President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday launched the rural telephony project, in Abenaso, in the Eastern Region, which will connect the town and surrounding communities with ICT facilities and telecommunication services. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that despite the significant spread of telecommunications services across the country, the distribution of necessary telephony infrastructure is still very ...
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Jewel Ackah laid to rest
It was a solemn atmosphere at the Community 11 school park in Tema today, as family, friends and sympathizers of veteran hi-life musician, Jewel Ackah gathered to bid a final farewell and to pay their final respects. Being a highlife legend and an active National Democratic Congress member, the ceremony was largely attended by members of the Musicians Union of ...
Read More »Why are Volta stalwarts against Mahama? – Boakye-Djan quizzes
Major (rtd) Kwadwo Boakye-Djan, spokesperson for the defunct Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), has questioned why most of former president John Mahama’s opponents in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are from the Volta Region. According to him, all executives of the party from all the regions support the candidature of Mr Mahama apart from those from the Volta Region. This ...
Read More »Execute your mandate with utmost professionalism – Akufo-Addo to media
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghanaian media not to consider juicy headlines and breaking news at the expense of the future and integrity of the country. He advised the media to take a second look at the power they wielded and the responsibility they owed to society and execute their mandate with utmost professionalism while abiding by ...
Read More »AMERI Energy rejects new deal
AMERI Energy has rejected the controversial novation and amended agreement aimed at handing over the $510million power contract it signed with the government in 2015 to a new entity. The novation and amendment agreement, seeking to buy out the deal Ameri Energy has with the government and handed over to a third party Mytilineos for 15 years received approval from ...
Read More »AMERI Deal: I felt bad Akufo-Addo had to defend his integrity – Franklin Cudjoe
Imani Africa president, Franklin Cudjoe, has noted with worry, how some actions of government officials have had detrimental repercussions on the reputation of President Akufo-Addo. In the wake of the controversy surrounding the proposed extension of the Ameri Deal and subsequently, an executive approval of the deal by the president, Mr. Cudjoe on Citi TV’s weekend analysis show asserted that ...
Read More »1D1F: Government absorbs 50% interest rate charges
The government has said it has decided to absorb half of the interest rate charges on loans taken by companies venturing into the One District-One Factory programme. “The government will absorb 50 per cent of the interest rate on this 1D1F companies so that determining what is bankable will be done by the professionals. “When you have been appraised, you ...
Read More »Agenten stoppen met innen van geldboetes
UPDATEDe politievakbonden breiden de acties die ze in juni zijn begonnen verder uit. Vanaf morgen innen agenten geen openstaande geldboetes en andere achterstallige betalingen meer. Eerder waren ze al gestopt met het uitschrijven van bekeuringen. Wie nu nog door de politie wordt gestopt, komt weg met een waarschuwing, ook als er nog oude boetes openstaan. Als er meer aan de ...
Read More »Durex roept condooms terug
Fabrikant Durex roept een aantal zendingen condooms terug. Ze voldoen niet aan de strenge eisen die gesteld worden aan de houdbaarheid, zo meldt het bedrijf Het gaat om eerder dit jaar geproduceerde latexvrije condooms van het type Real Feeling en Natural Feeling. Bij een zevental productseries is het euvel geconstateerd. Meer informatie hierover is te vinden op de website van het ...
Read More »Cash for Bauxite: Parliament okays $2bn Ghana-China barter trade
An international agreement that will see Ghana and China trade in bauxite in exchange for cash worth US$2billion has received the approval of the Parliament of the West African nation amidst concerns from some Members from the Minority Caucus. This follows the adoption and approval of the report of the Finance Committee on the Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) between ...
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