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Timing for Kasoa-Winneba Highway project wrong; contractor did a shoddy work – MP 

Member of Parliament (MP) for Gomoa East, Desmond De-Graft Paitoo has criticised the timing for the construction of Accra-Winneba Highway, stating it is to...

TB-AI Showcases Groundbreaking Diagnostic Software at GITEX Africa 2024

TB-AI, a pioneering startup from Pakistan, proudly announced its successful participation at GITEX Africa 2024 (https://GITEXAfrica.com/), where it unveiled its state-of-the-art AI diagnostic software....

AG/Jakpa leaked tape: Court to rule on Ato Forson, Jakpa’s applications today

The High Court hearing the criminal case against Minority Leader and former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, is set to deliver four...

GITEX Africa Keynote: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): Reinventing the way work

After capturing the public's imagination in 2022, generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) began to permeate the business landscape in 2023. 2024 remains a crucial...

Asante Akyem Health Directorate destroys over 1,000 pieces of hips, butt enlargement products

The Asante Akyem North Health Directorate, in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly, has destroyed over 1,000 pieces of unapproved penis and buttocks enlargement products...

I can’t halt the project – Gomoa East DCE on collapse bridge

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Gomoa East District Assembly, Solomon Darko-Quarm says he had no power to halt the construction of the...

ZalaTech Makes a Splash at GITEX Africa 2024, Showcasing Ethiopian Innovation in Software Solutions

ZalaTech, a leading software company headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, successfully participated as an exhibitor at GITEX Africa 2024 (https://GITEXAfrica.com), held in Marrakesh, Morocco....

The Awareness Club takes tobacco education to St. Thomas Aquinas SHS

Students from St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School have benefitted from education on dangers of tobacco use by The Awareness Club (TAC). The campaign involved...

‘Dumsor’ interrupts Bawumia’s campaign speech in Accra [Video]

Some moments of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's campaign tour in the Greater Accra region on Wednesday, experienced darkness following power cuts. The...

Brave Policeman hailed for arresting hit and run driver after hot chase

A Police officer from the Tema Community 1 Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has been commended for his bravery after arresting a hit-and-run...

Bawumia proposes PTA involvement in Free SHS feeding programme

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has proposed involving parents through Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) in the school feeding...

SARAFU Showcased Innovative Business to Business (B2B) Marketplace and Financial Solutions at GITEX Africa 2024 and Joins Visa Fintech Accelerator Program

Sarafu, a leading B2B e-commerce and payments company, recently participated in GITEX AFRICA 2024 (https://GITEXAfrica.com), which took place from May 29-31 in Marrakech, Morocco....

Security agencies receive training on collaboration to tighten security at borders

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Ghana has provided training on the concept and practice of Joint Mobile Teams (JMT) for border...

Information Minister commissions 20-seater toilet facility for Azuguuri community

Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, has commissioned a 20-seater WC toilet and water system for the Azuguuri community in the Garu District of the...

Seamless creativity: Canon announces first of its kind RF hybrid prime lens alongside new Speedlite

Canon Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com) introduces the RF 35mm F1.4L VCM, a first of its kind hybrid lens designed to capture both stills...

Bridge linking communities on Accra-Winneba Highway collapses [Video]

https://youtu.be/KKLxcbXZiDs Residents and commuters of the Accra-Winneba Highway have been left stranded following the collapse of the bridge linking the communities. This was after a contractor...

LG Launches Global Campaign ‘Optimism your Feed’ to Help Bring More Balance to Social Media Feeds

LG Electronics (LG) (www.LG.com) launched a global campaign called ‘Optimism your feed,’ which aims to help users bring more optimism to their social media...

Voter transfer: I wasn’t arrested – Awutu Senya East NDC PC

The Awutu Senya East National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor has dismissed reports of her arrest following the chaos that...

African Energy Week (AEW) 2024 to Host Powering Africa Summit, Targeting Universal Energy Access

The African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference – Africa’s premier event for the energy sector, taking place in Cape Town this...

Liquid C2 becomes the first provider in Africa to support hybrid network connections to Google Cloud

Liquid C2, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.Liquid.Tech), a leading pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce that it has become the first...

EC reassigns Dr Serebour Quaicoe

The Electoral Commission (EC) has re-assigned it Director of Services, Dr Serebour Quaicoe as part of preparations for the 2024 election. Dr Quaicoe has been...

Asantehene pledges support for 2024 Green Ghana Day

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has pledged his unflinching support towards the 2024 edition of Green Ghana Day with a call on Ghanaians...

Finding housemaids has become difficult due to free SHS – Bawumia

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said it is difficult finding housemaids in Ghana because of the Free...

Bernard Mornah, 4 others petition CHRAJ to probe Cecilia Dapaah

Convener of Arise Ghana, Bernard Mornah and four others have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate former Sanitation...

Madina SDA Basic School PTA raises alarm over private building on its compound

The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the SDA Basic 1 and 2 School at Madina in Accra has petitioned the La Nkwantanang Municipal Director...

Suhuyini criticises Green Ghana Project

A Deputy Ranking on Parliament's Lands and Forestry Committee has criticised government's Green Ghana project, calling it out for its inadequate approach, lack of...

Asantehene urges mining companies to retain profits to accelerate economic dev’t

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged mining companies to retain more of their profits in the country to help accelerate the development...

Cement prices surge to GH¢108 despite Trade Minister’s directive

Despite a ministerial directive to the Cement Manufacturing Development Committee in Ghana (CMDCG), cement prices continue to rise, wreaking havoc in the real estate...

Hospitality ‘Oscars’ for Alain Sebah and Dupe Olusola at Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF)

At the Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF) (www.AHIF.com), taking place in Namibia in June, Alain Sebah, President, Golden Tulip Afrique Francophone&East Africa (GTAF), and...

Construction of Ghana’s first manganese refinery to begin in August

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has announced that the construction of Ghana's first manganese refinery will commence in August...

New STC appointee asked to hold on – Nana Akomea

Following the fierce resistance from Workers of the State Transport Corporation (STC) against the appointment of a third deputy Managing Director, management announced that...

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo as violence against children reaching ‘staggering scale’

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first time this week, as escalating violence and mass...

Fire guts wooden structures near Odaw drain [Video]

A fire outbreak has destroyed several wooden structures along the railway line near the Odaw drain at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The fire according...

Separate waste to allow for proper disposal – Public advised

In commemoration of World Environment Day, environmentalists are advising individuals, homes, and companies to separate their waste to allow for proper disposal and to...

Lands Minister commissions ultra-modern Minerals Commission office at Akim-Oda

Samuel A. Jinapor, MP, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, on Wednesday, June 5, commissioned an ultra-modern office complex at Akim Oda for...

Gov’t reviewing VAT on mining exploration – Minister

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has disclosed that government is reviewing the Value Added Tax (VAT) component of the...

Over 150 houses submerged in over 5 communities in Central region

Over 150 houses have been submerged at Gomoa Mampong after the contractor working on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway blocked the main bridge. The bridge is...

Russian Company CraftTalk Participation in Gitex Africa 2024

CraftTalk, a leading provider of innovative customer communication solutions designed specifically for knowledge management and text communications between companies and their customers providing support,...

Fire guts 4-bedroom apartment, destroys properties worth thousands

Fire has gutted a four-room apartment at Assin Fosu in the Central Region, destroying properties worth thousands of cedis. The incident has left the victims...

IMANI files new suit over security heads appointment

Lawyers of IMANI Ghana and Security analyst Kwasi Aning have filed a new suit over the appointment of some heads of security agencies in...