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Government has commissioned the office for the Coordinated Mechanism on the safety of Journalists at a ceremony in Accra. The office operated by the National Media Commission was opened by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in commemoration of the 2021 World Press Freedom. The office becomes the official source for filing complaints …

The late Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu attends the festival of ‘ Zulu 200’ celebrating the existence of the Zulu Nation at the King Shaka International airport in Durban on September 22, 2013. Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images The body of the late Regent of the Zulu nation, Queen …

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Songhai Group, Mr Hene Aku Kwarpong, has noted that although it is good news that Ghana has overtaken South African as the leading producer of gold making it number one, this development has the propensity of rather creating problems for the West African nation. He …

The value of the Ghana Stock Exchange grew by GH¢3.64 billion in April to GH¢60.8 billion, as the market’s bull run since the last quarter of 2020 continues. At the end of trading in April, the GSE Composite Index achieved a year-to-date return of 31.93 percent compared with 13.99 percent …

Ghana’s economy has ranked 73rd in the world in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2019 making it the 8th largest economy in Africa. The 2020 figures are not expected for another year. According to the World Bank, Ghana’s economy stood at about US$67 billion in size …

  Ghana’s economy has ranked 73rd in the world in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2019 making it the 8th largest economy in Africa. The 2020 figures are not expected for another year. According to the World Bank, Ghana’s economy stood at about US$67 billion in …

  Kennedy Ohene Agyapong (NPP – Assin Central MP) has described banks in Ghana as bogus due to the poor services they offer to their customers. Narrating his ordeal with some of the banks on ‘The Attitude with Hon Ken Agyapong’, a show on his own TV station, the owner …

Curbing illicit financial flows will be one of the surest ways for the government to raise money to fund the budget and other development projects, Dr Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, Senior Lecturer of University of Ghana Law School, has said. He alleged that in the mining sector alone, the government lost $6 …

s Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has disclosed that co-founder of popular social media platform, Twitter is expected to relocate to Ghana in June this year. According to her, Jack Dorsey’s decision is in line with the establishment of Twitter’s presence in Africa along with its headquarters slated to be in Accra-Ghana. “Jack …

The British Council Ghana has announced the “sudden” death of its Country Director Alan Rutt. The organisation noted that he died last week. Eulogising the late Rutt on Facebook, the British Council Ghana indicated: “Our staff are completely devastated by the news. Alan Rutt was a much-loved husband, father, grandfather, a …