Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) was a sight to behold last Saturday as parents, teachers, head teachers, family, and friends as well as students from numerous schools across the country gathered to witness the finals of the competition. After seven (7) seven grueling rounds of spelling, twelve-year-old, Lily Tugbah, of the Solidarity International School in … Read more
Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghanaian fashion brand, AfroModTrends, Mawuenana Ami Yomekpe, has been announced as one of the winners of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). For her prize, she received an amount of $5,000 as seed funding after successfully completing a 12-week start-up enterprise toolkit online training, submitting three progressive narrative … Read more
Ecobank recorded the highest positive issues projections across the traditional media last year, with Access Bank following with 3,007 positive issues projections according to sentiment ratings data analyzed by Ghana’s leading media monitoring firm, Center for Media Analysis (CMA). The sentiment ratings basically measured the nature of the various news stories that were reported on … Read more
Ms. Mawuenana Ami Yomekpe, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ghanaian fashion brand, AfroModTrends, has been announced as one of the winners of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP). For her prize, she received an amount of $5000 as seed funding after successfully completing a twelve-week start-up enterprise toolkit online training, submitting three progressive … Read more
Stakeholders in the power sector have put in adequate measures to mitigate the impact of the shortfall in power production arising from the planned shutdown of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) for maintenance. A joint statement issued by the Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) and the Electricity Company of Ghana … Read more
Heritage bank, one of the new banks which recently got the green light from the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to operate as a commercial bank in Ghana is to begin full operations in February this year. The bank which is a wholly owned Ghanaian bank, got the nod from the BoG to commence business operations as … Read more
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in Ghana, has announced its intention to offer customers airtime/data as a token of appreciation for their patience during the service disruption that occurred on the night of 14 December 2016. The disruption was the result of a technical problem related to Internet Protocol that affected many MTN sites. … Read more
Telecom giant MTN has attributed its total black out on Wednesday 14th December to a technical fault. A statement from MTN to Citi Business News stated that ‘the outage was the result of a technical Internet Protocol problem affecting some of our sites which disrupted voice and data services’. The blackout which lasted for close … Read more
Energy sector think-tank, African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is predicting a supply deficit in the power sector in 2017 on the back of anticipated shortages in gas supplies to thermal plants. The gas supply shortages will be occasioned by the suspension of gas inflows from Nigeria and the persisting defects on the Floating Production, … Read more
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has commissioned a branch of GN Bank at Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. Commissioning the new branch, Dr. Nduom encouraged the people to see the bank as an indigenous bank, that is there to help the Ghanaian economy and help develop their financial capabilities. “GN Bank … Read more
Leading telecommunications organisation MTN Ghana has treated lucky customers from its youth segment to two days filled with fun activities. Dubbed the MTN Pulse Escape, the treat was for winners of the MTN Pulse and Chill Promo which ended in October, Pulse Ambassadors and Pulsers randomly selected through their activities on social media. MTN Pulse … Read more
(Bloomberg Intelligence) — The policy of a U. S. administration led by President-elect Donald Trump toward Africa remains unclear, creating uncertainty for the economy of Sub Saharan Africa. But U.S. aid to the region is less important than that from the European Union and is unlikely to be a major sticking point for the new … Read more
Teye Gbeibe Lartey from Prampram who represented Tema Golf Club won the Men’s Group A of the highly patronised 2016 MTN CEO’s Invitational Golf Competition which was held at the Celebrity Golf Course at Sakumono with 37 points. Runner up position of the Men’s Group A went to Stephen O’Kennedy on 36 points, with Ekow … Read more
MTN Ghana, last Friday, organized its second Y’ello Soiree in Accra. The event, according to the company, was to celebrate its over 17 million customers who it says are considered ‘the bedrock of the company’s business’. Speaking at the event held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, Customer Relations Executive, Jemima Kotei Walsh said MTN … Read more
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country has again distinguished itself by winning three prestigious awards at the 5th Excellence Awards and Presidential Dinner Dance of the Institute of Public Relations. The event which took place at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel on Friday November 2016 brought together members of the Public … Read more
MTN Ghana has received three awards at the 5th Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Excellence Awards held in Accra. For the second consecutive year, the telecommunications leader was awarded the PR Organisation of the Year in the telecommunication sector. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs Cynthia Lumor, the Corporate Services Executive, MTN said MTN’s … Read more
At the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, held in Lagos, Nigeria, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) hosted almost 1,000 women and men from 54 African countries, for the 2nd TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. The Forum celebrates the 2016 cohort of Elumelu Entrepreneurs, selected from over 45,000 applicants. It is the annual highlight of the Tony … Read more
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country, has again distinguished itself by winning three prestigious awards at the 5th Excellence Awards and Presidential Dinner Dance of the Institute of Public Relations. The event, which took place at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel on Friday, November 4 brought together members of the Public … Read more
Language should not be barrier of innovation, experts say This emerged on the second day of the Senior Experts Dialogue (SED-2016) on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), under the theme “Cities as Innovation Hubs for Africa’s Transformation” African innovators should not confine themselves to one language to develop innovations aimed at addressing local needs facing … Read more
MTN Ghana has received three awards at the 5th Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Excellence Awards held in Accra. For the second consecutive year, the telecommunications leader was awarded the PR Organization of the Year in the telecommunication sector. In addition, MTN’s Heroes of Change CSR programme won the Best Community Relations Programme of the … Read more