Warehouse Receipt Finance with Savings and Loans companies launched
By By Bright Agamah The International Finance Corporation (IFC) Ghana Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) Project, in collaboration with the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCE), has launched the warehouse receipt financing product with four (4) Savings and Loans Companies. They include Sinapi Aba, Opportunity International, Adehyeman, and Letshego. The launch ceremony took place in Accra on Thursday, […]
Local douching kills cells around penis and vagina – Midwife
By: Rebecca Sedinam Affor Mrs Ruby Ago Ansah-Tagoe, a Nurse and Midwife at the Tema Health Center has disclosed that local douching kills the cells and nerves around the male and female genital organs . Speaking on GTV’s Breakfast Show, she said the use of hot water on the genitals of new born babies in an […]
King Oyanka Annual Quiz: Five Schools progress to Final
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong The Chief of Obliman Traditional Area in the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Nii Ayitey Anumle Oyanka I, has organised the maiden edition of his annual Inter-School Quiz. The quiz took place at the forecourt of the King Oyanka Palace at Obliman in Accra. The first quiz is part of the activities […]
Ghana economy already responding positively- Ken Ofori-Atta
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta says measures outlined in the 2023 budget already show Ghana’s commitment to the Post Covid-19 Programme for Economic Growth, PC PEG, with the IMF. According to him, the economy is already responding positively to the news of Ghana reaching a staff-level agreement with the fund. He further assured the […]
Ghana and four other countries move to sustain food systems
Ghana and four other countries are charting a path to secure agricultural lands for sustainable production and a resilient food system under the Transformative Land Investment (TLI). Ethiopia, Mozambique, Laos, Myanmar and Ghana have set up a multi-stakeholder platform, which has been commissioned to implement efforts to scale up socially and environmentally transformative land investment […]
Value Addition to Ghana’s mineral resources critical
By Bright Kofi Agamah The Paramount Chief of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area, Ehunabobrim Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, has said Ghana cannot continue to pay lip service in adding value to the country’s minerals. He said this at the 2022 Gold Statement Conference and Exhibition held at the Marriott Hotel at Airport City in Accra. It […]
US-Africa summit: Biden says US is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future
SOURCE: BBC NEWS US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in new funding for Africa at a summit of dozens of the continent’s heads of state. “The United States is all in on Africa’s future,” President Biden told the 49 African leaders attending the Washington DC summit. It is the first such gathering […]
Hold government accountable, but be circumspect – National Security Minister tells Journalists
By Rebecca Ekpe ‘’The real accountability institution is the media. The power you wield as Journalists, you will let Ghana down if you do not exercise it properly. The future of the country is with key vertical institutions, such as the Media.” These were comments made by the National Security Minister, Kan Daapah, when the […]
Boy run over and killed after France World Cup win
SOURCE: BBC NEWS A 14-year-old boy has been run over and killed in the southern French city of Montpellier shortly after France’s World Cup semi-final victory over Morocco. Authorities said he was struck by a car after the match and then died in hospital. Images on social media showed a car draped in a French […]
Nine per cent of plastic waste generated in Ghana leak into the ocean – MESTI
Nine per cent of the 0.84 million metric tonnes of plastic waste generated in Ghana annually, leak into the ocean, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), has revealed. He said the plastic waste recovery rate for flexibles (pure water waste) was 73 per cent, while that of the high density […]
