The Ministry of Communications and the Ghana Investment for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) have signed a financing agreement for the rural network project. Per the agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China, Huawei will deploy more than 2000 Rural Star sites for Ghana to provide voice and data services for over 3.4 million people in underserved … The post Ghana
Ghana and the European Union (EU) have signed two grant financing agreement totalling €92.9 million to support the budget and to prevent electoral violence in the northern border regions. A total of €87 million out of the amount is under the Emergency EU Budget in Response to the COVID Situation in Ghana and the remaining … The post Ghana and European
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the massive investment by his Administration in the railway sector was to ensure speedy economic growth. More than 200 kilometres of standard gauge railway lines had been constructed over the last three years across the country. According to the Ministry of Railways Development, close to about $2 billion … The post Ministry
The flights cost of evacuating 2,262 stranded Ghanaian domestic workers from Lebanon during the COVID-19 lockdown was $1,062,600, Mr Charles Owiredu, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has said. He said of the total, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, and friends contributed $428,450; whilst the Government … The post Ghana
Five miners met their untimely death last Sunday after an illegal mining (galamsey) pit collapsed on them at Adumbanso Lower Electoral Area, a farming community in the Wassa East District of the Western Region. The five, consisting of four females and one male whose names have been given as Samuel Abekah alias Kofi Tawiah aged … The post Galamsey pit crashes
A study conducted by the Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana and the University of Lagos in selected slum cities shows that unaffordable housing pushes many urban dwellers into living in slums. It, therefore, urged African countries to address shortages in housing and basic services for a more sustainable approach … The post Unaffordable
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Western Region has for the past one month been rationing water in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area due to the growing demand in supply and limited rainfall in the Region the year. The situation had resulted in a low inflow of raw water into river bodies, particularly the Pra … The post GWCL rations water in Sekondi-Takoradi
Mr Sam Koranteng, Corporate Services Executive, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana, has said the company, though an international one, has local roots by way of its continued investment in the Ghanaian economy. He said the telecommunications giant had made huge investments in network resilience, partners, employees and three other sectors of the economy, noting it … The post We’re
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, the Paramount Chief of Breman Traditional Area, has been elected the new President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs. He polled 15 of the 24 total votes cast to beat the incumbent, Obrempong Nyanful Krampah XI, Paramount Chief of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area, who had seven votes. Osagyefo Kwame Akonu … The post Odeefo
A cleaner, who was working for the late law lecturer, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has confessed his involvement in the murder of his boss. James Nana Womba contended that he acted together with one Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, a resident of Ashiaman and two others, currently at large. During sitting at the Kaneshie District Court … The post Cleaner confesses
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has been sued, following the leakage and publication of names of examiners on social media. African Education Watch (AEW), a Civil Society Organization, sued the Council, arguing the practice could affect the integrity of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. The AEW said though WAEC … The post CSO
Mr Samson Asaki Awingobit, a flagbearer aspirant of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has said the Party will focus on winning three parliamentary seats in each region in the December General Election if given the nod as the PNC presidential candidate at congress. He said that target was strategic and easier to achieve than aiming … The post I
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), an institution to implement Government’s agenda to diversify Ghana’s agriculture. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony ceremony at Kumasi in the Ashanti region, the President emphasized that Government’s strategy was to promote tree crops, apart from cocoa, with equal or even higher economic … The post President
Reverend Kingsley Asare Addo, Acting Registrar, Births and Deaths Registry, said a new birth and death law is in the offing to address issues of adult and late registration of births. He described such issues as “born again certificates” because they were people who already had birth certificates but because they wanted to change some … The post New
Mr Mohammed Habibu Tijani, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, says passport application centres will soon be opened in Cape Coast and Wa to ease the stress of acquiring the identity and travelling document. He said the government had fully migrated to online platforms as far as the application of passport was concerned … The post Passport
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