Economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin has told Citi Business News the seeming delay in the issuance of the energy bonds may be deliberate to attract more buyers. He has however urged government to expedite processes to issue the energy sector bonds and improve the financial and energy sectors. According to Professor Bokpin, the country will suffer ...

Some hoteliers have impressed on West African authorities to work to extend the visa on arrival policy to foreign tourists in a bid to boost the sector’s growth. They argue that the move should also ease the barriers restraining some tourists into the continent. The comment comes on the back of the launch of the ...

The 2017 Citi FM Family Day Out cooking competition at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra was won by team OK lead by Brunch in the Citi host, Osei Kwame. The cooking competition gave families the opportunity to represent their favourite presenter in the cooking competition. Osei Kwame’s team, led by the Cudjoes, prepared a ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lauded the Raising Readers initiative for supporting children in the country to improve their learning and broaden their minds through reading. Mr. Kufuor, who hosted 50 children from the Odododiodio constituency at his residence in Accra to read with them, said: “Reading is the first tool of education and I ...

The Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC) has set out to give a total of 1.1 billion dollars to 50 entrepreneurs who will be able to come up with innovative solutions in the areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water purification, waste management and climate smart agriculture. The entrepreneurs whose innovations will breed positive impact on ...

The Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC) has set out to give a total of 1.1 billion dollars to 50 entrepreneurs who will be able to come up with innovative solutions in the areas of solar energy, energy efficiency, water purification, waste management and climate smart agriculture. The entrepreneurs whose innovations will breed positive impact on ...

Fall army worms have invaded eleven maize farming communities in Dormaa Ahenkro, the Municipal Capital of the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region. Three hundred and twenty – four (324) farmers in the area have been affected and a total of 522 hectors of farmlands have been infested representing 31.70 per cent of ...

The St Louis Senior High School Old Students Association is constructing a 600-bed dormitory for the school at the cost of GHc 2.7 million. The association is also carrying out renovation works and installing a solar panel in the school to provide energy for effective teaching and learning. Ms Afumwaah Bruce, Global President of the ...

The Noguchi Memorial Institute with the assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to get an advanced research centre to deal with infectious diseases. A sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the Centre has been done to mark the start of the project, a statement signed by Ms Miyuki Tan, Health Section, JICA said. ...

The annual Citi FM Family Day Out event has started in earnest at the Aviation Social Centre. The open-air funfair is to provide an opportunity for families to bond, have fun and spend precious time together. Some activities for the fun fair include soccer, ludo, chess, musical chairs and treasure hunt. Children at the programme are ...

The Koforidua Assemblies of God Church pastor Prophet Albert Asihene Agyarkwa who also happens to be the general overseer of Prophet Albert Agyarkwah Ministry has called on churches and other well meaning Ghanaians to as matter of urgency donate to inmates of the various prisons especially the Koforidua prisons as the good books admonishes Christians ...

Figures by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) have shown that export earnings from the Agricultural subsector for 2016, dropped by 6.49%. Export earnings for 2016 is estimated at 371 million dollars compared to an estimated 396 million dollars recorded in 2015. Agric exports however contributed 15% to the total non-traditional export earnings in 2016. ...

The Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid has said investigations are currently ongoing to enable possible prosecution of individuals complicit in the money siphoning scandal at the National Communications Authority (NCA). Mr. Hamid, on Eyewitness News  said government is awaiting the outcome of the Bureau of National Investigation’s (BNI) probe into the matter to take a decision on ...

Many women are self-conscious about the scent of their vaginas. The vagina, just like the mouth, the skin, and other areas of the body, has a unique fragrance. Diet, health, and other factors can affect the natural fragrance, which should still not smell foul. It’s neither safe nor healthy to attempt to eliminate the vagina’s ...

More than 15 shops have been razed by fire at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle . Properties, running into thousands of cedis have also been consumed. The incident happened at about 9.30am this morning [Thursday] after an electric transformer exploded in the area. More soon.

President Akufo-Addo has come under intense criticism by some Ghanaians over his recent comment on the terror attack in Manchester. Critics who took to social media to express their displeasure argued that the President is usually swift to comment on attacks in other parts of the world but shows no sense of urgency when similar ...

Any dedicated Instagrammer knows that a carefully curated profile is extremely important. Sometimes, that means you may have to delete old photos that you no longer like or that don’t mesh with the rest of your profile. Soon, though, you may have some middle ground between keeping a pic you don’t like and deleting it ...

The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has called for a ban on importation of pharmaceutical labels following the government’s decision to ban the importation of 49 medicines. Speaking on Eyewitness News, he said such a move would complete the value chain by awarding the printing of drug labels to local printing firms ...

Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands. UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times. It came after the name of bomber Salman Abedi was leaked to US media ...

Citi FM’s annual Family Day Out will come off today at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra. The annual event is for friends and families to have quality time at an open-air funfair. The Family Day Out marks the penultimate event in Citi FM Family Month, which has had various family related activities organised to consolidate ...