We’ll Help More Women To Own Businesses

The minister-nominee for the newly created Investment and Business Development Ministry, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, says government plans to provide  resources to encourage more women to own and manage businesses. According to him, government’s intervention will see 60 per cent of the country’s top entrepreneurs being women within the next 5 years. Speaking during his vetting … Read more

Money Can’t Compensate My Unlawful Incarceration

Mr Eric Asante, the 40-year-old teacher wrongfully convicted for defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, has described his ordeal as a terrible experience which cannot be fully compensated for by any amount of money. The man sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour by the Tamale High Court in September 2005, told The … Read more

Springfield Group CEO Calls For More Oil Exploration Activities

The Chief Executive Officer of the Springfield Group, Mr Kevin Okyere, has called for investment-friendly initiatives from the government to help motivate oil exploration and production (E&P) companies to explore and turn the potential in the business into opportunities for all. With more than 80 per cent of the country’s petroleum potential still left unexplored, … Read more

Workers Tired of January ‘wahala’ As Pay Day Long In Coming

January is a “tough’’ and long month. It comes with all kinds of difficulties and demands, school fees for children and wards, as well as their provisions for school. It is also a stressful month because coming on the heels of Christmas, most people might have spent their money on parties, clothing for themselves and … Read more

Man Freed After DNA Test Proves His Innocence

The Supreme Court has acquitted and discharged a 36-year-old man who was wrongfully jailed for defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old student. This was after a DNA test carried out on the child (now 12 years) believed to be the result of the defilement proved that Asante was not the father. In September 2005, Asante was … Read more

Business Development High On Gov’t Agenda

Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister-designate for Business Development, has said his ministry will work to help improve the capacity of the private sector to deliver efficiently in Ghana. Speaking in an interview with the media after his nomination by President Akufo-Addo, Mr. Awal said “the private sector constitutes about 90 percent of businesses in this country … Read more

Profile of Last Batch of Ministers Nominated By President Akufo-Addo

Profile of last batch of ministers nominated by President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday announced the last batch of ministerial nominees. The Ghana News Agency hereby submits the brief profiles of the 11 nominees: Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July … Read more

Profiles of 3rd Batch of Ministerial Nominees

President Nana Akufo-Addo named his third and final batch of ministerial appointments at the Flagstaff House today [Thursday]. He named 11 personalities bringing his total list of ministerial positions to 36. Akufo-Addo has named his former spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, as the nominee for the Minister Information, and former Member of Parliament for Madina, Abubakar Boniface … Read more

Profiles of 3rd Batch of Akufo-Addo’s Ministers

Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper. He … Read more

Profiles of 3rd Batch of Ministerial Nominees

President Nana Akufo-Addo named his third and final batch of ministerial appointments at the Flagstaff House today [Thursday]. He named 11 personalities bringing his total list of ministerial positions to 36. Akufo-Addo has named his former spokesperson, Mustapha Hamid, as the nominee for the Minister Information, and former Member of Parliament for Madina, Abubakar Boniface … Read more

CEO of Finder To Head Newly Created Business Ministry

The Chief Executive Officer of Marble Communications Group Limited, publishers of  The Finder Group of Newspapers, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has been nominated by President Nana Akuffo Addo as the minister for the newly created ministry of Investment and Business. According to the President the essence of the new ministry is to develop and deal with … Read more

‘Weed Out Corrupt Elements In Public Service’- Rev. Bako Urges Akufo-Addo

The incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has been urged to use their first six months in office to put in place mechanisms to weed out corrupt tendencies among public servants in order to save enough resources for national development. The Founder and Executive Director of the Rhema Foundation for Leadership and Resource Development, Rev. … Read more

Ghanaians Divided Over What Is Expected of Akufo-Addo

Many Ghanaians are divided as to what the President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, should do when he is inaugurated on January 7, 2017. While others expect he him to hit the road running others are pleading for time for him to settle down before making demands on him to fulfil his campaign promises. People … Read more

Graphic MD Urges Advertisers To Take Advantage of Innovations

The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, has urged advertising companies and agents to take advantage of the company’s innovations to promote products of their clients. He said the introduction of new platforms, particularly the digital version of the company’s brands had made it more opportune for advertisers to … Read more

NDC Director of Elections Killed In Road Crash

The Central Regional Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Yaw Asiedu is reported dead. He was said to have died in a road crash on Tuesday whilst transporting NDC copies of Pink Sheets [Statement of Poll and Results Sheet] collected from agents in the Central Region to the national headquarters of … Read more

Ghana’s Economy In Tatters – ISSER

Professor Felix Asante, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has indicated that signs on the wall points to the fact that the Ghanaian economy is not robust, as the Finance Minister wants Ghanaians to believe. He said it would not be totally true for anyone to argue that the country’s … Read more

Nana Asaase Honoured At Ghana Writers Award

Ghana’s Famous traditional poet Philip Boakye Dua Oyinka known as Nana Asaase on Saturday bagged home an honourary award at the maiden edition of the Ghana Writers Awards ceremony held at Marvels Ghana Mini Golf Course in Accra. Nana Asaase was presented with a citation in recognition of his exemplary role in promoting the indigenous … Read more

Procurement of Made-In-Ghana Goods To Become Mandatory – Spio-Garbrah

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is considering enacting legislation that will make it mandatory for public institutions to procure made-in-Ghana goods and services. The move is to ensure that public institutions do not procure foreign goods when there are Made-in-Ghana goods and services over which the country has a competitive advantage in production. The … Read more

Procurement of Made-In-Ghana Goods To Become Mandatory

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is considering enacting legislation that will make it mandatory for public institutions to procure made-in-Ghana goods and services. The move is to ensure that public institutions do not procure foreign goods when there are Made-in-Ghana goods and services over which the country has a competitive advantage in production. The … Read more