Ursula tours GIFEC’s D4I projects
The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful will today tour the much-awaited Smart Communities Project aimed at bringing the internet to the doorsteps of deprived communities in Ghana.
The project, which is being piloted in Brong...
Golden Star’s Prestea Mine achieves commercial production
Mining giant Golden Star has reached an important milestone as its Prestea Underground Mine in the Western region achieves commercial production.
The project construction of the Prestea Underground mine, including the installation of all ancillary...
Cash for seat: Trade Ministry engaged in “serious ethical violations”
The Minority report of the Parliamentary Committee probing the ‘Cash-for-Seat’ saga has indicted the Trade and Industry Ministry of engaging in “serious ethical violations” by allowing its credibility as a public agency to be...
Apple sells fewer phones but profits rise
Apple sold slightly fewer iPhones in the final three months of 2017 than it did the year before, but higher prices compensated for the dip.
The firm reported a record $20bn (£14bn) in quarterly profits,...
Malta to open first sub-Saharan Africa commission in Ghana
Malta will be opening a high commission in Ghana – the first Maltese mission in sub-Saharan Africa, Foreign Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said on Wednesday.
The purpose of the mission will be to forge stronger...
Report on Cash for Seat probe ready today
The five-member Parliamentary ad-hoc committee investigating the cash for seat saga is expected to present its final report to Parliament today, February 1, 2018.
The committee requested for a 24-hour extension on Wednesday to enable...
$2.25b bond: Ofori-Atta must resign – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the resignation of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta following CHRAJ’s declaration that several statutory regulations governing issuance of bonds were breached in the issuance of the $2.25 billion...
Ghana to get new $4bn Oil Refinery
The Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko has disclosed that the government in partnership with the private sector will build a new oil refinery at the cost of $4 billion.
The new refinery, according to the...
FPSO shutdown won’t affect Power supply – Gov’t assures
A deputy Energy Minister Mohammed Amin Adams has reiterated the assurance by government that the shutdown of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah will not affect power supply in the country.
The Vessel is being put off...
DVLA, EPA, 11 others to go off Gov’t Payroll
About 13 state institutions will soon be weaned off the Government Payroll, the Chief Executive Officer of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Dr. Edward Kwarpong has stated.
The move, according to him, will...