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Financing gap threat to Africa’s SDGs aspirations – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised African leaders to explore innovative ways of ratcheting up domestic financing for the successful implementation of the...

Robust partnership between Africa and Europe in mining sector key to meeting SDGs – Lands Minister

With African countries now adopting a more sustainable and eco-friendly ways of exploiting their mineral resources, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel...

ECG fully complies with Cash Waterfall Mechanism for the second time

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has announced in its latest validation report that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has fully adhered to...

Afreximbank announces Board changes and increase in authorized capital

African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or the “Bank”) (www.Afreximbank.com) is pleased to announce the following Board changes which took place at the Bank’s 31st Annual...

Financial Irregularities decline by GH¢5.2bn in latest Auditor-General’s reports

The Auditor-General’s reports for last year have detected financial irregularities to the tune of GH¢11.32 billion in public sector finances. The amount is, however, a...

Supreme Court to hear Richard Sky, Dr Amanda Odoi’s anti-gay lawsuits today

The Supreme Court is expected to sit today, Wednesday, July 3 on the two lawsuits filed by broadcast journalist, Richard Dela Sky, and Researcher,...

Sod cut for construction of Kwapong and Asufufuo town roads in Ahafo

The Minister of the Ahafo Region, together with the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asunafo South, has cut sod for the construction of deplorable...

Ghana’s population to hit 52.47 million by 2050 – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has projected that Ghana’s current population of 33 million will increase to 52.47 million by 2050. In its recently released...

2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) Academy Games to Return to Atlanta from July 10-14

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) today announced that the 2024 NBA Academy Games, a basketball showcase for top high-school-age prospects from around the world,...

We don’t know election year, we are neutral and can strike at any time – CLOGSAG [Listen]

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has said their nationwide strike is not politically motivated. Speaking in an interview on Adom...

Overturned truck on Motorway causes massive gridlock

A truck carrying cartons of Oba Spaghetti overturned on the Tema to Accra stretch of the Motorway near KICC, causing significant vehicular traffic. The Burkina...

Liberia’s Petroleum Regulator to Showcase Frontier Acreage at Invest in African Energy Reception in London

Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) Director General Marilyn T. Logan will showcase the country’s frontier exploration prospects at the Invest in African Energy reception...

Maiden Housing and Hydrology Conference opens in Accra

The maiden Built Environment National Conference on Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH 2024) has opened in Accra. The event held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in...

Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rasha Kelej mark “World Hypertension Day” together with African First Ladies via building Cardiovascular and Diabetes care –...

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health and Medical societies provided more than 760 scholarships of one-year Post-Graduate Diploma...

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah opens Housing Conference and launches Hydro Fund

Ghana has taken a significant step towards addressing its ongoing housing and flooding challenges with the inauguration of the Built Environment National Conference on...

The Rising Stars of Global Architecture: Boubker Benjelloun and Benjamin Piper’s Visionary Designs for Humanity

In the world of contemporary architecture, two names have emerged as beacons of innovation and social responsibility: Boubker Benjelloun and Benjamin Piper. Together, they...

CCTI students assault SHS student in retaliatory attack

Some students of the Cape Coast Technical Institute (CCTI) in the Central Region, allegedly assaulted another Senior High School (SHS) student in what appears...

Elements within Akufo-Addo’s administration forced me out of PURC – Nana Yaa Jantuah

The former Public Relations and External Affairs Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah, has detailed the circumstances that led...

Problem with Free SHS is practical implementation not legislation – Prof Adei

Educationist Professor Stephen Adei has voiced concerns over the practical implementation of the government’s flagship Free SHS Programme, rather than its legislative backing. The former...

KNUST honours Multimedia Group’s Neta Parsram and Clinton Yeboah for Media Excellence

Joy News medical stringer, Dr Neta Kris Abiana Parsram, and broadcast journalist Clinton Yeboah were named outstanding media personalities at the 2nd edition of...

US Ambassador calls on Ya-Na Abukari II in Accra

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has called on the King and Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, at his residence in...

Star Assurance partners HOPE for Little Lives to support vulnerable children

Star Assurance Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with HOPE for Little Lives, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing pediatric surgeries to...

Chef Smith saga: Military officer assaults Adom TV presenter

A journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited's Adom Brands was assaulted while covering the presser for Chef Smith to announce his latest culinary feat. At...

NSMQ2024: K Wey Gey, Ksi Girls fight for supremacy only to kowtow to Adanwomase SHS

It’s an unending rivalry between Kumasi Wesley Girls High School and Kumasi Girls SHS after the two schools clashed in the Ashanti regional qualifiers...

Ambulance trial won’t end anytime soon – Samson Lardy

Private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini has said the ambulance procurement trial involving Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and third accused, Richard Jakpa...

IAWL’s GELC addresses gender inequality in legal profession

The Institute for African Women in Law will on Friday, July 5 host a monumental high-level convening at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel to climax its...

Ghanaian content creators to earn from Facebook

Ghanaians can now begin monetizing their content on Facebook after Meta officially announced the expansion of its features to Ghana. The new monetisation strategy will allow...

Akufo-Addo highlights Ghana’s progress and challenges in achieving SDGs

At the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Summit 2024, President Akufo-Addo highlighted the significant progress Ghana has made towards achieving the SDGs and associated...

NHIA saves GH¢9.5 million from fraudulent claims

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it was able to save GH¢9.5 million from fraudulent claims in 2023 following the deployment of artificial...

Not all prisoners are guilty – MP says as she rallies support for them

The Member of Parliament(MP) for Agona East Constituency in the Central Region, Queenstar Pokuah Sawyerr has called on Ghanaians to support prisoners since not...

Claim that ambulances arrived in 2015 false – AG to Jakpa

The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, concluded his cross-examination of Richard Jakpa, the third accused in the ongoing ambulance trial, at...

Akufo-Addo’s four point agenda to accelerate SDGs implementation

President Nana Akufo-Addo unveiled a comprehensive Four-Point Agenda to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during his address at the SDGs...

CLOGSAG declares nationwide strike

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared a nationwide strike effective Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The industrial action according to...

GSS calls for swift intervention to avert overcrowded population in Accra

The Ghana Statistical Service is cautioning government to intervene in the exponential population growth in Accra covering smaller land spaces. Speaking to Joy Business after...

Why strike over an issue you’re part of? NLC boss asks CLOGSAG [Audio]

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC) has expressed disappointment in the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) over its...

Ga Mantse leads Clean Accra Campaign [Photos]

The Ga Mantse, His Royal Majesty King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II on Tuesday 2nd July 2024, led the first phase of the clean Accra...

Killers of 2 Kakpayili minors will face justice – Northern REGSEC

The Northern Regional Security Council has assured the public that those responsible for the deaths of the two children in Kpakpayili will face justice. This...

Ambulances were not defective when they arrived in Ghana – Jakpa clarifies

The third accused in the ongoing ambulance procurement trial, Richard Jakpa, has asserted that the ambulances brought into the country were not defective. According to...

GPCC President urges Ghanaians to avoid religious conflict ahead of elections

The President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has called on Ghanaians to avoid turning the elections into a...