2017

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has named the second batch of ministerial nominees to serve in his government. The list of 12 has Dr. Anthony Osei-Akoto nominated for the Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Dan Kwaku Botwe…

Regulatory institutions in the mining sector stand the risk of being compromised in subtle attempts by the Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM) to woo them. The GCM has placed many regulatory institutions in the mining sector under its…

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia is doing everything possible to buy time and to stall the inauguration of the winner of the country’s December 1, 2016 elections, Adama Barrow, by suggesting that it is only the Supreme Court of the…

Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 per cent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as obstacles to activity recede among emerging markets and developing economy commodity exporters. Domestic demand…

The Supreme Court has fixed February 8 to commence hearing into the case in which the government was being challenged for allegedly bringing into the country two former Guantanamo bay detainees, without recourse to the laws of the…

Mr Charles Arkuh, the Vice President of Groupe Ideal, has called on the financial sector to take strategic decisions in order to sustain the industry as the advent of the mobile money transactions is transforming the sector. “But it will…

Mr Stephen Ashitey, Leader of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) says non- payment of the ex-gratia of some 3,000 laid off workers of the facility by the Mahama administration, was in bad faith. He said during Ex…

Efforts at promoting clean energy use in the country has received a huge boost with the development of improved cook stoves by the Technology Consultancy Center (TCC) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has inaugurated a Payments Systems Council (PSC) under its Payments Systems Department to help drive the development of efficient and safe electronic payment systems in Ghana’s financial sector. The nine-member…

Reverend John Kwesi Darku, Executive Director for Africa of Christ for all Nations, has called on President Akufo-Addo to seek the intervention and direction of God in appointing people to leadership positions in his government. He…