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We Need All Hands OnDeck Approach For Ghana’s Rice Project — Asian African Consortium CEO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Asian African Consortium (AAC), Mrs. Adelaide Araba Agyepong, has stressed the need for an all hands on deck approach to make the President’s vision of boosting rice production in Ghana a reality.   She said the vision of ending rice importation in Ghana …

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I will make Akufo-Addo’s life after office a living hell – Barker-Vormawor swears

#FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor has sworn to make President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s life miserable over the alleged treatment of some persons arrested by the state in connection with the Western Togoland secession. According to the activist, he has information that some persons suspected to be part of the successionist …

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Western Togoland Case: High Court sentences 5 secessionists to a total of 25 years in prison

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, has sentenced five Western Togoland secessionists who were arrested by the police in September 2020 after they blocked the Aveyime road from Accra with sand and attacked the Aveyime and Mepe Police, Stations …

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Akufo-Addo cautions against amending Ghana’s ‘most successful and lasting’ constitution

During a ceremony to swear in three members of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), President Akufo-Addo urged caution in the ongoing national debate over amending Ghana’s Constitution. He cautioned against wholesale or limited amendments, noting that “the Constitution has provided the bedrock for the longest uninterrupted, stable period …

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ShEquity Launches the Fourth Edition of Investment Firm’s Accelerator Program

Application Deadline for Female Entrepreneurs in the ECOWAS Region is 21 April 2023 Accra, Ghana, 21 March 2023 – ShEquity Partners (“ShEquity”), an investment firm providing smart investments for impactful, innovative, and scalable female-led and owned businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa, today announced the launch of the fourth edition of its …

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ECG disconnects Ho Airport, Volta GRA, Ho Tech Uni., KFC over power debts

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has disconnected power supply to some institutions in Ho in the Volta region. Power supply was cut to the Ho Airport which owes the power distributing company GHS63,000 on Monday, 20 March 2023. The Ho Technical University, the regional office of the Ghana Revenue …

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Former Finance Minister Dr Akoto Osei is dead

Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, a former Minister for Finance and a Member of Parliament, has been reported dead. The death was confirmed by Parliament through its official Facebook handle late Monday, March 20. “Former Old Tafo MP, Hon. Dr Anthony Osei Akoto passes away. May he rest in peace,” Parliament’s …

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Watch how a driver narrowly escaped death due to wrongful overtaking on the Winneba-Cape Coast road

A man identified as Nana Swanzy K has shared a video of how he narrowly escaped death after a driver with registration number GE 5198-15 overtook his vehicle on the Winneba-Cape Coast Road. In a 15-second video he shared on Facebook, the said man swerved into the bush in an …

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Flames from trader cooking caused fire at Kejetia market – Bawumia`

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the briefing he received from the Ghana National Fire Service indicates that a fire from a trader cooking at the new Kejetia market caused the inferno at the facility last week. According to Dr. Bawumia, the shop owner was cooking inside her shop …

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Trouble looms over burial of leader of African Faith Terbenacle Church

There is a looming disturbance at the headquarters of the African Faith Tabernacle Church in Anyinam in Atiwa East District of Eastern Region over the planned burial of the late leader of the Church, Superior Prophet David Nkansah. The leadership of the Church and Children of the late leader has …

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