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Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, the President of Groupe Nduom, has urged Ghanaian businesses and individuals to patronise indigenous banks so that the financial resources would remain in the local economy for rapid development. He noted that…

Accra is the new city to join the African network of the multinational taxi company Uber. “Uber is excited to explore the potential of this dynamic city,” the taxi company said in a statement. The taxi company operates by a mobile app…

By December 2015, mobile money transactions in Ghana have increased to GH¢547.9 million from GH¢223.3 million in 2014, the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Millison Narh has said. Speaking at the launch of a four-year…

Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, the Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), has appealed to the leadership of the Community Health Nursing Group (CHNG) to call off the strike as their concerns were being handled. “The solutions…

The Ministry of Education, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has begun the distribution of more than four million books in English and Ghanaian languages to public primary schools. The…

A recent research by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) reveals that three per cent of the sampled school children have been exposed to pornographic materials. It also reveals that 17 per cent have been…

Parliament has approved the programme of activities for 2016 for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), which has been in contention for some time now. The approval had been delayed at earlier sittings for lack of clarity and…

The World Bank has downgraded its global growth forecast from 2.9 per cent projected in January 2016, to 2.4 per cent due to low growth in advanced economies, low commodity prices, weak global trade and diminishing capital flows.…

The Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL), Mr Stanley Martey has warned that Ghana could be importing water by the year 2025, if the destruction of the country’s water bodies through galamsey activities does not…

The Centre for Alternative Development (CENFAD-Ghana), a non-governmental organization working in the areas of good governance and climate change, has expressed concern about the spate of depletion of forest reserves in many communities the…