The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) has selected 50 companies that will be provided with a stimulus package to revive them. They were among more than a 100 businesses which applied for assistance under the package. The stimulus package is meant to revive local businesses which have been struggling over the past four years … Read more
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) has selected 50 companies that will be provided with a stimulus package to revive them. They were among more than a 100 businesses which applied for assistance under the package. The stimulus package is meant to revive local businesses which have been struggling over the past four years … Read more
What was supposed to be an inquisition by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) into alleged dud cheques issued by two of Mr Ibrahim Mahama’s companies to the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has now turned into persecution and witch-hunt. The supposed dud cheques were allegedly issued by MBG Ltd and … Read more
The NPP government’s biggest failing so far Consider this alternative history: In his first week in office, Nana announced that the next time he drove past a broken traffic light in his motorcade, he would fire the person(s) responsible for maintaining that traffic light. The result? 100 days later, there would have been no broken … Read more
Consider this alternative history: In his first week in office, Nana announced that the next time he drove past a broken traffic light in his motorcade, he would fire the person(s) responsible for maintaining that traffic light. The result? 100 days later, there would have been no broken traffic light in Accra. It’s such a … Read more
Music group Gallaxy is back again with another song for Charterhous after Ghana Music Awards. Bra Chicky, half of the group who released “Choices” last year after the annual awards punches holes in this year’s event in a new single he calls “VGMA Report”. The song starts with TV3 News anchor, Bright Nana Amfo’s goof … Read more
Ghana lost GHC2 billion annually to erratic power supply during the four-year tenure of President John Mahama, the Minority in Parliament has revealed, adding that to stem the tide of dumsor, the government at the time saw it prudent to sign the $510million power deal with Dubai-based Ameri Energy. A member of the Minority’s Energy … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has dared the Akufo-Addo government to go to court to challenge the $510million Ameri power deal if, indeed, they can prove allegations of fraud allegedly detected by a 17-member committee set up by Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko to review the contract. The Committee, chaired by Mr Philip Addison, a lawyer with … Read more
Societe General (SG) Ghana in partnership with the CFAO Equipment Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of CFAO Group, has launched a promotion to help their customers have alternative source of power during power outages in order to support their businesses. Known as the “Get the power” genset offer, the initiative is to help customers purchase … Read more
It has been a week of severe verbal battle between key members of the Opposition NDC. A party, whose flagbearer never ceased to describe as the most united, now on the brink of collapse according to some analysts. A battle that the party seem to have envisaged hence the decision to set up a fact … Read more
Ghana’s new government is looking to fix a crippling power crisis with a complete overhaul of its deficit-ridden energy sector including a boost for solar energy. Intermittent power supply issues have dogged the west African nation since the 1980s and became particularly acute in the last five years — although there has been some improvement … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is bent on impugning the power deal signed between Ameri Energy and the Mahama administration just to make it look bad, a former consultant at the Ministry of Power Edward Bawa has said. “Prior to the elections, NPP had made it clear that they were determined to find fault with … Read more
The $510million power deal between AMERI Energy and the Government of Ghana (GoG) was “clean” and also helped to solve the prevailing power crisis (dumsor) at the time, former Communication Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah has said, further refuting claims that it was overpriced by $150million. In Dr Omane Boamah’s view, the overpricing allegation, which … Read more
It was a deal many believed had the potential to bring an end to a power crisis that had lingered for years. It was one like no other, considering the several that had already been put on the table following countless promises by government officials to fix the problem that had led to the collapse … Read more
GHANAIANS have been urged to bear with government as it works around the clock to find a lasting solution to the current rate of electricity tariffs. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, who made the appeal in Kumasi, noted that the present energy mix dominated by thermal, coupled with the irregular gas supply from … Read more
Nigerian artiste Iyanya claim conflicting schedules was the main reason he broke up with Ghanaian movie producer and actress Yvonne Nelson. He told Nation Newspaper not spending time together led to a crack in their relationship. “…we broke up because we hardly had time for each other. So it’s like every time she flies from Ghana to … Read more
Many businesses are turning away from Ghana due to the high facilitation fees charged by the government for the establishment of businesses in the country, the Ghanaian community in China has asserted. It has therefore, urged the government to reduce the fees to promote the ease of doing business in the country. Making their concerns … Read more
The erstwhile administration of John Mahama left the country with excess power generation capacity and there were no power cuts few months to his exit, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said. Some critics have said that the NDC government did not really solve the energy crisis before … Read more
An Associate Professor at the University of Ghana Medical School, Professor Alex Duodu, has urged the government to consider rewarding lecturers based on innovation and not academic papers. Prof Duodu believes this will encourage universities to produce research papers tailored to solving societal challenges. He says the time is ripe for Ghana to harness its … Read more
IN the last few weeks several parts of the country have been experiencing power outages, an occurrence which has become known in our local parlance as dumsor. It is increasingly becoming worse, particularly in the capital city—Accra—where almost like every two or three days some vicinities are hit by power outages. THE current situation has … Read more