President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to help push the frontier of entrepreneurial development to be able to grow their economies. Addressing the opening session of the African Netpreneur Conference, an initiative launched by Jack Ma to support African entrepreneurs, President Akufo-Addo said entrepreneurship was one …
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The fish described by most Ghanaians as Salmons are rather chub mackerels and they are highly nutritious, a fisheries scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Isaac Okyere, has said. “We do not have Salmons in our tropical waters. What …
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The remains of two unknown African slave ancestors brought into the country from the Eastern Caribbean Island of Barbados, were on Thursday re-buried at the Assin-Manso Slave burial grounds in the Assin South District amid traditional drumming and dirges. This brings to four, the number of such re-burials at the …
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Ghana and the Barbados on Friday signed two agreements on the provision of medical personnel and maritime information exchange towards strengthening business relations and bilateral ties. Under the Human Resource agreement, a total of 120 nurses would be recruited from Ghana to complement the staffing needs of the island nation. …
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that 120 nurses out of 598 applicants would be selected for the two years contract at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Ministry together with officials from Barbados have conducted series of interviews for 150 short listed applicants following the announcement …
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The Ministry of Health is to send a proposal to Cabinet to consider the subsidisation of the cost of treating diabetes, which is relatively costly. Mr Alexander Kojo Abban, a Deputy Minister of Health, announced this at the 2019 International World Diabetes Day, marked at Apam in the Gomoa West …
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The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has called off its indefinite strike. A statement signed by Mr Alex Nartey, National President of JUSAG, and issued to the Ghana News Agency, in Accra, said the leadership of the Association met with the Management of Judicial Service today to deliberate …
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The Nsawam Circuit Court has sentenced Eric Ahedor, a 24-year-old ‘Okada’ rider for 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. The convict pleaded guilty for robbing Mr Isaac Apiadu Opare, a photographer. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Dodzi, told the court presided by Madam Andley Kocuvi-Tay that the complainant Mr …
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The strong macro-economic fundamentals posted by the economy, has resulted in a significant decline in the rate of depreciation of the cedi. “The annual depreciation of the cedi to the US dollar between 2017 and 2019 has been the slowest since 2012.” Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, said this …
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PZ Cussons Ghana Limited recorded a net profit of GH¢42.5 million in 2019 as against GH¢6.5 million in 2018. However, revenue fell from GH¢111.6 million to GH¢106.5 million representing a decline of 4.5 per cent while operating profit improved at GH¢28.6 million as compared to GH¢3.3 million in the year …
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