Ghana has been touted as a booming business and investment hub over the years. The Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Yofi Grant never misses the opportunity both in Ghana and abroad to sell Ghana as the perfect destination for investment. Despite the country’s heavy dependence on imports, …
Read More »Failure to build National Cathedral will be a disgrace to Ghana, Akufo-Addo – Okyenhene
Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II has stated that Ghana and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be disgraced if the National Cathedral is not built. The facility sighted at a prime location in Accra has attracted public commentary in the wake …
Read More »Nigeria’s Leon Balogun accuses Ghana of using ‘juju’ to qualify for World Cup
Nigeria centre-back Leon Balogun believes ‘juju may have been involved’ in Ghana’s World Cup qualification. The Black Stars edged the Super Eagles via the away goal rule to qualify to the World Cup for a fourth time. Thomas Partey’s strike in Abuja ensured Ghana qualified ahead of Nigeria for the …
Read More »Former Twitter boss rates Ghana Jollof as the greatest of all time
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter is a man of few words who can’t hide his love for everything Ghanaian. Earlier this week, the American Internet entrepreneur announced that he was revisiting Ghana after his last experience. “Finally back in Ghana,” he tweeted on December 5. Although …
Read More »Ghanaians berate Bank of Ghana after announcement of new GH¢1 coin with security upgrades
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced an upgrade to the GH¢1 coin with some enhanced security features. “The upgraded GH¢1 coin is bi-metallic with an outer gold and inner silver. The coin has a pronounced rough edge and incorporates a latent image, which appears in a rectangular form below …
Read More »Why are people insulting ex-President Kufuor for speaking on hardships in Ghana? – Obiri Boahene
Former Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has bemoaned the criticisms being levelled at ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor for his pronouncements on the current happenings in the country. Speaking in a Neat FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Obiri Boahen said that no member of the NPP can say …
Read More »Revealed: Nigerians transported armed robbery to Ghana
Even though there was violence everywhere in the 1980s and 1990s, armed robberies in Ghana were extremely rare. Although I drove a cab and a trotro in Accra and Cape Coast, I never encountered any armed robbers there. It was after traveling from Ghana to Nigeria in the early 1980s, …
Read More »Body of Cardinal Kuuia Baawobr arrives in Ghana from Rome on December 8
The mortal remains of the late Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr, the former head of the Catholic Church in Africa will be flown into Ghana on December 8, 2022 from the Vatican. MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that he body will be flown to the Wa Diocese after a requiem service at the …
Read More »Nurse-for-cash agreement with UK: Ghana to earn £1,000 per nurse
Ghana is about signing a nurse-for-cash agreement with the government of the United Kingdom. Each nurse Ghana sends to the UK, once the deal is done, is likely to fetch the West African country £1,000, Health Minister Kweku Agyeman-Manu announced on the floor of parliament on Monday, 5 December 2022 …
Read More »Ghana, Nigeria, others to unlock $26 billion on lower trade finance cost
Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Senegal could earn up to $26 billion from lowering costs and increasing the availability of trade finance, a new report released by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The report, Trade Finance in West Africa examined the major barriers to …
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