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
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