Yearly Archives: 2019

Why my father built ‘aeroplane’ vehicle – Kantanka CEO reveals

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kantanka Automobile Company, Kwadwo Safo Jnr, has explained why his father, Apostle Dr Ing. Kwadwo Safo, built the aeroplane-like vehicle. According to him, his father had always been the type that would always want to be the first to invent something unique into the world. …

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BoG to auction US$715m in 2020

The Bank of Ghana will auction US$715 million in Forward Foreign Exchange Auctions in the whole of 2020. The months with the expected highest auctions of US$80 million each are January, February and March 2020. In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Forward Auction guidelines issued on the 23 September 2019, …

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Nigeria’s high infant HIV infection rate

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. This is evidence that a lot needs to be done before the epidemic can be …

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‘World’s oldest rhino’ Fausta dies in Tanzania aged 57

A rhino thought to be the oldest in the world has died in Tanzania, aged 57. Fausta, an eastern black rhino, was first sighted in the Ngorongoro crater in 1965, when she was three. She roamed the crater freely for more than 54 years, but health issues in her old …

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Notable African deaths of 2019

A look back at some of the figures on the African continent who we said farewell to this year. January Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, 66: He came to prominence in the 1970s as one of voices of the revolution fighting white-minority rule. Affectionately known as “Tuku”, his lyrics often carried …

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Christian women cautioned against make-up and tattoos

Christian women have been cautioned against using make-up and tattooing their bodies as they contravene Christian teachings. Prophetess Ekua Gyanwaah, Co-founder of Rabbi Healing Church, said it was sin for Christian women to engage in such practices. She, therefore, encouraged them to desist from all acts of immorality and other …

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NDC’s Dela Coffie praises Akufo-Addo

Dela Coffie, a fierce critic of the governing New Patriotic Party, has heaped praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo. Dela Coffie, who is a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress, described the president as ‘smart thinking’ for taking the initiative a notch higher with the introduction of the ‘Beyond the …

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Australia : Thousands told to evacuate in Victoria

Soaring temperatures and strong winds have sparked new fires in the Australian state of Victoria, where tens of thousands of people were urged to flee. Many tourists have heeded warnings to leave the East Gippsland holiday region – but others remain. The worsening weather started blazes and fanned existing ones …

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