April 2011

Vodafone Ghana has hinted that it will soon introduce mobile money services in the country. The service allows subscribers to do money transfer through their mobile phones. MTN and Airtel are the only two out of the five telecoms companies…

Two communities, Dawa and Osuwem in the Dangme area of the Greater Accra region, are to benefit from one thousand (1000) insecticide treated bed nets, (ITNs) as part of this year’s World Malaria Day celebration on April, 25. ExxonMobil…

Dr. Percival Kuranchie, the Managing Director of National Investment Bank, has appealed to policy makers to ensure that substantial amount of the country's oil revenue is channelled into agriculture. He said even though the government had…

Former President J.A. Kufuor’s government has been commended for taken decisions that helped to avert a deepening of the crisis between the Abudus and Andanis in the Dagomba clan over the succession rights to the Ya-Na throne. “The…

Ghanaian migrants formed the majority of the many migrants rescued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in tension-zone Misrata in the early hours of Monday, April 18, according to IOM press briefing notes. The IOM rescue…

The Assemblies of God Church would use the impending Easter Convention to honour Vice President John Dramani Mahama and the Chief Justice; Mrs Georgina Wood for their leadership roles in the mission. Dr Lawrence Tetteh an International…

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has urged firms undertaking large volumes of transactions to avail themselves of technology enabled systems to cut waste and enhance efficiency in payments. Briefing the media,…

All is now set for the maiden “Amansie Kente Festival” to showcase the ingenuity and sophistication of local kente weavers in the Asante-Bekwai Municipality. Already, a showroom has opened at Bekwai, where various “kente” products and…

President John Atta Mills will cut sod for the commencement of a Rural Electrification Project in the Northern Region to extend electrification to rural Ghana. The project, which is part of an initiative to provide the requisite…

Accra Polytechnic (A-Poly) produced a peerless display to complete the double over their rivals, University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to emerge champions of the 2011 Tigo Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball…