The innate desire of Pastor Micheal Sagoe to impact knowledge and influence the lives of young people were the major factors that helped him decide to share the word of God on LIVE 91.9 FM, a radio station that targets mainly young people. He tells livefmghana.com, he is inspired to reach out to a section … Read more
Increased attention to Ghana’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will deal decisively with the country’s unemployment crisis, some economists have impressed upon government. Professor of Finance and Dean of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Prof Joshua Yindenaba Abor in an interview with Business Finder renewed the call for support in terms funding for … Read more
Senior Minister Designate Yaw Osafo- Maafo has stated that the new government will re- negotiate Ghana’s deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ”Now the IMF program will certainly be reviewed and there are two main reasons why the IMF program must be reviewed I have already hinted to one of the bosses of the … Read more
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prepares to meet the Nana Akufo-Addo government for its first review, discussions are rife on how the government’s tax cut programmes will fit into the External Credit Facility of the Fund. The government has promised a number of tax cuts, such as reducing corporate income tax from 25 to … Read more
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
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
The creation of the ministries of Sanitation and Railway & Development is strategic and very much needed by the people of Ghana, Dr Kobby Mensah, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, has said. According to him, Ghanaians, especially those in Sekondi-Takoradi, badly need rail transport to go about their duties hence … Read more
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
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
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
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has officially disclosed his first batch of Ministers and anticipation is high for the disclosure of the next batch, especially for the names of the persons who would be chosen to oversee the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. This portal, www.entertainmentgh.com, reported on the intense lobbying that … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday January 10, announced the first batch of 13 people to fill various ministerial positions pending parliamentary approval. While announcing his nominees at the Flagstaff House, Akufo-Addo further urged the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to expedite the approval of his appointees to enable government to … Read more
President Akufo-Addo on the second day of work in office announced to the public, the first batch of his ministerial appointees. Names of the 13-appointee designates mostly consisting of ministers under the Erstwhile Kuffuor government have been presented before Parliament for vetting and approval. The President expressed confidence in his choice of appointees, indicating that … Read more
December 28, 2016 The Executive Secretary National Accreditation Board of Ghana (NAB) Accra, Ghana Dear Sir: We wish to draw the attention of the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to the following and seek action thereof: 1. Nana Appiagyei Dankawoso holds himself out as a holder of an honorary doctorate degree conferred by the Dayspring University … Read more
An economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Lord Mensah, has said calls on the incoming Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration to renegotiate the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout are needless and will not yield any result. According to Dr. Mensah, renegotiating the ongoing IMF deal is not needed because the IMF programme is … Read more
“We are going to see if he will deliver some of the promises he made, they really don’t make economic sense; I don’t think that every district in Ghana needs a factory” (Prof. Kwaku Nuamah (American University), “Some of Akufo-Addo’s Promises Don’t Make Economic Sense—Prof. Nuamah,” Ghanaweb, December 16, 2016). “If you look at the … Read more
The expectations of Ghanaians from the yet-to-be formed Nana Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government should not be raised too high because of the reality that will set in after the president-elect takes office, a lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Lord Mensah, has admonished. He was of the view that the … Read more
An economist, Dr. Lord Mensah, has said the auctioning by the central bank of part of the US$1.8 billion cocoa syndicated loan proceed could impact negatively on the local currency. His argument stems from the fact that commercial banks are likely to bid for the dollar above the current interbank rate of GH¢3.98, which could … Read more