Accra City Hotel has been awarded the Best City Hotel in Ghana at the 2017 Africa Tourism Awards hosted by the World Tourism Forum, in Accra. This brings to five, the number of awards the hotel has won within the last two years. The Hotel is the reigning Best 4-Star...
Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has emphasised the  role the Volta River Authority (VRA) played in the 2015 agreement with AMERI, for the provision of a 250 MW power plant in the heat of the country’s power crisis, when he appeared before Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee on Friday. Addressing...
A Birmingham Airport-bound passenger plane declared an emergency in mid-air - after suffering a cracked windscreen. Flight number BM1424, a BMI Regional service from Nuremberg, declared the emergency over Coventry, reports the Coventry Telegraph . It landed safely at Birmingham shortly before 4pm on Thursday. The twin-engined Embraer ERJ-145 was carrying 15 passengers at...
She was flying Lucky Air, but that wasn't enough for an elderly Chinese woman who tossed coins at the jet's engine to wish for a safe flight, prompting authorities to detain her and ground the flight. The incident occurred on Wednesday (Oct 19) at the airport in the city of...
The Aviation Ministry is seeking a deeper collaboration with its Turkish counterpart in the area of aviation training, as Ghana positions itself to be the hub of choice in the West African sub-region. Ms. Cecilia A. Dapaah, the Aviation Minister said: “ Ghana and Turkey can collaborate in the area...
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communication, on Wednesday said information collected for the National Digital Property Addressing System would be kept under lock and key. According to her the system would also make it difficult for criminals to hide in the country as well as prevent them from accessing or hacking...
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), Archie Hesse has urged trainee teachers, nurses and students in general, to cultivate the habit of using their e-zwich cards to make payments. Speaking in an interview, Mr Hesse said the use of the cards to make payments...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, launched the automated and online portal of the Registrar General’s Department to enhance business registration processes. He said the e-Certificate and e-Payment system would facilitate the registration of businesses and prevent the long delays associated with business registration. He, therefore, urged the Management and...
A high-powered business delegation representing Ghana - led by the High Commissioner to Canada, E. Ayikoi Otoo, and CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Yofi Grant - rang the closing bell on the US$2.2trillion Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Other members of the delegation included...
HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ghana to provide support in the beautification and soft landscaping of the Recreational Quadrangle and J.B. Danquah Avenue of the university. Giving a brief background to the partnership, Dr. Benjamin...