The South African Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Lulu Xingwana, has expressed satisfaction with Ghana’s digital property address system, saying it shows the country’s readiness to adopt innovation to leapfrog its technological drive for rapid economic growth. She made the observation when she led a team of MBA students from the University of Witwatersrand Business School … The post South
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper East Region, has embarked on a programme to enforce the Excise Tax Stamp Policy, as part of measures to prevent excisable products without Tax Stamp from being sold to the public. The nationwide activity is part of efforts instituted by the revenue mobilization institution to ensure that … The post GRA
Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), has encouraged government to set up a District Development Fund (DDF) and an Urban Development Grant (UDG) to sustain local Assemblies under proposed local governance reform. He said this was necessary because donors in the local governance sector were folding up, hence the … The post IDEG
Ghana’s 2019 Budget would scale up infrastructure projects, especially in the areas of roads and rails, to help open up the country for rapid economic growth, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has assured. This, he said, was in line with the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) principle of “Leaving no one behind”, as the … The post Ghana’s
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited says it continues to make steady progress on its strategy with underlying operating income up by 10 per cent to GH¢539.7million from GH¢490.1million recorded in September 2017. Profit before tax of GH¢249.8million for the period ending September 2018 declined by 24 percent from previous year resulting from impairment charge of … The post Standard
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), a platform to create an efficient, fair, transparent and ready market for agricultural produce. The GCX, the first modern commodity exchange in Ghana and West Africa, is aimed at establishing linkages between agricultural and commodity producers and buyers, and allow them to … The post President
The Early Childhood Development materials from age zero to three years has been launched to increase caregiver knowledge of early stimulation and to leverage frontline workers to promote and practice early stimulation techniques at the community level. The document focused on early childhood development, child development norms and sample activities, early communication, responsive care, positive … The post Ghana
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is taking steps to register and license all tour guides and tourism enterprises to help regulate and standardize their operations in the country. Mr Spencer Doku, Manager in-charge of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, who announced this said the aim is to ensure that tour guides and tourism sites operated within … The post Ghana
Parliamentarians have called for a bi-partisan approach to the $2 billion Sino-hydro barter arrangement with the Chinese Government. They said the country should approach the agreement with a singular view of maximising the gains Ghana could get from the agreement. Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Chairman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, in a statement on the floor … The post Let’s
Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah is expected to hand call-ups to Jordan and Andre Ayew ahead of the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. The Ayew brothers have been left out of coach Appiah’s recent call-ups having last featured for Ghana against Congo in the 2018 World Cup qualifier. Information gathered by … The post Coach Appiah to make
Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Tuesday, said Ghana was committed to the development and management of water resources for accelerated socio-economic development. This she said, was being pursued without compromising the livelihoods and health of the people as well as the ecosystem. She gave the assurance in a speech … The post Government
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club Limited, has unveiled its new brand identity, which includes a primary and secondary club badges as well as several versions of a wordmark, which pays homage to the ”Phobia” nickname. The new badge is an evolution of the existing mark paying attention to the sacred element of the club’s … The post Accra
Ghana has set two records – the highest number of awardees and passing the gender target of 50-50 male-female representation in the 2019 cohort of the Australia Awards Scholarship scheme. A total of 21 Ghanaian professionals and one each from Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone, were awarded the scholarship to undertake fully-funded Master’s studies in … The post Ghana
Data collected by the Western Regional Coastal Foundation (WRCF) has proven that there are perceived dissatisfaction among residents of the six coastal districts on activities of oil and gas operators within these districts. The data collected in the areas of health, economic, sanitation, infrastructure and education with regards to social corporate investment of these oil … The post Residents
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