November 2012

The Chief Executive Officer of Kenya’s Equity Bank, Dr James Mwangi, has been named Forbes Africa 2012 Person of the Year. Dr Mwangi beat the likes of Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote who is Africa’s richest man; Tony Elumelu – Founder and…

The market value of online video worldwide has been predicted to reach $37 billion by the year 2017. According to UK telecom analyses firm, Informa Telecoms & Media, video services delivered online will account for 10% of total TV and…

Major-General Carl Modey, Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, has suggested that key government officials, including Ministers of state should be made to under go para-military training. He said besides the…

The GH¢2 million water project for Prang in the Pru District of Brong-Ahafo Region is expected to be completed by December 2013. Dr Paul Kwaku Tabiri, Development Consultant responsible for the project, disclosed this to the Ghana News…

Mr George Gyabaah, Brong Ahafo Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, has said that the biometric voting for Election 2012 was constituency specific. He explained that the verification machines for the polls can only identify and…

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has expressed concern about the reformative aspect of the criminal justice system in Ghana. “At the moment this part of the system seems almost absent and a critical look…

Accra could become considerable more resilient to climate change even when faced with projected population increase if water resources were properly managed. A research conducted under a project dubbed: Urban Rural Adaptation (URAdapt)…

The Police have said they would seize motorbikes found within 50 metres from polling centres on voting day. Chief Superintendent Alex Amenyo, the Konongo Divisional Police Commander, said experience from previous elections had shown that…

Over the years, proper revenue collection by the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) has been identified as one of the major determinants to how best an Assembly is organized and developed. Per the provisions of…

…as Obama says many US businesses unaware of prospects in Africa The US government November 28, 2012 launched an initiative known as “Doing Business in Africa” (DBIA), a campaign to help American businesses identify and seize…