According to John Jinapor a member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, the main cause of the nation’s persistently unstable power supply is a lack of fuel for thermal power plants. The Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu, Jinapor, revealed during an appearance on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem that …
Read More »MTN Ghana Foundation opens entries for the award of its Bright Scholarship
For the 2024–2025 academic year, the MTN Ghana Foundation is accepting applications for its Bright Scholarship program from students seeking undergraduate degrees, vocational training, or technical skills training at any of Ghana’s public tertiary institutions. The deadline for applicants to submit their applications is May 31, 2024. Applicants must be …
Read More »“The future of business lies in Human-AI collaboration”– MTN Chief Information Officer, Bernard Acquah
MTN Business has held the second edition of the CTIO Roundtable Africa Forum in Accra on the theme “Driving Business Value Through Data and AI.” The forum aimed at bolstering tech innovation and collaboration across the African continent brought together key industry players and business leaders within the telecommunications, technology, …
Read More »AfCFTA-Focused Afro-Italian relations deepened with Pres Mattarella’s visit to Ghana
Following President Mattarella’s post-Easter state visit to Ghana on Friday, April 5, 2024, the longtime Italy-Ghana relations have been further enhanced by the two countries’ leaders, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the Republic and His Excellency Sr. Sergio Mattarella of Italy. The Italian president is in Ghana to reaffirm the …
Read More »KMA Boss commends Bloomberg for road safety support
Hon. Sam Pyne, the mayor of Kumasi, has praised Bloomberg Philanthropies for their steadfast commitment to supporting road safety in the Kumasi Metropolis. In order to ensure that traffic accidents and fatalities were significantly decreased in the Metropolis and its surrounding municipals, he commended the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road …
Read More »Extend the One Student, One Tablet initiative to basic schools – CCT President to gov’t
King Ali Awudu, the president of Ghana’s Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT), is requesting that the government enhance the One Student, One Tablet program from senior high schools to basic schools. He claimed that there hasn’t been much investment in basic schools, which are a crucial part of the educational ladder. …
Read More »Government increases cocoa farm-gate price from Gh¢20,928 to Gh¢33,120 per tonne
With effect from April 5, 2024, the farmgate price given to cocoa farmers in Ghana has increased significantly by 58.26% to GH¢33,120 per tonne for the 2023–2024 harvest season. The resolution attempts to stop bean smuggling and divide earnings from rising worldwide prices. Due to disease and unfavorable weather in …
Read More »Krachi East MCE is dead
After serving for a year, Mr. Bernard Aborkugya Mensah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Krachi East, passed away. According to a report by Ghana News Agency, the MCE was giving a matriculation address at the Dambai College of Education on Friday morning when he suddenly passed out. He was …
Read More »Mampong NDC youth organizer stabbed to death
In the Asante Mampong Constituency, police have arrested a National Democratic Congress branch youth organizer’s wife on suspicion of fatally stabbing him. After his partner reportedly stabbed him after a furious argument, Osei Akoto, a teacher in his 40s, passed away from his wounds when he arrived at the hospital. …
Read More »Bawumia promises to make Ghana a pharmaceutical hub in West Africa
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pledged to turn Ghana into a pharmaceutical powerhouse for West Africa. In an effort to provide additional light on his plans for the sector and the country, Dr. Bawumia made these remarks during a campaign …
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