A first herd of boycott-busting cows has been airlifted to Qatar to boost milk supplies five weeks after neighbouring Gulf states cut links with the emirate. The several dozen Holsteins were flown in from Budapest, the first of 4,000 cattle to be imported by August. The bemused bovines took to their new surroundings at a … Read more
Ghana’s leading telecommunications service provider,MTN Ghana , has embarked on another gallant initiative dubbed: “Reading Clinic” in the country. This laudable initiative forms part of MTN Ghana’s 21 Days of Y’ello care Employees Volunteer challenge. The annual event in its tenth year is always held in the month of June as one of the interventions … Read more
Ransomware attacks on businesses around the world rose 50% last year, research into successful cyber-breaches shows. Its popularity means malware is now responsible for 51% of all the incidents analysed in the annual Verizon data breach report. This analyses almost 2,000 breaches to find out how firms were caught out by cyber-thieves. It also found … Read more
Ghana risks a boycott of its gold by major refineries across the globe if it fails to tackle illegal mining activities in the short term. This is the caution from industry players. According to them, the country also risks huge revenue losses from small scale mining which accounts for about thirty percent of the total … Read more
Africa’s long suffering people are all too frequently caught in the crossfire of rampaging wars, millions afflicted with diseases, preyed upon by greedy despots and prevented by corrupt leaders and bureaucracies in a kleptocracy from obtaining basic schooling, medical attention, and any semblance of economic opportunities. A look at the socio-political and economic landscape in … Read more
Africa’s long suffering people are all too frequently caught in the crossfire of rampaging wars, millions afflicted with diseases, preyed upon by greedy despots and prevented by corrupt leaders and bureaucracies in a kleptocracy from obtaining basic schooling, medical attention, and any semblance of economic opportunities. A look at the socio-political and economic landscape in … Read more
Foundation has pledged their continuous support to the wellbeing of Ghanaians as part of their Cooperate Social Responsibility (CRS). Senior manager, sustainability and social impact, Robert Kuzoe who disclosed this indicated that the Foundation over the past nine years has contributed a lot to the development of education in the country. Speaking at Akim Asafo … Read more
Government agencies mandated to evacuate the illegal miners occupying the Obuasi concession of AngloGold Ashanti, are optimistic they will accomplish their task by the new date scheduled. Illegal miners vandalize key equipment at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine It follows the review of the deadline date for eviction after the illegal miners resisted the initial attempts … Read more
The Minerals Commission is hopeful illegal miners occupying Anglogold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine, will comply with its directive for them to relocate to a new mining site by close of day, October 11, 2016. The Commission, in its latest order, instructed that the informal miners leave the Obuasi concession of the mining company, by close of … Read more
Tackling Corruption, Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality: Major Challenges Facing any New Government in Ghana. By Ben Ofosu – Appiah South Korea went from a poor country devastated by war to an OECD member in 50 years. In the same period of time Ghana went from a country with a high potential for take-off to one … Read more