The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Bank Ghana, Christiana Ekaete Olaoye has been honored for being among the Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana in 2016. This is the third award she is receiving since joining Energy Bank Ghana in April 2016. She was recognised by The African Network of Entrepreneurs (tanoe), organisers of WomanRising, a [...] The post Energy

Tema Community 8 Primary School put up a great performance to beat Twedease Primary School 1-0 in the finals at this year’s OMA FutureStars Festival of Sport held at the Tema Sports Stadium. The 4th edition saw students from five Tema-based schools competing for honours in 5-aside football and netball plus the introduction of a sprint competition to discover the [...] The post FutureStars football

Teshie Beach Soccer United will host the maiden edition of the Homowo Beach Soccer Cup 2017 at the Laboma Beach, La, on Saturday September 30. With the aim of developing beach soccer and spreading it across the costal lines, the one-day tournament which is to climax the Homowo festivities will bring together four towns namely Osu, La, Teshie and Nungua [...] The post Homowo Beach Soccer September

MIDFIELDER Winful Cobbinah has reiterated Ghana’s desire to win the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations on home soil. The Hearts of Oak talisman made his debut last Thursday and was influential in the Black Stars’ 2-0 win over Guinea which sent them to the summit of Group A. Ghana’s improved performance has revived their tournament winning chances and Cobbinah is [...] The post Our

A Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Mr Akilu Sayibu, has appealed to the media in Dagbon to help market the Northern Region as a place worthy of investors and investment. Speaking to the media in Tamale during the launch of “The Dagbon Peace and Progress Now,” Mr Sayibu hailed the effort of the Northern Regional [...] The post Media

Aggrieved staff of New Times Corporation (NTC) yesterday locked out the management staff and the Managing Director (MD), Ms Carol Annang in protest of what they describe as poor working conditions. The MD who reported to work at around 8am, was prevented from entering the premises. The demonstration which started at 6am saw workers clad in red shirts with red [...] The post New

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medi Wise International Company Limited, Dr. Polycarp Reccy Asman, has expressed concern that medical equipment are left to rot in health facilities across the country, due to minor faults. He said most of the equipment acquired by government or donated by development partners and agencies have not severed their purposes. Dr. Asman made the [...] The post ‘Medical

Panelists at a forum on education have urged the government to conduct a broader consultation on the funding of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy.   According to them, proceeds from  oil and natural resources alone would not be enough to fund the policy hence, the need to explore other means of supporting the initiative.   The forum, organised by the Mfantsipim Old [...] The post Govt

A Nigerian lawyer who helped to secure the release of dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was yesterday announced the winner of a U.N. prize for providing an education to children uprooted by violence in northeast Nigeria. Zannah Mustapha is the founder of two schools which offer free education, meals and healthcare to its pupils, [...] The post Chibok

Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament, has proposed to the United Kingdom to partner Africa devise a new paradigm for economic partnership which will seriously consider the economic welfare of Africa. “Europe must be concerned about the poverty in Africa,” he said, adding that the effect of globalisation is that any bubonic plague in Africa may not remain [...] The post UK

What  started as a legal tussle between the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and a private citizen, Supi Kofi Kwayera of Winneba, has now escalated into a national issue. The University Teachers Association, in solidarity with their counterparts, has declared a nationwide strike to register their displeasure over what they describe as an attack on academic freedom. The action stems [...] The post LET’S

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has insisted that the Fall Armyworms have been “defeated”, dispelling claims that the worms were still ravaging some farms across the country.   According to Dr Akoto, fears that Ghana’s food security for the next 12 months could be under threat was misplaced and not supported by the facts on the ground. [...] The post Fall

The annual All Africa Business Leaders Award has nominated Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, as a finalist for “Business Leader of the Year”, West Africa division. The award is set to honour business excellence and leaders who have made a considerable impact on their industries and communities. The All Africa Business Leaders Awards [...] The post Dr

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai Osudoku, Mr Daniel Akuffo, has urged parents and guardians to take advantage of government’s educational policies and send their children and wards to school. That he explained was the only way their children and wards could benefit from such policies towards attaining the highest academic status in life. Mr Akuffo gave this advice [...] The post Take

Now is the time for parents and guardians to invest in the future of their children’s education by investing in good educational insurance policies, Mawuko Afadzinu, Head of Marketing and Communications, Stanbic Bank has said. “Because a lot more people are going through at the secondary level now freely, preparations for the tertiary and the higher levels ought to start [...] The post Parents

Yara Ghana, a leading distributor of fertiliser and other nutrition products for plants, says it is considering establishing a plant in Ghana to produce its products locally. “This is something we are planning to do in the long term,” Kwame Okyere, the  Marketing Officer Yara Ghana told the Times Business in an interview yesterday ahead of this year’s National Food [...] The post Yara

The Country Director of the World Bank, Dr. Henry G. R. Kerali has called on civil engineers in the country to institute sanctions regime for engineers and contractors whose actions lead to poor infrastructure delivery. Dr. Kerali made the call when he delivered a speech as the special guest of honour at the Civil Engineering Conference and Exhibition held in [...] The post Institute

The media has been urged to increase their coverage of vital agriculture issues in order to shape government policies to engender private sector participation and investment in agriculture in Ghana.   Researchers and policymakers are also encouraged to involve the media in all phases of project activities-design, process, and implementation to deepen their knowledge in the policy framework.   Dr [...] The post Stakeholders

Ghana Home Loans, a leading company in Ghana’s mortgage industry has launched its 20th Housing Fair edition in Accra. The fair is also part of activities commemorating the 10th anniversary of the company. This year’s fair is under the theme, ‘Celebrating a decade of transformation and leadership in the mortgage industry.’ The fair held in April and October each year, [...] The post Ghana

Ghana Immigration Service’s bid to give league leaders Tesano Spinners a hot chase, suffered a setback when they lost 2-3 to Ghana National Fire Service in a crunch match two duel as the Stanbic Table Tennis League entered its 14th week at the DG Hathrimani Sports Hall last Saturday. Ghana Immigration did everything to maintain the chase on Tesano Spinners, [...] The post Fire