Director of Digital Transformation and Commercial Operations at Vodafone Ghana, Angela Mensah-Poku, has underscored the need for public-private partnerships and collaborations within the EdTech eco-system in order to drive equitable, fair, and quality digital learning for all. Speaking on the topic “Access to Digital Resources”, on the EdTech organised by the MasterCard Foundation she said …

Trading session on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) on Wednesday ended with a 39.28-point increased in the GSE-Composite Index (GSE-CI). The market capitalisation increased by GH¢411.06 to GH¢ 63,422.94 with the year-to-date return of 44.20 per cent. An analysis conducted by the CDH Securities Limited and copied to the Ghanaian Times, said the total volume …

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has begun disbursing ¢282 million to businesses to revive the industrial sector from the shocks of COVID-19 pandemic. According to a Deputy Minister, Herbert Krapa, this was part of efforts to ensure the implementation of some targeted reforms to continue to increase Foreign Direct Investments in Ghana. Speaking at …

Ghana will have to pay more interest to investors if it goes to the international market to borrow to finance the budget. According to the Head of Finance at the Valley View University, Dr Williams Peprah, the country’s balance sheet was weaker because of the very high debt levels. International ratings agency, Moody’s, affirmed Ghana’s …

Tarika Group, Inc and Origin8 Limited have launched the first cloud-based Enterprise Business Information Management Systems (EBIMS) in Ghana, named EBIMS-AirWatch. The cloud-based EBIMS-AirWatch was developed by Tarika Technologies, a USA-based Information Technology (IT) firm to support media houses manage their operations. In an effort for an initial country-wide rollout and subsequently to the African …

The President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Anthony Forson, has stated that it is time to have a review of the 1992 Constitution instead of scrapping it for another Constitution. He noted that a total overhaul was not the way to go but be meticulous so as to go through a referendum or an …

A senior lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Dr Seidu Alidu, has observed that the back and forth press conferences between the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) breeds transparency and accountability but diverts the government’s attention from projects. “I think …

A Former Moderator of the E.P. Church, Ghana (EPCG), Very Rev J.Y. Ledo, has urged the media to lead a crusade to restore moral values among the citizenry, especially the youth.  He said that an imminent situation of chaos and strife was looming over the country as the sign-posts to moral conduct have all fallen …

The Bureau of Ghana Languages (BGL) has launched a book on the translation of the poems by Professor Lade Wosornu, an astute Ghanaian poet, essayist and retired surgeon. The book titled ‘Inspirational Poems,’ containe  17 of Prof. Worsonu’s  popular  poems including ‘Master Brewer,’ ‘Desert Rivers,’ ‘A Re-discovery,’ and   ‘Raider of The Treasure Trove,’  which had …

The Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAKKS), a world-renowned accreditation body, has renewed the accreditation of the Fish Inspection Department (FID) of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to inspect and certify fish and fish products before they are exported. DAKKS, Germany’s national accreditation body, is legally responsible for the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies such as laboratories, …

The Ayawaso West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ms  Sandra Owusu-Ahenkorah, has cautioned that residents who engage in indiscriminate dumping of waste will be arrested and prosecuted to serve as deterrent to others. According to her, the government’s agenda of making Accra the cleanest capital city in Africa could not be achieved, if stringent measures were …

Ghana is seeing gradual decrease in its active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, although the number of casualties keeps increasing by the day. The situational dashboard of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicates that between August 30 and September 5, 2021, 32 people had succumbed to the virus. Currently, total number of active cases of COVID-19 …

On Wednesday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo chaired an emergency meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss the political situation in Guinea. The meeting, joined by various political leaders in the sub-region as well as representatives of the United Nations, the …

The family of the late Ibrahim Muhammed, popularly called Kaaka, has presented a petition to the office of the National Chief Imam,in Accra, to ensure speedy trial of the case involving the killing of Kaaka. The petition was delivered to the office’s advisory board of the office, at a meeting on Thursday morning. SeiduNasigri, the …

A 43-year-old unemployed man who defiled his eight-year-old step daughter at Ofankor, a suburb of Accra, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Kwaw Emerleh Agovi, charged with defilement pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann at the end of the trial, however …

Former Black Stars attacker, Yaw Preko, has cautioned football authorities against pressing the panic button on Coach C.K Akonnor in the face of the Stars abysmal performance in recent times. His caution was against the growing discontent over Akonnor’s ability to lead the Stars after their 1-0 loss to South Africa in Johannesburg on Monday. …