The Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr Kofi Amank­wa-Manu, has inaugurated the new Signals Training School (STS) complex at Burma Camp in Accra yesterday. The 30-room facility built by the German Armed Forces Technical Advisory Group (GAFTAG) has administration offices, three labora­tories for drone, cyber and radio. Other facilities include five classrooms, two workshops, a 100-capacity … The post New

Ghana’s econ­omy is expected to bounce back to its growth potential after 2025, the World Bank has said. “Growth will further deceler­ate in the short term (2023-24) before returning to its potential after 2025,” it said in its 7th Ghana Economic Update. Participants at the event This is contained in a report in the update … The post Ghana’s growth

 Goldfields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) invested more than $96 million in various socio-economic development projects across 19 host communities in the Tark­wa-Damang corridors of the Western Region. According to the Executive Vice President and Head of Gold Fields West Africa, Joshua Mortoti, the investment since 2004, had been centered on nurturing human resource, promoting education and … The post Goldfields

The poverty levels in the north which acts as the main catalyst for migration down south is more of structural difficulties than the absence of resources, a Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Augustine Tanle, has said. He has, therefore, called for some deliberate steps to establish … The post Create five

Growing is nicest when all things are equal. But the “all things being equal” depend on disposition—per­sonal or institutional. But either falls within a myriad of either momentary, or enduring yet, both ways unstable variables. It is either personal or institutional, such as our National Broadcaster, the GBC. GBBC has trudged through to 88 [July … The post GBC @ 88 (1) appeared first on

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Su­mana Kingsford Bagbin, is in the news as publicly paying his TV license fee to the Ghana Broadcasting Corpora­tion (GBC). His demonstration of leadership in paying for his TV license is not just com­mendable but also fascinating. Per news reports, the lead figure at the nation’s legislation assembly … The post TV licence fees and the

The Atlas Lion­esses qualified for the World Cup by finishing as runners-up at last year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco “Morocco was a land of men’s football and it had to be for wom­en too.” • The Atlas Lionesses qualified for the World Cup by finishing as runners-up at last year’s Women’s Africa … The post Morocco’s women football

Vodafone Ghana’s CEO, Patricia Obo-Nai, has reiterated Vodafone Ghana’s commitment to fostering female talent in the science and technology sectors. The CEO was speaking when she joined a panel of speakers at the “Inspiring the Next Genera­tion of Women Innovators” event held at Kwame Nkrumah Univer­sity of Science and Technology (KNUST) last week. The event, … The post ‘We

The West African Capital Markets Integration Project being funded by the African Devel­opment Bank under its Capital Markets Development Trust Fund, seek to integrate the capital markets in West Africa. She said the move formed the strategic plan of the GSE to increase trading and get more companies to list on it. Ms Amoah said … The post GSE

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the Shai Osu­doku Constituency, in the Greater Accra Region, Benjamin Nagai, has urged supporters to unite to enable the party win the seat and break the “eight”. Mr Nagai asked polling station executives to support him to en­able NPP win the Shai Osudoku seat, saying: “We must … The post NPP Shai Osudoku parliamentary

Two stalwarts of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have shown interest in contesting the 2024 parliamentary polls on the ticket of the party, for the Nkwanta South Constituency, in the Oti Region. Mr Joshua Makubu Consequently, the Oti Regional Minister, Mr Joshua Makubu, has picked nomination form to con­test the NPP’s upcoming parlia­mentary primaries in … The post Regional

Assembly members of the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly (ACMA) have confirmed the Greater Accra Regional Director of the National Disaster Manage­ment Organisation (NADMO), Mr Archibald Cobbina as the new Municipal Chief Executive. Mr Cobbina was nominat­ed by President Akufo-Addo following the resignation of the MCE, Alhaji Mohammed Ababio Quaye, due to ill health. He secured … The post Ayawaso

Mr Alan John Kwad­wo Kyer­ematen, a flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed hope that delegates in the Volta Region will vote for him to represent the party in the 2024 Election. He said it is the region that would make him the next President of the country, and appealed to delegates … The post Volta Region will make me President – Alan

The Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 38-year-old businessman for allegedly stealing US$386,790 belonging to the National Invest­ment Bank (NIB). Paul Tuopare Junior denied the offence and will be brought back to the court on August 2, 2023. Police Detective Chief In­spector Richard Amoah giving the facts, said on July 16, 2020, management of NIB … The post Businessman

MR Richard Takyi Men­sah, the first prosecution witness tes­tifying in the trial of the Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), Mr Gyakye Quayson, said he presented his petition together with other documents to an officer at the Criminal Investigations Depart­ment (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. Mr Mensah told the Accra High Court that he, … The post Assin North