It is difficult to match the state of being dead with a towering personality like, Wole Sodipe, one of the founding vice presidents of Platinum Bank, the man we affectionately call The Oracle. At about 3.05am on November 25, I was working in my study when I received an email from Emmanuel Amatokwu on the … Read more
About 18 of the country’s banks are now able to offer the Instant Pay (GIP) service to their customers, more than twice the number that could do so as at August this year. This means that more customers can send money from their bank account to the account of the recipient instantly. This payment service … Read more
GoldStar Air, a wholly owned Ghanaian airline, has been granted Air Carrier Licence and is expected to start operations in the country by June next year. The licence, issued by the Ghana Civil Aviation Company, is the first of a five stage process that will see GoldStar acquire an air operator certificate before a full … Read more
GoldStar Air, a wholly owned Ghanaian airline, has been granted Air Carrier Licence and is expected to start operations in the country by June next year. The licence, issued by the Ghana Civil Aviation Company, is the first of a five stage process that will see GoldStar acquire an air operator certificate before a full … Read more
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to produce one deputy speaker for the House. This is according to the Acting Head of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo. The NDC … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Ashaiman Constituency have sent a stern warning to the Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive to desist from awarding new contracts. The party indicates that information available to the NPP in the constituency indicates that the incumbent MCE is still signing new contracts with some stakeholders which might bind … Read more
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to produce one deputy speaker for the House. This is according to the Acting Head of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo. The NDC … Read more
Although the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lost hold of majority seats in Parliament owing to its massive defeat in the December 7 polls, it will still have the opportunity to produce one deputy speaker for the House. This is according to the Acting Head of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo. The NDC … Read more
The exiting Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has approved a controversial €18 million waste management contract at a time the government’s tenure is coming to an end. The single source procurement was approved just last Thursday, December 15, by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) at the request of Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Environment, Science … Read more
About 18 of banks in Ghana are now able to offer the Instant Pay (GIP) service to their customers, which is double the number that could do so in August this year. This implies that more customers can send money from their bank account to the account of the recipient instantly. This payment service compares … Read more
Toronto-based insurance group Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (FFH. TO) has agreed to buy Swiss insurer Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG (AWH.N) for $4.9 billion in cash and stock, the companies said on Sunday. Fairfax will pay owners of Allied World $54 per share – $10 in cash and $44 in Fairfax stock. The offer … Read more
Former mayor of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Maxwell Kofi Jumah has revealed he is not “too determined to serve” in Nana Akufo Addo’s government. Kofi Jumah however says in his personal capacity, he will contribute his quota in ensuring success of the yet to be formed government of the New Patriotic Party. The former Member … Read more
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has debunked reports that there is an influx of some rice on their Ghanaian market purportedly made from plastic. According to the food regulator, its surveillance team combed through various markets and yet no “plastic rice” was seen on the market. “It has come to the attention of the … Read more
An ever-growing Ghanaian company, the First Sky, has won yet another award as the Best Enterprise – Regional leader category, for its feat and reputation, world-wide, in terms of service delivery. The award scheme, put forward by Socrates Almanac Editorial Board, Oxford, to honour regional businesses across the globe; in a letter informing the Corporate … Read more
The level of household waste which is recycled in the UK has fallen for the first time, figures have shown. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs statistics show that 44.3% of household rubbish was recycled in 2015, down from 44.9% in 2014. It is the first fall since 2010 when monitoring began, though … Read more
The almost one million votes’ margin between the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana’s 2016 presidential elections would have been more had the incumbent not rigged the polls in some areas, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, a former chief executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, has claimed. The December … Read more
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has dismissed reports suggesting that its Chief Executive, Mr Noble John Appiah, is leading a special task force to destroy vital vehicle documents. According to the Authority some photographs making the round on social media and claiming that its Chief Executive was a cousin to the First Lady, … Read more
General Motors Co (GM. N) Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday the automaker will expand testing of self-driving vehicles to Michigan, and will build its next generation of self-driving cars in the Michigan plant that builds the Chevrolet Bolt electric car. Separately, Barra declined to discuss a statement by a Chinese government official that … Read more
A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kweku Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh has invoked curses on party whom he claimed failed President John Mahama. “Any NDC member who was appointed by President Mahama to ensure victory for the NDC but failed to do so, will be struck down by lightening and it will land … Read more
Since its humiliating defeat in last week’s elections, the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has gone divisive over whose actions and inactions accounted for the party’s crush. Stan Dogbe, a presidential staffer, for example, is said to have accused the outgoing Minister for Communications, Dr Edward Omane-Boama, for the party’s defeat. Deputy General … Read more