Ghana
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
— Kwame Nkrumah
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#SOTNGhana: Gov’t to open Boxing gym at Korle-Gonno – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama says a new boxing gym and sports complex will be built by Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) at Korle-Gonno this year. The area is very close to Bukom, where Ghana’s boxing talents have been groomed over the years, but for many decades has lacked ...
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Ken Thompson predicts doom for Ghana’s future
The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited, Ken Thompson, has predicted doom for the youth of Ghana should the nation’s current leadership fail to take strategic economic decisions for the future. Mr. Thompson bemoaned the fact the country has largely ignored agriculture, which is key to ...
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DKM saga: Minority demands answers from BoG
Members of the Minority in Parliament want the House to invite officials of the Bank of Ghana to answer questions on fraud charges against some Micro-finance companies. The Minority believe the development has been as a result of a failure by the Bank of Ghana to ensure compliance by the ...
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Estos son los cinco países con mayor inflación
La inflación es un fantasma que los peruanos recuerdan bastante bien de años pasados. Según el último informe del Banco Mundial, Venezuela es actualmente el país con mayor inflación en el mundo. PUEDES VER: Cuatro de cada 10 peruanos intentará poner un negocio en los próximos años El país dirigido por Nicolás Maduro ...
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Banker jailed 3 months for stealing GHc 50,000
A banker who stole GHc 50,000 belonging to a micro finance company has been jailed by an Accra Circuit Court. The banker, David Neequaye, was charged with forgery of official documents and stealing and he plead guilty and was convicted accordingly. He was sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour ...
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GUTA bares teeth at GIPC over foreigners in retail trade
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is accusing the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) of failing to rid Ghana’s retail market off foreigners. GUTA had raised numerous concerns at the influx of foreign businesses particularly Nigerian owned ones on the retail market. The traders say the development has impacted ...
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Ken Agyapong ‘hot’ for threatening Ato-Kwamena Dadzie
Plain-speaking New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong, may soon find himself at the wrong side of the law, for allegedly threatening a journalist. The Journalist, Ato-Kwamena Dadzie, a senior News Editor with Accra-based Joy FM, in a Facebook ...
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Airtel empowers physically challenged
Airtel Ghana, leader in Corporate Social Responsibility has supported fifteen (15) physically challenged individuals in the Nkoranza Disabled Society in the Nkoranza South Municipality. They were given Airtel products to trade in as Airtel retailers through the company’s employee driven initiative dubbed “Make Your Change.” The beneficiaries were nominated by ...
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Koala robbers haven’t escaped – Police
The police administration has dismissed reports that the two alleged robbers who attacked and stole from a Koala sales girl last month have escaped from their custody. Some reports had suggested that the two had absconded and are being hunted by the Police. But the Deputy Public Affairs Director of ...
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No money, no vote – Disgruntled DKM customers to Mahama
Disgruntled customers of defunct DKM Diamond Microfinance in the Upper East Region, have vowed not to vote in the upcoming November general elections if President John Mahama does not facilitate the refund of their investments held by DKM Diamond Microfinance. The customers say several directives by president Mahama to state security apparatus ...
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Why aren’t the new community day SHSs disability-friendly? [Article]
In the year 2006, the Parliament of Ghana passed a law that brought smiles to the faces of Persons with Disability, Civil Society Organisations and the General Public. It was known as the “Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715).” One of the key provisions in this Act is Act ...
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Statistiques sur l’emploi des jeunes : La Cedeao veut améliorer le système de collecte des données
Les responsables de services publics de l’emploi des pays de la Cedeao sont réunis, depuis hier, à Dakar, afin d’échanger sur les voies et moyens de renforcer les services de placement et l’usage efficace de l’outil de base de données « Accueil/Emploi ». Depuis quelques années, cinq pays membres de la Cedeao : le ...
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Gala de la Rts de l’innovation : Le Pudc plébiscité
Le Programme d’urgence de développement communautaire (Pudc) a été plébiscité, lors du gala de l'innovation organisé, samedi dernier, par la Rts grâce au vote des sénégalais, parmi les meilleures initiatives ayant apporté une valeur ajoutée à la mise en œuvre du Plan Sénégal émergent, indique un communiqué. Une distinction a ...
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Jocelyn Dumas joins Airtel MD to mentor young people
Actress and Television Host, Jocelyn Dumas will join Managing Director of Airtel Ghana and CIMG Marketing Woman of the year, Lucy Quist to mentor pupils from the Mataheko Cluster of Schools on Friday 12th February. The move forms part of the Evolve with STEM initiative – an Airtel Ghana CSR ...
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Ghana Airports Company and Met Agency brawl reignites
The Airport division of the Ghana Meteorological Agency has told Citi Business News, it has resumed operations following a temporary air site permit issued to its workers by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Activities of the meteorological unit were suspended last Friday following their inability to access the observatory ...
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Projet Waziup : Une plateforme qui veut être au service des éleveurs et des agriculteurs
La plateforme Waziup, fruit d’un partenariat entre quatre pays africains et cinq européens a été lancé, jeudi dernier, à Dakar. La directrice générale de Ctic Dakar, Régina Mbodji dont la structure est membre de ce consortium, a indiqué que « c’est le monde rural qui va bénéficier des solutions proposées par ...
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Mahama is destroying Ghana’s economy – Osafo Marfo
A former Minister of Finance under the Kufuor administration, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has rejected President John Mahama’s recent pronouncement that the last four years of his administration has seen massive improvement in social infrastructure. The President, while inaugurating one of the Community Day Senior High Schools (SHS) at Kwaobaah Nyanoa ...
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Financing SMEs still challenging in Ghana – Business sector
Access to finance and the high cost of credit continue to impact negatively on the operations of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in the country. The situation has been attributed to the absence of adequately resourced institutions as well as some macro-economic policies that discourage granting of credit due to ...
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ECOWAS common external tariffs will not be suspended- GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has ruled out any plans to suspend the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariffs (CET). Chief Revenue Officer of the Customs Service Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Dr Okoh Appiah told Citi Business News ‘this one has gone through. It’s an act of ...
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HFC bank MD moves up in Republic bank Group
The President and CEO of Republic Financial Holdings Limited -Trinidad and Tobago, David Dulal-Whiteway, has announced the promotion of Mr. Robert Le Hunte to the Executive Director level of the Republic Bank Group effective 11th February, 2016. Mr. Robert Le Hunte will continue to perform his existing role as Managing ...
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Ghana must eliminate tax exemptions- IMF
Government may be forced to eliminate tax exemptions in its tax laws as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) intensifies pressure on it to do so. There have been several calls aimed at getting government to repeal the regime by several stakeholders. Per Ghana’s tax exemption regime, foreign companies who operate ...