The media launch for the maiden Ghana Amputee Football league has taken place at the Accra Sports Stadium, where stakeholders were taken through rules of the game. The league would be played in four regions, with eight teams to participating. The Greater Accra, Ashanti Region, Eastern Region and Central Region were the selected regions for … Read more
Former Super Featherweight and Welterweight champion, Oscar De La Hoya has disclosed that he could not walk for two weeks following his bout with Ghana’s Ike Quartey in the late 1990s. The Mexican-American boxer fought Ike Quartey in 1999 with his World Boxing Council welterweight title on the line in a bout widely regarded as one of the … Read more
Legions of Japanese crisps addicts are suffering and it doesn’t look like they’ll be getting their full fix anytime soon. The country is in the midst of a dire crisps shortage after violent typhoons wiped out potato crops in top tuber producing Hokkaido. The unprecedented series of storms last year has forced chipmakers Calbee and … Read more
AS Ghana marks sixty (60) years of independence, it is important to look back and take stock of the immense contribution of GLICO to the development of Ghana. For three (3) decades and counting, GLICO GROUP has proven to be a top industry player in the insurance and financial services sector of Ghana. As an … Read more
Former Ghana skipper Abdul Karim Razak, popularly known as Golden Boy is the first local coach to have openly expressed interest in the vacant Black Stars coaching job, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. The Black Stars coaching job has been left vacant since Avram Grant mutually terminated his contract with the Ghana FA following the team’s failure to … Read more
Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing at GLICO Group, Nana Efua Rockson, has dispelled the erroneous impression created by a section of the public that insurance companies cheat on their clients. That wrong perception, according to her, can be attributed to some bad historical precedence set by the earlier players in the insurance market. … Read more
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George — the last known member of a species that was wiped out with his death in 2012 — returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands. The body arrived in Puerto Ayora, the capital of the archipelago’s Santa Cruz Island, on an Ecuadoran military plane … Read more
Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing at GLICO Group, Nana Efua Rockson, has dispelled the erroneous impression created by section of the public that insurance companies cheat on their clients. That wrong perception, according to her, can be attributed to some bad historical precedence set by the earlier players in the insurance market. As an industry, a lot more education has to be given to the general public. This will deepen understanding of insurance … Read more
A billion-dollar Valentine’s Day bounty is on the cards for Japan’s retailers as women celebrate the festival of romance by stocking up on ‘obligation chocolates’ for men. February 14 is a huge money-spinner for the country’s confectioners, with women traditionally expected to fork out for chocolates and gift them to boyfriends, husbands, colleagues and bosses. … Read more
Bolivia has started chemical spraying in its eastern grain region to fight a plague of locusts which is endangering thousands of hectares of crops. The locusts were first reported in January and have already taken over 1,000 hectares in the province of Santa Cruz. Bolivian President Evo Morales said it was the first time his … Read more
Golden Link Savings and Loans Company aims at facilitating government’s efforts towards creating an enabling environment for private investors, as well as transforming the economy. The new government of President Nana Akufo-Addo, since its inception, has been making significant moves towards achieving her major campaign promise which is to transform Ghana’s economy. The President has … Read more
Renowned brand in Ghana’s insurance landscape, GLICO, has been awarded for “making traditional life insurance products accepted in Ghana’s market at a time when life insurance was neither understood nor demanded.” The award event, organised by the Business Executive Magazine dubbed: “Ghana Development Awards 2016,” was held to recognise private and public enterprises whose activities … Read more
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ghana will this Friday 27th January, 2017 hold Ghana’s first Virtual Career & Job fair. The objective of this online interactive event is to support employment opportunities in Ghana by offering employers, recruitment agencies and learning providers direct access to a diverse talent pool of students, graduates and skilled … Read more
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ghana will this Friday 27th January, 2017 hold Ghana’s first Virtual Career & Job fair. The objective of this online interactive event is to support employment opportunities in Ghana by offering employers, recruitment agencies and learning providers direct access to a diverse talent pool of students, graduates and skilled … Read more
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ghana will this Friday 27th January, 2017 hold Ghana’s first Virtual Career& Job fair. The objective of this online interactive event is to support employment opportunities in Ghana by offering employers, recruitment agencies and learning providers direct access to a diverse talent pool of students, graduates and skilled professionals. … Read more
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ghana will this Friday, 27 January 2017 hold Ghana’s first Virtual Career & Job fair. The objective of this online interactive event is to support employment opportunities in Ghana by offering employers, recruitment agencies and learning providers, direct access to a diverse talent pool of students, graduates and … Read more
The glorious music and party era of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are to be re-lived as the oldies come alive with a journey down memory lane with the 2016 Joy FM Keteke Fever. Joy FM’s Keteke Fever, has over the years, been the only party, which teleports participants to the golden era of the … Read more
Insurance firm GLICO has promised each Black Stars player a GH¢7,500 bonus if they win their two remaining matches in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Ghana will travel to Port Louis to play Mauritius, who have not lost at home in the qualifiers, on Sunday in the penultimate match. Their final match will … Read more