The chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) appears to have opened a new chapter in her relations with the media and therefore Ghanaians which we find laudable. Yesterday she hosted a cross-section of news editors, and as it were, flung open the lid over the Commission and its new approach to polls management, especially the … Read more
Gospel diva, Obaapa Christy has denied media report that she needs a management team. The musician who is currently in Germany preparing to start her European tour to raise funds for orphans in Ghana cleared the air on Accra FM’s Gospel 360 entertainment show when talking to Andy Favoured. The “Hyebre Sesefa” singer said she … Read more
The need for a proper management system for Ghanaian entertainers has been on the rise in recent times and it seems the ‘fever’ is catching some artistes who want to do things right. One such artiste is gospel musician, Obaapa Christy who says she needs a good management team to handle her career. According to … Read more
One amazing power of what human excreta can do for this country is its enormous support in our energy sector. Just recently, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded Columbia University professor Kartik Chandran a $1.5 million grant to develop a “Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility” in Accra, Ghana along with Waste Enterprisers (a private … Read more
The value of human excreta continues to baffle the mind. Some important areas of focus that this country can depend on human excreta to achieve are land restoration, beautification projects, co-existing with other waste and extension of agriculture in non-agriculture land. Most of our lands are being degraded through several human interventions such as illegal … Read more
The word, human excreta (feces and urine), sounds disgusting in our part of the world. Yet, it is one single product which can create sustenance, livelihood, employment, and restore all the messes in our environment created by our dependency on gold, oil and other non-renewable resources. Just recently, the world richest man, Bill Gates, drank … Read more
Due to the lack of measures to mitigate the negative impact of economic factors, the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) should have done more to prevent the current levels of mismanagement which have resulted in a declining economy, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, has said. To him, the current “bad … Read more
Prince-Joseph Kofi Ayiku is the Managing Director of Lakeside Estate Limited, a subsidiary of Japan Motors Trading Company with over ten (10) years of management experience in estate enterprising, business development, Estate financing, marketing and human relations. He joined the company as the Finance Manager and in no time, the company’s finances started taking a … Read more
The management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appears to be at odds with its staff as it has come out to say its workers are not striking in protest of the planned ceding of the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Head of Corporate Communications at the VRA, Getrude Koomsoon, … Read more
The management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appears to be at odds with its staff as it has come out to say its workers are not striking in protest of the planned ceding of the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Head of Corporate Communications at the VRA, Getrude Koomsoon, … Read more
The Power Ministry is expected to engage the management and staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Thursday. Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, says the meeting will afford the Ministry opportunity to address the concerns of the staff regarding the decision to cede three assets of VRA to a private company. “We are [expected] to … Read more
As part of measures being taken to manage Ghana’s debt stock, the Government has decided to proceed with a capped cash tender offer, up to US$100mn of the Ghana 2017 Bonds issued in 2007, in line with the country’s buy-back programme. A statement issued by the Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Finance said … Read more
GCB Bank is undertaking a staff rationalisation exercise involving about 195 employees, who will exit the bank by the end of July 2016. The exercise forms part of the bank’s Transformation Programme designed to re-position the bank as one of the top performing banks in Ghana. The bank, in a statement said the Transformation Programme, … Read more
Osu cemetery, one of the final resting places in the city for the dead, has currently been turned into a defecation and dumping site. In an interview, Mr William Totimeh, the sexton at the cemetery, expressed worry over the filth in the cemetery. “Since there is no night worker in the cemetery, residents near and … Read more
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has instructed the management of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to surcharge the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, Mr Gilbert Seidu Iddi, for a wasteful expenditure of GHc186, 372 on a trip to Turkey in 2012. According to the report, the trip related to SADA … Read more
Former TV3 presenter Nana Aba Anamoah has joined newly EIB Network purchased GHOne TV. The former ‘Diva’ host on TV3 was suspended following an alleged involvement in an “online information and photo theft”. In a letter dated Nov. 2, 2015, to the management of TV3, Anamoah wrote to the TV station indicating she would not … Read more
Controversial and outspoken dancehall artiste shatta Wale has said that he is looking for a new management team to work with. This latest admission comes two weeks after he ended his relationship with Bullhaus Entertainment, his former working partners. “Yes, Shatta Wale and Shatta Movement is a big empire and a movement that cannot be … Read more
Bullhaus Entertainment has announced the end of their working relationship with its firebrand artiste, Shatta Wale. The popular Ghanaian dancehall rapper has had one of the closest relationships an artiste would have with his manager, Lawrence Hanson aka Bulldog. It is unclear how things are between them currently but a press release signed by Bullhaus … Read more
The World Bank has agreed a dramatic increase in financing to address the Ebola crisis upping the initial $230 million to $400 million dollars. The money will help the worst-affected countries such as Liberia, address the emergency and build stronger health systems for the years ahead. The deadly virus has struck fear into West African … Read more
Barcelona forward and Argentinian Soccer Star Lionel Messi is still under investigation for tax fraud, a judge in Catalunya revealed on Monday.He already appeared in court to answer claims of alleged tax evasion to the tune of €4.1 million between 2006 and 2009 and has long declared his innocence. Nevertheless, the player and his father … Read more