Ex Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has revealed his players were least prepared for their final group game at the 2014 World Cup against Portugal due to chaos in camp over money and discipline issues.

Integration of capital markets in the West African sub-region has inched a step closer with the approval for brokers in the member-countries to start drawing up partnership agreements that will enable them to trade across markets. The Integration Council of the member-countries -- made up of Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BVRM), which features eight Francophone countries -- gave the approval to fast-track the integration process. “We are supposed

NASA has announced that it has given $6.8-billion to Boeing and SpaceX to ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station from 2017. The flights will mark the first time since the STS-135 Space Shuttle mission in 2011 that manned spaceflight takes ...

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has talked of government’s concern for the country’s rising public debt stock, hoping implementation of the public debt strategy will help mitigate the impact of government’s incessant borrowing habit. Mr. Terkper, speaking to newsmen after the issuance of the third Eurobond, said government is fully aware of the rising debt situation -- which stood at some GH¢58.4billion as at March, 2014. Total stock of public debt (domestic and external) was up from GH¢52.1billion

Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah has been unveiled as the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstove (GHACCO) soccer ambassador at a ceremony in Accra. The initiative primarily seeks the adoption of five million clean cookstoves and fuels by four million households in Ghana in the new few years. In his acceptance speech at the grand […]

Reggie Rockstone HIPLIFE LEGEND Reggie Rockstone has revealed that the hiplife genre was created to give a voice to young people and to enable them to be proud of who they are. Reggie Rockstone is part of the few Ghanaian celebrities who have been selected by Guinness Ghana Brewery Limited (GGBL) for the #madeofblack campaign […]

Herty Borngreat Award Winning gospel singer, Herty Borngreat, maintains a type of taste of trendy fashion that does not make her look like the mother of six, but rather a young married woman yet to give birth. Known as ‘The Lady With The Holy Swagg’, Herty has physical looks that have always remained a subject of public discussion. […]

NAIROBI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - - - EVENTS: GHANA - Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces policy rate decicion. Kenya - Central Bank auctions 182-day and 364-day Treasury bills worht a total 8 billion shillings ($89.99 million). GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares were tentatively higher on Wednesday after W

Former Director of Ghana School of Law, George A. Sarpong, has filed a suit at a commercial court in Accra seeking to commit the Chief Executive of Silver Star Auto Limited for contempt. The plaintiff has alleged that the head of the company, Kalmoni Nouhad, had defied a Supreme Court order to deliver a brand new Mercedes Benz (E Class) to him. The case, […]

Stakeholders in the country’s agriculture sector have called on players within the country’s financial industry to address challenges that traders within the agric industry encounter in accessing loans. The call was made in Accra at a stakeholders’ advocacy meeting organized by the Ghana Agricultural Producers and Traders Organization (GAPTO) yesterday in collaboration with Business Sector […]

Felix Nyarkopong, MD of uniBank Ghana (second left) assisted by Dr Kwabena Duffuor II, COO of uniBank and other management members to unveil the promotion After presenting a brand new 2013 Range Rover Evoque to the ultimate prize winner in its ‘Drive and Dream’ promotion this year, uniBank Ghana has unveiled another mouth-watering promotion dubbed, […]

Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Energy & Petroleum, has disclosed that about $580 million has been realized from the Local Content policy. According to him, there has been a significant improvement in the award of contracts since the start of the commercial production of oil. Mr. Buah, who was speaking recently at a press briefing […]

Senyo Hosi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies, says his outfit is ready to pursue Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and other entities that owe it huge amounts of money. According to him, the chamber has taken the decision because of OMCs’ huge indebtedness to the chamber. Currently, it is […]

Apple INC said many customers will need to wait until next month for their new iPhones after a record 4 million first-day pre-orders were logged, double the number for the iPhone 5 two years ago. The company said demand had outstripped supply of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which feature larger screens […]

Kweku Rickett Hagan, Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry Government has secured $108 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the African Development Bank to implement the third phase of the Rural Development Programme (REP). Kweku Rickett Hagan, Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry, said the government was providing additional $64 million […]

Gifty Bingley, Head of Corporate Communications at Tigo, presents some items to teh hospital staff. Tigo Ghana Limited has presented an assortment of medical supplies to the Keta Government Hospital in the Volta Region. The presentation was in response to a request made by the Keta community during last year’s celebration of the Hogbetsotso Festival […]