Government has signed an agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) aimed at boosting industrial development, trade and export competitiveness in Ghana. The over 27 million euro programme is scheduled to be implemented from 2019 to 2022 and will also help Ghana leverage additional investment by facilitating the mobilisation of partners and resources to … The post Gov’t

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed private legal practitioner Dr Alexander Y. Adusei Jr as Director for Keta Port. Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiama who announced the appointment in a letter dated March 19, 2019 asked the Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to “take the necessary action to give effect” to the appointment. … The post Akufo-Addo

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public and investors that they risk losing their investments in crypto currency schemes and activities because they are, unregistered, unlicensed and unregulated under the Securities Law of Ghana.   A statement issued by the Commission Friday and signed by the Director-General, the Reverend Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh, said … The post ‘You

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has objected to the idea of re-registration of voters, and asked the Electoral Commission to use data from the National Identification Authority to compile a new voters’ register. The EC in a communiqué Wednesday announced a decision to compile a new register for the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. But … The post Don’t

Ghana’s stocks are the worst-performers globally in the first quarter after a sell-off by foreign investors hobbled the local currency and demand from local institutional investors dried up. The Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index has lost more than 14 percent this year, making it the laggard in dollar terms among 94 global equities benchmarks tracked … The post Ghana’s

MPs have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. The government lost by 344 votes to 286, a margin of 58. It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to 22 May and leave with a deal. The prime minister said … The post Brexit: MPs reject May’s EU withdrawal agreement appeared first on

Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education Winneba are demanding the resignation of their national president, Dr Eric Opoku Mensah over claims he incited the protest that turned violent early this month. What started as a peaceful protest by students of UEW to get their sacked lecturers … The post UTAG president must resign –

Police on Friday referred the case of singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young to the prosecution, recommending he be indicted on charges of secretly filming sex videos and sharing them in online chat groups. Jung, 30, who was arrested on suspicion of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes, was moved from … The post Jung Joon-young transferred

Health officials at the Holy Child Catholic Hospital at Fijai say there is no cause for alarm in the case of food poisoning recorded at the Archbishop Porter Girls Senior High School in Takoradi Friday morning. About 60 students of the school were reportedly rushed to the Hospital Friday at about 4:00am after they started … The post No cause for alarm

Health officials at the Holy Child Catholic Hospital at Fijai say there is no cause for alarm in the case of food poisoning recorded at the Archbishop Porter Girls’ Senior High School in Takoradi Friday morning. About 60 students of the school were reportedly rushed to the Hospital Friday at about 4:00am after they started … The post No cause for alarm

Managing Director of Ghana Post, James Kwofie, who doubles as the Chairman of the West African Postal Conference (WAPCO) Council Administration, has identified a major setback impeding the growth and development of the postal and e-commerce services in West Africa. Mr. Kwofie was speaking at a two-day workshop held in Cote d’Ivoire. It was organised … The post Tackle

The 13th edition of the All African Games will be hosted in Ghana in 2023. As Ghana steps up preparations to ensure a successful hosting of the multi-sport event, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has deemed it necessary to collaborate with all stakeholders to put together and inaugurate four working committees that will ensure … The post Committees for 2023 AAG inaugurated appeared first on

About 800 seats at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium have been broken with one student hospitalised following students violence at the 2019 Ashanti Region Super Zonal Athletic competition. The confusion between rioting students of Obuasi Sectech and Al Azhariya Senior High School overshadowed the beauty of Thursday’s competition, leaving many students with various degrees of … The post Students

Former minister for gender, children and social protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has raised questions about the capacity of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, at managing the country’s economy. The Finance Minister had told Parliament Thursday that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ordered the formation of a bi-partisan committee to probe the continuous depreciation of the … The post Oye

A young man has died after collapsing during a locally distilled gin (akpeteshie) drinking competition at Ntankoful in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis Friday morning. The incident happened around 11: 15am. The deceased, Patrick Obeng Hamza, 25, was said to have consumed four  ‘quarters’  of the hard liquor, approximately two bottles of 300ml Fanta. Hamza who is … The post 25-yr-old

The commercial (trotro) driver and his conductor accused of assaulting a police officer have been granted bail by the Weija Circuit Court  Friday, March 29. The two are being processed to leave the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) cells. Though details of the bail are still sketchy, human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu disclosed to … The post Trotro driver and mate who

Former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro (retd), has challenged the government to take the first bold step to denounce vigilante groups aligned with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). The former CID boss said this will put fear into other political parties, such as the … The post Disband NPP

A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Fifi Kwetey, says politicians must be blamed for the depreciation of the cedi and not the central bank. Speaking at the second Economic Dialogue series organised by the Media General on Thursday, the former minister conceded that the politicisation of the economy is … The post Blame politicians for the cedi depreciation

Award-winning Ghanaian radio and television personality Anita Erskine is the latest addition to the Media General family as she becomes ‘ally’ to  host of 3FM Drive, Giovani Caleb, on 3FM 92.7. With over a decade of experience in the media, Anita is not new to radio as she is well vexed in the area. This … The post Anita Erskine joins Giovani on 3FM Drive appeared first on

The Ghana Athletes Association (GAA) has begun preparations towards African Athletics U-18 (Youth) and U-20 (Junior) championships in Cote d’lvoire. All roads lead to Tamale as eight regions compete for qualification. Greater Accra and Western regions are excluded. With less than four months to the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) championships in Cote d’lvoire, Ghana-based … The post GAA