The Member of Parliament for Daboya-Mankarigu constituency in the Savannah Region and Deputy Minister of Health, Alhaji Mahama Asei Seini has bemoaned the devastation caused by flood waters from the Bagre Dam to his constituents. The development he says is making his constituents poorer as economic activities have come to a halt following the cutting […] The post Fix

Mr. Claud Hutchful, CEO of DreamOval Limited, has said that for the Ghanaian payment ecosystem to be properly integrated into customers’ behaviours, there needs to be continuous collaboration to mould the e-Payments space. “Until customer journeys are completely seamless, all of us in the Ghanaian payments ecosystem have a lot more work to do.” His […] The post DreamOval

Four worker unions in the public universities of Ghana have decided to embark on an indefinite strike, from Thursday, October 13, 2022, if government fails to resolve issues regarding their conditions of service. The unions are the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana […] The post Staff

A six-day SNV Green Regional Trade Show has opened in Takoradi for 48-Small and Medium Enterprises from the Western Region. The trade show is to give the SMEs who are beneficiaries of SNV’s 6-month GrEEn Incubation and GrEEn Acceleration Programmes to exhibit their products that are environmentally friendly and also usually use recycled waste materials. […] The post 6-day

The Green Republic Project, a youth-driven climate action initiative, won two strategic awards at the maiden Ghana Environmental and Sanitation Awards (GESA) event held on Saturday, October 1st, 2022, at the AH Hotel in Accra. Organized by the EduEnter Group Ghana in collaboration with support from the Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources, the GESA […] The post Ghana

The Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has revealed government’s intention to start a sea transport system in the country. Jerry Ahmed Shaib in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Face to Face on Citi TV said the Authority is “working on a sea transport system referred to […] The post Plans

Billionaire Elon Musk has apparently changed his mind about buying Twitter, again, and is now willing to proceed with his takeover of the social media platform. In a letter to the firm, Mr Musk agreed to pay the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. The surprise reversal comes just weeks […] The post Elon Musk Twitter deal back on in surprise U-turn

Nigeria’s advertising regulator is suing Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – as well its local affiliate for 30bn naira (about $70m; £60m). It says both Meta and its Lagos-based agent AT3 Resources Limited should pay up because they failed to get adverts on the social media platforms vetted by government before publishing. […] The post Nigeria

A Nigerian boy has been killed by his brother while testing a newly bought “bullet-proof” charm, police say. The two believed they had “fortified themselves with the protective charm”, according to police in Kwara state Abubakar Abubakar then shot at his younger brother Yusuf, 12, using their father’s rifle, officers say. Police are now looking […] The post Nigerian

The Municipal Chief Executive for Weija Gbawe, Patrick Kumor is asking residents to brace themselves for the worse following the spillage of the Weija Dam. Residents have been forced out of their homes by floodwaters which have taken over homes and streets. In response, the assembly has created about three estuaries at the Bojo beach […] The post Brace yourselves

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is questioning claims that the Ghana Bar Association has become an elitist organisation. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has in recent times accused the GBA of being elitist and failing in its core mandate to speak for the vulnerable. At a meeting with the leadership of the Ghana Bar Association […] The post Akufo-Addo disputes perception

President Nana Akufo-Addo will be meeting the National House of Chiefs and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives to discuss the problem of illegal mining in Ghana. The meeting will take place later today, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Manhyia in the Ashanti Region, one of the regions worst hit by illegal mining. The leadership […] The post Akufo-Addo

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says its immediate focus is to rescue stranded victims of the Weija Dam spillage. A Deputy Director of NADMO, Abu Ramadan also said his outfit is working to “expand and open estuaries so that the water can run into the sea so that we can see the levels drop. […] The post Weija spillage: