for the mass movement of the country’s youth to developed countries. According to him, majority of young Ghanaians use unapproved methods to travel to developed continents such as Europe and the Americas just ...
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I didn’t know my in-law was a drug dealer – Wampah
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, has expressed shock over the arrest of David McDermott, an alleged drug baron, who is married to his daughter. The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin on Saturday confirmed the arrest of David McDermott, an alleged drug baron, who ...
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BoG Boss’ British in-law grabbed over drugs
Britain’s most wanted cocaine fugitive was living like an African king hiding out in Ghana having married into one of the country’s most affluent families. David McDermott, of Ormskirk, West Lancashire, was being hunted by the National Crime Agency and was finally arrested in an international sting operation at his home in ...
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Digital migration: Test transmission set for end of March
Citi Business News has gathered that government is to begin a test transmission of the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network project by the close of the month. This comes after the completion of the first phase of the digital migration project in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions. The Ministry ...
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‘Spying Bill’ unacceptable in current form – GBA
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says the Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages Bill in its current form is unacceptable. The bill, also referred to as the ‘Spying Bill’, when passed into law, will allow the country’s security agencies to listen in on private conversations of citizens. In a statement signed ...
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Stanchart blames economy for poor 2015 performance
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has blamed the bank’s poor performance in 2015 financial year to Ghana’s economic challenges. According to the bank, massive disruptions including the cedi depreciation, energy challenges, and Forex volatility among others in the economy contributed largely to the bank’s massive dip in its profits for ...
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NHIS should absorb fees for processing of blood – Blood Service
The National Blood Service – Ghana, is advocating for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to take up the cost of blood processing fees at hospitals. Currently, the service requires persons who visit the hospital for blood transfusion, to pay a subsidized amount as processing fees. For this reason, Acting ...