‘Stabilize Mortgage Market’

Kwaw Blay Kwaw Blay, an investment analyst at TLG Capital, a UK based Investment Fund, has called on government to provide a stable and affordable mortgage structure to address the current housing deficit in the country. Speaking at the maiden edition of ‘Invest in Ghana’ at Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra on Wednesday, Mr Blay said the current mortgage...

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NDC Group Protests Against New Voter Register

Members of Coalition for the Defence of Equal Citizenship (CODEC), a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) group, yesterday embarked on a demonstration through some streets of Accra to condemn calls by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and other groups and individuals for a new voter register. According to CODEC, the NPP had been circulating certain “untruths” about the...

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NRSC Seeks Pedestrian Friendly Roads

Ing Obiri-Yeaboah addressing the media Ing. May Obiri-Yeboah, Executive Director for NATIONAL Road Safety Commission (NRSC) says pedestrian deaths on our roads would be reduced if road contractors and consultants put up measures to improve safety of pedestrians and other road users. According to NRSC boss, pedestrian deaths which is the highest when it comes to fatalities...

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Ghana To Ban Mercury Products By 2020

Daniel Amlalo Dr. Alfred Tia Sugri, Deputy Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has announced that Ghana will ban the production, importation and exportation of products containing mercury by the year 2020. According to Dr Sugri, the ban would forestall the hazardous effects of mercury on the citizenry and protect the environment. This...

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Africa Magic Calls For Ghanaian Content

Cecil Sunkwa-Mills Cecil Sunkwa-Mills, general manager of Multichoice Ghana, says Africa Magic World has introduced a four-hour block dedicated to show exclusively Ghanaian content. Mr Sunkwa-Mills said it is expected to take off by November and forms part of measures to help expose the Ghanaian creative industry to a wider audience. Speaking in an interview...

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Unemployed Nurses Storm Flagstaff House

A number of unemployed nurses and midwives who have completed their studies but are yet to be employed by government, yesterday picketed at the seat of government – the Flagstaff House – to impress upon the government that they needed employment. The visibly aggrieved uniformed nurses and midwives, numbering about 400, gathered at the Flagstaff House as early as 7:00...

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‘Teach With Ghanaian Books’

Dr. Joyce Arye launching the book  Nana Kobina Nketia, the Omahene of Essikado Traditional Area, has tasked the Ministry of Education as well as educational institutions to teach with books written by Ghanaians. According to him, teaching with books authored by Ghanaians in our universities and other institutions would change the way we think...

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ECOWAS Seeks Support For Power Sector

Siengui Apollinaire (left) receiving the documents from Ifeyinwa Ikeonu Ifeyinwa Ikeonu, Acting chairperson for the ECOWAS Regional Electricity and Regulatory Authority (ERERA), says her outfit would require huge investment from the private sector as part of measures to kick start cross-border electricity trading among the member states. According to the ERERA...

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Konadu Speaks On Women Empowerment

Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings FORMER FIRST Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says Africa lacks strong legal instruments to protect women and girls against violence. According to the former first lady, Africa unlike other continents, needed to strengthen it laws to help eradicate violence against women and girls. Nana Konadu who made this known at this year’s International...

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Mahama Petitioned Over Stan Dogbe’s Brutal Assault

Stan Dogbe Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), a media rights organization, has petitioned President John Mahama to take action against presidential staffer, Stanislav Xoese Dogbe, for assaulting Yahyah Kwamoah, a journalist with the Ghana Broadcasting   Corporation (GBC). This comes after various civil society groups and journalists had called...

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Ghana Post To Demolished Houses

(From Right) Mr Yao and Agyenim Boateng, solicitor at Ghana Post  Eric Yao, Managing Director for Ghana Post Company Limited, has cautioned encroachers on a 92-acre property at Bubuashie in Accra to relocate or face losing their properties in an impending demolishing exercise. Mr Yao told journalists in Accra yesterday that the demolishing exercise formed...

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Vodafone Invests GH¢4.5m In Broadband Services

Julius Owusu-Kyerematen Vodafone Ghana has invested about GH¢4.5 million in the last four months as part of measures to improve its fixed broadband service across the country. According to the company, the current energy crisis, coupled with external pressures, had led to some inconsistencies in the delivery of the company’s fixed line and broadband services. Speaking...

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US Firm Joins FIPAG To Fight Piracy

A US firm, AMGO LLC has confirmed its new partnership with the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) to fight movie piracy in the country and beyond using a software application. FIPAG President Steve Asare Hackman told NEWS-ONE that the partnership would protect intellectual property of film producers and reward creativity in the African movie industry. Asare...

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Kufuor Foundation Equips Youth

(from left) Prof Agyeman-Duah and Frank Agyekum Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, Chief Executive for the John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK) Foundation, says the recent exposé by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, shows the extent of moral decadence in the country. According to Prof Agyeman-Duah, some people who enter public service in recent times only do so to...

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