In this edition of the Citi Business Festival 2020, Kojo Akoto Boateng hosts Maximus Ametorgoh of Pop Out and Stephen Naasei Boadi of Enable Growth Consult on the topic “understanding the numbers and analytics for strategic positioning. They both give education on the relevance of the digital space for businesses, how they can take advantage of […] The post #CitiBusinessFestival:

Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest financial services providers, is celebrating substantial completion of its separation programme from Barclays PLC, three years after the start. The separation, one of the largest and most complex corporate programmes of its kind, followed Barclays PLC’s 2016 decision to reduce its shareholding in the African group to a minority […] The post Absa

The World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 declared the outbreak of the viral disease COVID-19 as a pandemic. The virus has since plagued the globe with over 5.1 million cases in circa 200 countries as at today. World economies and businesses have taken a great hit with about 65% of the global economy imposed […] The post Grace Anim-Yeboah writes:

The Electoral Commission (EC) has filed a document in court to explain why it is excluding the use of the old voters’ ID from the list of identification documents for the new voters’ register. In a 31-page document presented to the Supreme Court, the Electoral Commission among other things argued that it is an independent […] The post New

The coalition of Muslim organizations in Ghana (COMOG) is calling on the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Democratic Congress to resolve their grievances prior to the upcoming 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. COMOG in a statement said this will restore hope and confidence in Ghana’s electoral system. “It will be in the best interest […] The post COMOG

The National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has accused the President, Nana Akufo-Addo of being insensitive to Ghanaians for increasing the BOST margin, a tax component on petroleum products, by 100 percent. Ghanaians beginning June 1, 2020, started paying more for fuel at the pumps following Cabinet’s decision to increase […] The post Increasing

Ghana has confirmed 272 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the national count to 9,910. This is according to the Ghana Health Service’s latest update on the country’s COVID-19 situation. The update also indicated that four new deaths had been recorded, with nine more recoveries. More soon…     The post Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now 9,910 appeared first on

Ghana’s fastest growing TV channel, Citi TV is two years and has churned out exciting content coupled borne out of carefully thought-out programming. The station has gradually become the most watched and a house hold name in spite of the few years of its operation. On Sunday, June 7, Citi TV received rousing plaudits from […] The post Premiere of Citi TV’s ‘Upside

The Bono Regional Drug Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has made its biggest bust yet of a substance suspected to be Cannabis over the weekend. The substance, valued at over GHS1 million was being transported in a truck en-route to Burkina Faso. This, the service said is its biggest interception since the formation […] The post Bono Region:

On June 20, 2020, the Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice ‘Obour’ Osei Kuffour, and four others will be contesting for the parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party at the Asante Akyem South constituency. The other contestants are Kwaku Asante – Boateng, Edmond Oppong – Peprah, William Yamoah and Eric […] The post Obour,

On June 20, 2020, the Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice ‘Obour’ Osei Kuffour, and four others will be contesting for the parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party at the Asante Akyem South constituency. The other contestants are Kwaku Asante – Boateng, Edmond Oppong – Peprah, William Yamoah and Eric […] The post Obour,

A Sunyani-based artist, Isaac Djan, has honoured the General Manager of Citi TV/FM, Bernard Koku Avle with a pyrography portrait. Isaac Djan told Citi News that over the years he has been monitoring the exploits of Bernard Avle in the Ghanaian media landscape and the gesture is to show appreciation to Mr. Avle for the […] The post Sunyani-based artist honours

The Oguaa Traditional Council has cancelled the 2020 Oguaa Fetu Afahye which was again set to take place in Cape Coast. According to the traditional council, this has become necessary following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement sighted by Citi News, it noted that traditional rites and rituals will be performed despite […] The post Oguaa Traditional Council

Fifty-one women will be contesting the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) upcoming parliamentary primaries in constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliament. The primaries will be held on Saturday, June 20, 2020, on an electoral area basis per the Electoral Commission’s designation. Addressing a press conference on Monday morning, the NPP General Secretary, Mr John […] The post NPP

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has put on hold its planned parliamentary primaries in the Kwadaso, Gushegu, and Dormaa Central constituencies. The primaries is scheduled to be held on Saturday June 20, 2020, however, the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu at a presser on Monday said the three constituencies have been excluded […] The post NPP

I was going to use these columns today to make sense of some stuff I heard Mr. Kweku Baako put out during an appearance on Peace FM about aspects of the history of “Kume Preko” – the protest marches that hit Ghana in 1995. I did put out a commentary on the subject myself, following […] The post Haruna Attah writes: Jean Mensa’s ‘power’ sets Ghana

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Association of Bankers, John Awuah, has revealed that the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down banking business and increased risk of impact on loan performance. COVID-19 has had a negative impact on the economy and the banking sector as economic activities have taken a downturn with […] The post COVID-19 has

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Association of Bankers, John Awuah, has revealed that the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down banking business and increased risk of impact on loan performance. He noted that economic activities have taken a downturn with growth projected to be 1.5 percent compared to an earlier outlook […] The post Bankers

MTN Ghana says it has not received any formal notification from the National Communications Authority (NCA) on measures to check its dominance in the telecommunications sector. This after the Government directed the NCA to implement new policies within the telecommunications industry and address glaring disparities in market share. According to MTN, they, however, respect the […] The post We

A Commissioner for Oaths, Eben Agbenya, on Sunday said he is ready to contest the General Secretary slot of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) to restore the founding principles of the Party. He said he decided to run as the CPP General Secretary because he believes that the current state of the Party was not […] The post Commissioner for Oaths contests CPP General