GRIDCo completes $2.5m transmission project

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) on Tuesday completed and has put into service, the Fourth 161kV transmission line between Tema and Accra. SAE Power Lines, the contractor on the project, worked ahead of schedule to complete the 2.5…

Africa to bid for world’s largest telescope

Africa is bidding to host the world’s largest Telescope that would make the continent a major hub for astronomy in the world. The Minister of Environment Science and Technology, Ms Sherry Ayittey, said on Tuesday that, if Africa won the…

Stop inhuman practices against women – UNFPA

Ms Miriam R. Iddrisu, Gender Officer of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has called for an end to inhuman cultural practices such as female genital mutilation, widowhood rites and forceful marriages in Ghana. She noted that the…

Sekondi/Takoradi teachers demonstrate

A group of teachers calling itself Coalition of Concerned Teachers in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis on Tuesday took to the streets for the third time to express their disappointment about the discrepancies in their salary levels under the…

China to invest $200b in housing

China will build 10 million low-cost homes this year at a cost of $200bn (£124bn), a government minister has said. The move comes as soaring home prices spur complaints about affordability. In January, prices of new homes rose in 68 of…