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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Parliament has passed the master project support agreement for a 2 billion dollar facility for the construction of priority projects by Chinese firm SynoHydro Corporation. The said facility would be in exchange for alumina processed from Bauxite deposits in the country as announced by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta in the mid-year Budget Review. Mr Ofori-Atta said in the mid-year ...

A tranche of two billion dollars out of the 15 billion Ghana-China joint venture on Ghana’s bauxite reserves procured by the Akufo-Addo government under the aegis of Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been approved by parliament today. The full joint venture will see Ghana leverage less than 5% of its 460 Billion bauxite reserves in a partnership with the Chinese ...