Despite Ghana’s 1-1 draw with Egypt on Sunday in Cape Coast, Citi Sports’ Nathan Quao believes that the Black Stars showed great positive signs in their rebuilding process led by Kwesi Appiah. The result may have been a draw but coach Kwesi Appiah can walk away a happy man knowing that his rebuilding job is ...

Uber has struck a deal that could lead to a huge investment by a consortium led by Japanese conglomerate Softbank and San Francisco group Dragoneer. The size of the potential investment has not been disclosed, but reports say it could be up to $10bn (£7.6bn). The ride-hailing company said the money would fuel Uber’s expansion ...

President Akufo-Addo’s promise of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa may face some challenges because of inadequate waste processing plants in the country. The few existing ones mainly based in the capital, Accra, do not also have the capacity to process all the huge waste generated in Accra and its environs on a daily ...

As part of activities to mark this year’s 22nd Gbidukorza festival which is celebrated among the people of Peki and Hohoe in the Volta Region, hundreds of indigenes of both towns converged on the Ayi Mensah toll booth to participate in a health walk. The health walk, which is the first of its kind forms ...

Fading Generals The Russia 2018 World Cup Qualifiers have officially ended,which means that the timing could not be better for Kwesi Appiah to embark on the rebuilding process he promised when he accepted the job.Indeed the process has already been set in motion with a number of promising youngsters including the likes of Thomas Agyepong ...

The Mandela Washington Fellows Association of Ghana (MWFAG) has paid a courtesy call on the Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Ghana, Her Excellency, Umu Hawa Tejan–Jalloh. The visit was to discuss issues of mutual benefit to both parties and commiserate with the High Commissioner and the people of Sierra Leone, following the mudslide disaster that ...

The Accra Regional Police Command, arrested 50 land guards in October 2017. The 50 (21 of whom are on remand, whilst 20 are on court bail, and nine on police enquiry bail) were arrested from five divisions of the Accra Regional Police Command. A statement signed by the Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police ...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Hassan Tampuli, has reiterated the Authority’s commitment to promoting a clean environment, with its ongoing policy to ensure the enforcement of low sulphur diesel standards. He said this when he received this year’s “Outstanding Policy” award from the Climate and Clean Air Alliance at the on-going ...

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners, is unhappy about government’s decision to extend the ban on small-scale mining by three more months. According to them, it appears they have been targeted by the ban which does not apply to large-scale miners despite the fact that both small and large-scale mining is regulated by ...

The Minority in Parliament will today [Monday], hold a meeting ahead of Wednesday’s presentation of the 2018 budget statement and fiscal policy by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, said the meeting will see the minority assess the country’s economy and proffer solutions to the government. He ...

The Minority in Parliament will today [Monday], hold a meeting to review Ghana’s economy and proffer solutions ahead of Wednesday’s presentation of the 2018 budget statement and fiscal policy by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, said the meeting will see the minority assess the country’s economy ...

Hundreds of people have marched in Hollywood in support of victims of sexual assault and harassment, inspired by the #MeToo social media campaign. The march follows a torrent of assault and harassment allegations against public figures, set off by revelations about the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The marchers started on Hollywood Boulevard and walked along ...

Events in the NDC today bear an uncomfortable resemblance to the events of the late 90s that eventually led to the party’s first political defeat. Once again, we are witnessing a battle for the soul of the party between the Executive or Bureaucratic Tendency (BT) which believes in a top-down paternalistic approach and prefers to ...

Boeing kicked off the first day of the Dubai Airshow by announcing the first big sales news of the five-day event. Emirates has ordered 40 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal worth about $15bn (£11.3bn) at list prices. The Dubai airline’s chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, said the aircraft had been chosen over the ...

A train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 33 people, UN radio station Okapi reports. It happened in Buyofwe in the province Lualaba, in the south of the country. Radio Okapi said that the train caught fire after crashing into a ravine. According to reports, it was carrying flammable material. The train ...

Tigo and Airtel will today officially unveil the name and logo of the new entity following the merger of the two companies. The announcement comes weeks after the official approval by the National Communications Authority (NCA). Citi Business News understands that today’s announcement will also culminate in the human resource plan for the new entity which ...

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 140 people and injuring hundreds more. At least 129 people died in western Iran’s Kermanshah province, officials told state media. Six more were reported dead in Iraq. The death toll is likely to rise. The earthquake sparked panic, with ...

President of the Christian Service University College (CSUC) in Kumasi, Professor Sam Afrane, has debunked assertions that granting autonomy to private universities will lead to the proliferation of universities in the country. Professor Sam Afrane also described the current mentorship system for private universities as cumbersome, indicating that it slows the growth of private institutions in ...

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has pledged to deploy more strategies aimed at eliminating worse forms of Child Labour (WFCL) especially in cocoa growing areas in the country. This, according to the organisation, will augment government’s efforts in the fight against child labour in Ghana. The organisation, which works with the cocoa industry, civil societies, ...