Coach Sellas Tetteh Ghana coach Sellas Tetteh has named a 21-man squad for the Africa Youth Championship (AYC) billed for Algeria later this month. The Black Satellites will be hoping to ride on Tetteh’s experience at the youth competition which …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis would soon get desalination plant to process seawater into potable water to ensure adequate supply of potable water to the increasing population in the twin-city. Mr. Daniel Moumalla, Western Regional Director of the Ghana Urban Water Limited …

Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, Minister of Defence, has said government will continue to resource the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to ensure that they continue to protect the territorial integrity and national resources. Mr Woyongo said this on Friday at a …

Mr. Seth Terkper – Minister of Finance The government of Ghana has defended its projected fiscal deficit of 9 percent for 2013. At a workshop with journalists in Accra Friday March 8, 2013, officials of the Ministry of Finance and …

Deputy British High Commissioner, Caron Rohlser on Ghana-UK relations. She says relationship between the two countries is “strong and vibrant”. She made this known during an Open Media Day event held at the High Commission in Accra March 7, 2013.…

Ghana and Germany have signed a €17 million military agreement as part of the latter’s aid assistance to the Ghana Armed Forces. The “Equipment Aid Support to Foreign Armed Forces Programme” was signed in Accra March 4, 2013 between Ghana’s …

Dr Edward Omani Boamah, the Minister of Communications, has said the government would make ICT one of the key drivers of national development and that the diffusion and transfer of technology would take centre stage in the national development agenda.…

Jacko Maree Group Chief Executive Officer of Africa’s largest bank, Standard Bank, Jacko Maree has retired after serving in that capacity for 13 years. Meanwhile, the bank has named Sim Tshabalala and Ben Kruger as joint CEO of the group.…

Over 2,000 Ghanaian seafarers working with European Shipping Companies across the world are due to lose their jobs and be repatriated to Ghana due to government’s failure to ratify the International Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006). The MLC which deals …

A water treatment plant is to be established at Essiama in the Western Region to cater solely for the oil fields, Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, announced on Thursday. He was speaking to the media …

John Kerry, US Secretary of State During my first week as the United States’ Secretary of State, I had the honor of meeting with a group of courageous women from Burma. Two were former political prisoners, and although they had …

A new report by Fitch has indicated that growth in sovereign ratings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the past decade has helped increase foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the region. Published February 28, 2013, the report noted that research …

Bilateral trade between Ghana and Britain in goods only is worth £735 million during the year 2012, according to data released March 7, 2013 by the UK High Commission in Accra. The 2012 trade value slipped from £767 million recorded …

Africa’s farmers and agribusinesses could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030, says a  new World Bank report launched Monday, March 4, 2013 in Washington. This can however only become possible if Africa’s farmers are able to expand their access …