Some residents in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, are fuming in anger after waking to up to be greeted by heaps filth in Central Business District of Kumasi. OTEC News’ Jacob Agyenim Boateng who reported from the city said heaps of garbage were seen in almost every corner of the …

Ms. Nana Akua Akuffo displaying her Award at the ceremony   Nana Akua Akuffo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of leading Ghanaian-owned events management and interior design company, Cling Events Ghana, has won the prestigious Global Top CEO Award.   Ms. Akuffo, a hardworking CEO and Events management and interior …

    Renowned electronic company, Hisense Ghana on Friday April 28 presented home appliances worth thousands of Cedis to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Greater Accra Regional office.   The items included five brand new Hisense refrigerators, three Hisense Television sets and Hisense microwaves.   Hisense’s Marketing coordinator Renee …

The Eastern Regional Education Directorate has banned the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages and fizzy drinks in schools. The decision follows a staggering revelation of health consequences among schoolchildren. Speaking to Starr FM on the sidelines of a joint press conference by the Eastern Regional Education and Health Directorates on Wednesday …

The traders who were affected by the Kumasi Kejetia Market fire outbreak have received a monetary donation from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the amount of GH100,000. The delegation, led by the party’s General Secretary, Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, visited the affected traders on March 20, 2023, and …

      A recent calculated deep attempt to drug Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) CEO Mr Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah into the mud has been uncovered.   A deep throat source has independently verified that he has also intercepted and shrugged off multiple death threats, while efforts by the opposition to …

    The Global Chamber of Business Leaders (GCBL) has, as part of its growing efforts to connect business leaders and executives from around the world on a safe and secure platform, appointed four top business leaders.   Drawn from Brazil, Canada, Pakistan and Israel, the new appointees are to …

      Tourism is an absolute game changer for Africa. So declared the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Ghana Communication Technology University, Professor Robert Ebo Hinson, in a keynote address – “Bold Moves, Big Impacts: Leveraging Tourism, Investments & Exports to Transform Communities and Industries” at the 26th Annual Zambia …

Caterers under the School Feeding Programme have declared a nationwide strike following the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase the amount per child. The aggrieved caterers drawn from various regions across the country who converged in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi stressed that laying down their tools …

Former President John Dramani Mahama is calling for the resignation of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu over the challenges associated with the smooth implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Mr Agyemang-Manu, recently complained about the return of the ‘Cash and Carry’ system in most health facilities across the …

Victims of the new Kejetia market fire incident have appealed to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to fulfill the pledge of GHC100, 000 they made to the traders. According to traders, the money will help them to recover some of their losses but nobody has attended to them since …

Blood clots are a gel-like gathering of blood that grows in your veins or arteries when blood changes from liquid to partially solid. Clotting is an ideal function that prevents your body from bleeding in excess when you get hurt. Nevertheless, blood clots that develop in some places and do …

In the wake of the collapse of Ghana Airways in 2004, the country was left with no choice but to do away with all the investments made into the national carrier. According to a former Deputy CEO of Ghana Airways, Captain Paul Forjoe, he believes the country wasted huge sums …

  Ernesto Taricone   Top Kings owner, Kingsley Owusu- Achau has slapped a $48m suit against Ernesto Taricone, chairman of Empire Builders, owners of the Trasacco Group.   It emerged at the court on Tuesday, April 25, that the damage was as a result of the protracted legal tussle between …

    UBA Ghana participated in a Tree planting exercise at the Achimota Forest to commemorate this year’s Earth Day which falls on April 22, under the theme, “Investing in our planet”.    The aim behind the initiative under the UBA Foundation is to contribute to the bank’s climate action …

    Renowned antique furniture outfit, Jamila Home has taken delivery of new items from living room furniture, bed room, office, Dinning to kitchen.   And according to the company’s marketing department, the new items offer customers the luxury of choosing the best from a wide range of new products …

Ghana has taken the tough economic decisions needed to win a rescue package from the International Monetary Fund, once bilateral creditors sign off on assurances, said the institution’s Africa Department Director, Abebe Selassie. The government has increased taxes and imposed losses on domestic investors, as authorities attempt to meet IMF demands …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has questioned the thought that went into President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to demolish what was a fully-fledged La General Hospital serving the La and surrounding communities in the Greater Accra. The hospital, which was upgraded from a Polyclinic into a General Hospital by President Mahama to expand …

Talented Ghanaian singer Tugha Rolla bounces back with a brand new single, ”Win.” The singer has always been on the note of giving fans the best out of the best when it comes to music. Hope is all we need and yes he has got some spices to speed up …

Top Nigerian bank group, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, has announced plans to slow down on lending and bond trading in Ghana following a $77 million (N35.6 billion) impairment in its West African subsidiary. The banking group said that it will instead focus its activities on Nigeria and other high-yielding …

Across the world, central banks play key roles in developing policies, regulation, and the management of a country’s finances, assets and other related securities. For Ghana, what many know as the Bank of Ghana did not only start from the idea of being a Central Bank in the 1950s. According to a …

The female student of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), who was captured in viral videos bullying two other students with canes, has been dismissed from the school. The dismissed student, Mabel Teye-Nomo, is said to have gone on the rampage over claims that the other students had gossiped …

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that it would take a while for the country to return to the international capital market. According to him, it may take at least three or more years. Ken Ofori-Atta explained that, although this new development may look like a challenge, it presents the country with …

Patricia Kayanga is an innovator, eco-friendly entrepreneur, and founder of Ohhs disposable underwear. She recently became the first black woman to hold a U.S. patent for disposable underwear made out of bamboo. Speaking on how it feels to make history as the first black person to own a patent for …

Former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has been in the news following a 36-page statement he released on illegal small-scale mining in Ghana. The former Minister, while submitting a report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), not only cited the challenges the committee faced …

The Ministry of Health has denied claims that it has plans to halt Zipline drone delivery services. The denial comes on the back of reports in some sections of the media that the Helth Minister, Kweku Agyemang-Manu during a meeting with management of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday, …

Twitter on Thursday said goodbye to its ‘legacy’ blue ticks following Elon Musk‘s controversial decision to switch up the platform’s verification system. As of Thursday evening, our correspondent observed that ‘legacy’ verified accounts had their blue tick removed by Twitter. The development has affected several individuals including journalists as Twitter …

Social media users are saying that former President John Dramani Mahama was hooted at during his campaign tour for the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Dome-Kwabenya. The claims were made after a video of Mahama at a meeting with NDC members in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency went viral. The said video, …

Some angry market women at the Komenda market in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region have expressed their disappointment with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for neglecting them since the party came to power. The women who are mainly into trading have regretted joining the …

The Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has revealed that crude condensation of about $2.5m allocated to the Tema Oil Refinery is reportedly missing. The minister, widely known as NAPO, is reported by the Graphic on April 20, 2023, to have said that the fund was part of a business opportunity …