Management of GOtv Ghana Limited has paid a courtesy call on the Adansehene, Nana Bonsra Afriyie II, and his elders at his palace in Fomena as part of the company’s activities to launch its operations in Obuasi. During the visit, the GOtv Business Manager Mr. Kingsley Afful said: “We are launching GOtv at a fast pace to ensure the service is available in all ten regions before the country migrates from analogue to digital migration. GOtv subscribers will save the time and expense of having to

About 52 host and resettlement communities which are affected by the operations of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have called for a concerted and well-planned community development programme to mitigate the hardship of people in these areas. The communities, most of which lack potable water, places of convenience and health facilities, made the appeal at a stakeholders’ meeting between traditional leaders from the area and management of the VRA at Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The stakeholders’

Scrapping the operations of Destination Inspection Companies (DICs) will simplify business at the ports and reduce trade costs, Dr. Edward Larbi-Siaw, a Tax Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, has said. In a year or two, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will take over completely the work of the DICs -- which mainly involves valuation of the quantity and quality of goods imported through the ports, he confirmed. DICs were mandated 13 years ago to inspect imports in a bid to replace pre-shipment

The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), at its 54th Regular Meeting unanimously voted to appoint, Drolor Bosso Adamtey I, known in private life as Dr. Kingsley A. Fletcher, the Suapolor of the Se (Shai) Traditional Area, as the first Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA). He is an author and television personality, international advisor and a visiting professor in many institutions of higher learning around the world. The appointment

The Minister of Health Shirley Ayitey has said despite efforts made in achieving the millennium development goal (MDG) on water targets, diarrhea is still regard as the second killer disease of children under five, accounting for 10,000 deaths every year. One out of four people living in a rural community does not have access to an improved, dependable water source. The MDG on water is meant to halve the number of people without safe drinking water, and reduce by two-thirds the mortality of children

Samsung Electronics West Africa has launched its new ‘Gifts-4-All-Season’ Promotion, to reward its valued customers with fantastic prizes. The buy-and-win promotion, which starts on March 24, 2014, will instantly reward consumers with fantastic prizes whenever they purchase any of the selected range of Samsung products. The Samsung Gifts-4-All-Season promotion is very simple to enter and win. Starting Monday, March 24, any purchase of the new Samsung Triangle split Air-conditioner model comes

After eight consecutive weeks of showing how ordinary Ghanaians are helping in their own small way to effect changes in their respective communities, the first season of the acclaimed MTN Heroes of Change TV series is drawing to a close. There are people committed to helping their communities in a variety of ways and the programme, an initiative of the MTN Ghana Foundation, aims to highlight the work of such people and eventually support them financially to execute their projects. Hosted by Kwami

Prominent economist Dr. Kofi Amoah has challenged government to diversify the economy instead of relying heavily on aid, grants and loans from foreign donors and governments. Ghana’s domestic budget has for decades been supported by donors which include the World Bank, African Development Bank, the European Union and other foreign governments whose agencies fund a wide range of initiatives -- including infrastructure projects, technical assistance to public sector departments, and programmes to

Tullow Oil, operator of the Jubilee field, has announced a three-year sponsorship package for Eastern Region-based football academy Right to Dream. According to the oil company, the package includes an annual funding of US$250,000 for at least three years -- and up to five years -- as well as further contributions toward the academy’s infrastructural development. “The launch of the partnership is a landmark moment for Tullow as the company seeks to extend and enhance its agenda for creating shared

Databank Group’s CEO Keli Gadzekpo is set to resign from his post in May this year to take up a new role as the CEO of Enterprise Group, in a change that will see the current Chief Operating Officer of Ghana Commercial Bank, Kojo Addae Mensah, become the new CEO. Mr. Addae Mensah is only the third Chief Executive in Databank’s 24-year history following co-founders Ken Ofori-Atta and Keli Gadzekpo. The new CEO of Databank is expected to boost the company’s assets under management by about 20-25%

Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) is urging banks that operate on the Microsoft operating system to upgrade their Automated Teller Machines (ATM) before the April 8th deadline. Inside every ATM casing is a computer, and like all such devices each one runs on an Operating System -- and Microsoft’s 12-year old windows XP dominate the ATM market, powering more than 95% of the world’s ATM machines. Banks and ATM service providers are therefore in a race against time to upgrade

Esich Life Assurance Company Limited has started business as a new life insurance firm aiming to provide an innovative range of life products to both formal and informal sector clients. The Ghanaian company said its vision is to increase financial liberation across the African region through the provision of excellent and trusted life assurance solutions that leverage technology, innovation and superior service delivery. With an initial working capital of GH¢10million, the company plans to be a

Net Solutions Ghana and its partner Pfortner have introduced Pfortner IT Security Solution, an IT security product, onto the Ghanaian market. The new product is expected to help protect banks and other agencies that rely heavily on data transmission from electronic fraud. The product is expected to significantly bolster the defences of the 27 universal banks, savings and loans companies and microfinance intuitions in the country. Launching the product, Mr Aubrey Swanepoel of Pfortner said the product,

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Vital equipment needed for the completion of the Atuabo Gas Plant is expected in the country this weekend. This brings some hope to consumers of electricity services, since the inability of gas to flow consistently from Nigeria has plunged the country into another load-shedding regime. The completion of the gas plant at Atuabo has been an issue of great contention since the previous deadlines have never been met due to one reason or another. Thus, this new promise is taken with a pinch of salt since

It becomes increasingly surprising when as a country we are unable to adhere to policies and programmes that we adopt with the objective of achieving certain ends. What comes to mind in this instance is the clamour by importers and exporters for government to lift the ban on importation of used refrigerators into the country. Their argument that the majority of Ghanaians cannot purchase new fridges is untenable because the ban was backed by Legislative Instrument (LI) 1932, 2008, therefore it is

Picture a place of nature-focused peace and tranquility, graced with gorgeous beaches around, proper accommodations, 3D cinema halls, world-class shopping malls and restaurants serving superbly fresh foods. Picture you are in Dunkonah. Situated about 20 km west of central Accra, Dunkonah -- which is near Weija in the Ga-South municipality of the Greater Accra Region -- embodies the new cosmopolitan Accra. Over the years, the rise in economic and industrial activities in Ghana’s capital Accra has

From now on, people with wiring needs are supposed to hire not just anybody but certified professionals, says the Energy Commission in a bid to inject sanity into the wiring of buildings. The commission has issued certificates to 192 home, commercial and industrial wiring professionals who “exceeded the pass mark” among some 449 persons who sat the first certification examinations organised by the commission with the help of the Standards Authority. Of those who sat the examinations 17% “could

The incidence of piracy, including illegal fishing off the West African coastline, has increased and is costing the shipping and offshore industry more than US$1billion per annum. This came to light during a Maritime and Surveillance Conference held in Accra and sponsored by the Paramount Group, Africa’s largest privately-owned defence and aerospace business.The event brought together various stakeholders in the African marine industry, including navy officials and governmental agencies. According

Nana Akufo-Addo has restated his vision for structural transformation of the economy in a speech declaring his intention to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the third successive time in the 2016 presidential election. Speaking yesterday from his home in Nima, where expectant party members and pressmen had gathered to hear the much-anticipated announcement, Mr. Akufo-Addo, who turns 70 in a few days, said Ghana needs a comprehensive national industrialisation programme that will add value to