The South Sudan Media Authority has banned at least 20 foreign journalists from media coverage in the country for what it termed as “unsubstantiated and unrealistic stories.” Elijah Alier, managing director of the Media Authority, confirmed the report and said that the journalists reported stories about South Sudan with elements of hate, but he could … Read more
The media in Ghana is not totally free as its work is hinged on political paymasters who direct their activities, Professor Nana Essilfie-Conduah, Chairman of Journalism at the African University College of Communications, has said. According to him, the media in Ghana has “volunteered to have no freedom” as the acclaimed media freedom can only … Read more
Government has expressed its commitment to the implementation of Ghana’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD) project to help save the country from the scourge of widespread corruption and money-laundering. At a stakeholders’ workshop yesterday in Accra to establish a framework on the implementation of BOD in the Amended Companies Act, Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, in … Read more
There has been growing concerns decrying the journalism standards in the country lately seeing the rate at which “mushroom” journalism institutions are sprouting in the cities. Veteran broadcaster, Mike Eghan Snr., recently added his voice to the call for improved journalism standards within the Ghanaian media landscape when he was interviewed on Eezy FM’s breakfast … Read more
An independent media tracking agency has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received high print media exposure in the month of February 2017. According to Strategic Media Monitoring and Advocacy Institute (SMMAI), through its scientific news content analysis, 35 newspapers, comprising state and privately owned, published 364 news stories between February 1 and 28. However, … Read more
Strategic Media Monitoring and Advocacy Institute (SMMAI), an independent media tracking agency, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received high print media exposure in the month of February, 2017. According to the Institute, through its scientific news content analysis, 35 newspapers, comprising state and privately owned, published 364 news stories between February 1 and … Read more
The Strategic Media Monitoring and Advocacy Institute (SMMAI), an independent media tracking agency, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received high print media exposure in the month of February, 2017. According to the Institute, through its scientific news content analysis, 35 newspapers, comprising state and privately owned, published 364 news stories between February 1 … Read more
The Strategic Media Monitoring and Advocacy Institute (SMMAI), an independent media tracking agency, has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo received high print media exposure in the month of February, 2017. According to the Institute, through its scientific news content analysis, 35 newspapers, comprising state and privately owned, published 364 news stories between February 1 … Read more
According to a research by Strategic Media Monitoring & Advocacy Institute (SMMAI), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received mixed print media exposure. The research analyzed 365 new stories published in 35 newspapers both state and privately owned in the month of February The 364 news stories analyzed were grouped under thirteen headlines on security, … Read more
The Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday reiterated government’s commitment to providing the needed resources towards fighting corruption and the full implementation of the beneficial ownership regime. He said government would ensure transparency in the procurement process, awarding of contracts, as well as transparency in the commodity market and prevent any facilitation of corruption in … Read more
Despite the country’s tight fiscal circumstances, the Akufo-Addo administration is committed to making resources available for the beneficial ownership regime, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria at the Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016 made commitments on fighting corruption in their respective jurisdictions which included the full implementation of beneficial ownership, … Read more
There’re a few things we should bear in mind about the Western media: that they’ll never tell a story that puts its own society in a bad light; they’ll never tell a true story of the continent of Africa – why, for the continent of Africa bad news sells, in theirs, bad news doesn’t sell. … Read more
For the first time in this year’s elections, I decided to get a feel of the campaign by following the media team of the Chief of Staff in his Greater Accra Tour. My observation: If you are reading this post and with the view that all is rosy for our politicians because they drive in … Read more
The monopoly of knowledge creation brings with it an illusion of choice which is a major factor behind the massive upset or disappointment at the results of the U. S. presidential election. This elections has left most of the world—not just Americans—in a stupor of disbelief at the sweeping victory by Donald Trump. Why is … Read more
I read a feature with the above heading and is very much surprised about the twists, half truths and in some cases lies of the phantom writer. First of all the name Kipo Gbolo Langa do not exist from my enquiries but I will go ahead and react to the feature. Secondly Mahama Haruna is … Read more
The Donald Trump campaign has admitted the Republican lags behind Hillary Clinton with just over two weeks to go before Americans cast their votes. “We are behind. She has some advantages,” said his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who added: “We’re not giving up. We know we can win this.” On Friday, Mr Trump made a … Read more
The Donald Trump campaign has admitted the Republican lags behind Hillary Clinton with just over two weeks to go before Americans cast their votes. “We are behind. She has some advantages,” said his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who added: “We’re not giving up. We know we can win this.” On Friday, Mr Trump made a … Read more
President Barack Obama has said Republican Donald Trump’s insistence that he might not accept the election result is “dangerous”. Speaking at a campaign rally in Miami for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the president said Mr Trump’s comments undermined American democracy. Mr Trump refused in a televised debate to say he would accept the outcome of … Read more