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Asante Kotoko to represent Ghana in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup

Despite not making it to the finals of the MTN FA Cup this season, Asante Kotoko will be gifted with the ticket of representing Ghana in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup, footballmadeinghana.com can confirm. This follows the latest release by the Ghana FA indicating that finalists, AshGold, will not be …

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Ghanaian-American plastic surgeon denies being arrested in Ghana

 • A renowned Ghanaian plastic surgeon has denied being arrested for illegally practising in Ghana • He has instructed his legal team to probe the matter  • He spoke in an interview monitored by GhanaWeb  Renowned Ghanaian-American doctor, Dr Michael Obeng, has dismissed claims that he was arrested in Ghana for …

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Tokyo 2020: Ghana’s Samuel Takyi presented with Olympic bronze medal

Young Ghanaian boxer, Samuel Takyi, has been presented with the bronze medal he won at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday. The 20-year-old secured the bronze medal after losing to Duke Ragan in the men’s semi-final featherweight event on Tuesday. Takyi lost the bout 4-1 on the …

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Olympic Games: Ghana qualifies for final of men’s 4x100m race

Ghana’s relay team has qualified for the final of the 4x100m event of the 2020 Olympic Games as the second fastest losers. Ghana’s team of Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah, Sean Safo Antwi and Joseph Paul Amoah managed to secure a ticket to the final despite finishing fifth in the heats. …

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Ghana’s debt: Check out how much each citizen owes

Ghana’s current public debt stock of GHȼ334 billion means each citizen owes GHȼ11,133. That is, if the provisional public debt stock was evenly distributed among the 30 million Ghanaians at the end of June this year. Inference drawn from data provided by the Bank of Ghana suggests that the increase …

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How Ghana switched to colour TV in 1985 with Japanese grant

• Ghana started coloured TV transmission in 1985 • Funding for the transition was secured via a Japanese grant • A former GBC DG spoke about the conditions that led to this feat  Ghana’s transition from black and white to colour television took place some 36 years ago under the …

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10 facts about Sammi Awuku: Youngest lotto boss in Ghana’s history

Sammi Awuku arguably becomes the youngest Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) since its establishment. The NLA is a statutory agency of Ghana and it is under the Ministry of Finance. As a governmental organization, the NLA is responsible for organizing raffles for the nation, for a chance to …

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Speaker of ECOWAS parliament cautions Ghana against anti-Gay bill

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mr Sidie Mohammed Tunis, has asked Ghana to be cautious in attempts to criminalize homosexuality in the country. He told TV3’s Komla Kluste in an interview on Tuesday July 27 that Ghana must be careful with this bill …

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Ghana risks ‘losing benefits’ if anti-LGBTQI bill is passed – Madina MP

Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency Francis-Xavier Sosu is warning Parliament over the bill that seeks to criminalise persons with lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and intersex sexual orientation. The human rights lawyer says passing the bill into law will definitely have international consequences for Ghana. “Not only will it be …

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Top 7 churches in Ghana and their contributions to national development

Religion is a big part of our culture as Ghanaians, we believe in superstition, witchcraft and every spiritual thing there is, even ghosts, but most importantly, a huge number of Ghanaians believe in the existence of the boss Himself, God. We respect the right to worship and we tolerate diverse …

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