Nana Agyekum Dwamena, Head of the Civil Service (HCS), has said Personal Assistants (PAs) and Technical Advisors (TAs) at various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are impeding the work of civil servants. This development has become a cause for concern. Consequently, the new civil service law has made clear proposals...
Fiscal deficit is tipped to hit double digits Economy still at high risk of debt distress The World Bank has intensified its call for Ghana and other African countries to spend wisely and implement innovative strategies which will broaden the tax net to capture every income-generating activity in order...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said it will spend US$250million on rehabilitating cocoa farms over the next three years. The country is seeking to cut down and replant diseased and over-aged cocoa farms under a cocoa rehabilitation programme launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last month. About 40...
Newmont Ghana, in partnership with the government of Ghana and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has cut the sod for construction of the 41 kilometre road from Nkawkaw to New Abirem Road in the Eastern Region as part of efforts to promote infrastructural development in its host communities and surrounding...
MTN Ghana Foundation has inaugurated a three-unit classroom block for New Mangoase Roman Catholic Basic School in the Eastern region. The project which comes at a cost of GHc394,379.27 will benefit over 420 pupils from new Mangoase and its surrounding communities. The facility includes a headteacher’s office, a staff common...
Many change programmes fail to attain the level of success envisaged in the average organisation. This is a general perception, that 70% of change projects fail although recent research has proven that this assertion has a very little granular basis. One thing we must come to terms with though,...
Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-GH), a women empowerment Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has launched a project to enhance the protection of women and young girls against violence and promote gender equality at all levels in the Northern region. The project, dubbed ‘Women Empowerment for Leadership and Action for Development (Women-LEAD)’,...
Huawei’s Y series is known for introducing more devices with powerful features, great performance and stunning good looks. The latest addition to the series, the HUAWEI Y9a, continues this trend with a solid 64MP Quad Camera, 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge, powerful performance and a gorgeous design. 64MP Quad Camera The camera setup...
“Before the foundation came into my life, though armed with great future prospects of being an esteemed and exemplary luminary of my community, I confess the future was bleak. The adequate financial resources to fuel that drive were nonexistent.” - Ezekiel Odotei Odoi, 22. The hope of every parent is...
The Ghana Education Service, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, took a decision to enable second year students in Senior High Schools and Junior High Schools to return to school yesterday. They are to remain in school until 14 December as announced by the President in his 16th COVID-19 national address....