Many people who travel across the country sometimes need a neat, secure place to use the washrooms, buy food, rest and continue their journeys. To solve this problem identified by business owners, several rest stops have been built along major highways for travellers’ to use at a fee. One of …

      Edward Asare, a Digital Marketer at UBA Ghana Ltd, has been chosen as one of the 40 candidates for AGYLE 2023 in Berlin, Germany. AGYLE is a program that brings together young leaders from Africa and Germany to build connections and create a network for businesses. Edward …

IMANI Africa’s Franklin Cudjoe has asked president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo whether he still sticks to his Christian mantra of ‘The Battle is the Lord’s.’ His question is tied to a recent comment by Akufo-Addo that admittedly things are hard in the country but that a new leader from the …

The Office of the Attorney General has slapped the former Chief Executive Officer for MenzGold, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), with 39 charges after the initial 61 charges filed by police prosecutors were dropped. NAM1 was accused of defrauding his customers of huge sums of money after they filed complaints against …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has been directed by an Accra High Court to return cash amounts seized from the residence of the former Minister of Sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah within seven days. According to a Citi News report, the development comes after the OSP seized the monies found to have been …

The Ada East District HIV Programmes Coordinator, Mr Adator Anani, says the district recorded 95 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases in the first half of 2023. This is from tests conducted on 678 people between January and June. Mr Anani said this in a presentation during the 2023 Half-Year …

A businessman, Novihoho Afaglo, has labeled Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s regime as one that will go down in history as the most corrupt regime in Ghana. Afaglo, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Marrer Ghana Limited, Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, said that right from Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s video …

  The Chief of Staff Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has launched the Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR) Ghana at the Africa Trade House in Accra.   It was the Chief of Staff Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, who performed the well organized launch.   In her speech, the Chief of Staff …

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita stands as a fundamental metric in the realm of economics, offering invaluable insights into the economic health and well-being of a nation’s population. It serves as a tool for comparing living standards, gauging economic development, and assessing the distribution of wealth within a country. …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday August 30, 2023, commission the Electrochem Salt Mine and Processing Plant located in Ada-Sege in the Greater Accra region. The salt mine and processing plant, which is the largest in Africa has the capacity to produce about 1,000,000 metric tons (250 tons per hour) …

The Federal Government says it has no intention to borrow from any local or foreign organisation with its removal of subsidy on petrol and exchange rate harmonisation. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, revealed this at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council …

In 2022, no fewer than 7 billion air passengers passed through the 41,700 commercial airports worldwide. The figure increased by 53. 5% when compared to the same period in 2021. The figure, which was released by Airports Council International (ACI) also said that a total of 178,662,326 air travellers passed …

The economy is displaying promising signs of progress following a series of robust economic reforms aimed at achieving macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth, Dr. Leandro Medina – the IMF Resident Representative in Ghana, has said. The IMF Resident Representative highlighted the favourable outcomes of these reforms, shedding light on the …

A Swiss-Ghanaian company, KOA Impact Ghana Limited has commissioned Africa’s largest cocoa fruit factory at Akim Achiase, in the Eastern Region. Minister of Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond, who commissioned the facility on behalf of President Akufo-Addo, said the $10 million state-of-the-art environmentally sustainable factory has been established to process …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has bemoaned the bad structural state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) which serves as the referral center for 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana. KATH block A-D built 70 years ago has never seen any renovations, a development Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II described …

Ghanaian entertainment and political pundit, Kwame A Plus has called for the arrest of former Menzgold CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as Nam1. NAM1 faced backlash from the general public when customers who had their monies locked up with the defunct gold investment scheme were asked to pay an amount of GH¢650 …

In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo promised that he would not allow the Ghanaian economy to collapse under his watch. Delivering his State of the Nation Address before parliament on February 21, 2017, President Akufo-Addo said his government will significantly reduce the fiscal deficit in that year. But fast forward to …

Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will officially become full members of emerging economies bloc BRICS, which stand for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who announced the consensus decision during a Heads of State press briefing on the …

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has stated that a National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2025 will not have issues managing the Ghanaian economy. According to him, Ghanaians hardly complain of jobs during the tenure of an NDC government. “You see, when you talk about growth, job creation is …

The Coalition of Transport Unions and Associations has called on the government to scrap what they consider to be nuisance taxes else they will increase fares by 20%. The Association gave the government a 13-day ultimatum to meet their demand, failure of which they will increase fares. The National Public …

The Ghana Railways Workers Union has demanded that their three-month salary arrears, as well as over a year’s worth of unpaid SSNIT and Tier-2 contributions, be paid. Godwill Ntarmah, General Secretary of the Railway Workers Union, stated at a press conference in Takoradi that life has become very difficult for …

    Gospel artiste and pastor, Larry Manna, who is also the founder and leader of The Lims Chapel, has declared his intention to use music to promote the teachings of Christ.   In a conversation, Pastor Larry Manna revealed that he entered the gospel music business not for the …

In the 1990s, the Bank of Ghana began the search for adequate and secured land for a new Head Office, given that the Central Business District had caught up with the existing Head Office and the need to expand to meet its growing operations. i. In the year 2011, the …

Mr. Stephen Ohene Sabi, Head of Pharmacy at Pleasant Medical Centre in Ashaiman, Middle East, has warned the public against abusing sleeping pills. He said one of the key problems concerning sleeping medications was their frequent use because all sleeping drugs are central nervous system depressants that slow down brain …

  United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited has made sterling performance for the 2023 half year results which ended in June, posting strong and impressive growth numbers.   UBA Ghana posted Profit Before Tax (PBT) of GH¢295.5million for half year of 2023 up from 91.2million within the same period …

A research conducted in 2022 has revealed that health professionals in the country hide huge breast lumps and refuse various treatment options, especially chemotherapy, and mastectomy. The research, titled: “Knowledge, Attitude and Breast Cancer Screening Practices among Female Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana”, said 60 per cent of nurses admitted …

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, has explained the issues surrounding the building of a new head office. According to him, after various stages of evaluation and submission of the contract details the value of the contract approved by the Public Procurement Authority is $121,078,517.94. At a press briefing …

    The Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR) is set to be launched in Ghana on the 30th of August 2023 at 10am. Africa Trade House, headquarters of the secretariat of the Continental African Free Trade Area, located in Accra, the Ambassador’s enclave, will be the venue of the launch. …

The Education Ministry (MOE) is actively working to increase the number of students pursuing science-related courses in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. To achieve this goal, the Free Senior High School Secretariat is leading an initiative known as ‘Operation Double Science Enrolment’ to educate and sensitize the public …