Although the mining industry has been around for over a century, it has yet to see much progress in areas of transparency and open contracting compared to the relatively new petroleum upstream sector. Unlike the petroleum industry wherein contracts are openly and competitively contested, and information made readily available to...
Parliament has approved government’s request for a financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA) for an amount of US$ 125 million as additional financing for the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Sanitation and and Water Project (GSWP). The purpose of the funding is to continue with the implementation of earlier...
Corruption continues to be a growing concern in Ghana and the menace has always been largely blamed on weak institutions and failure on the part of duty bearers to effectively implement the plethora of policies and legal frameworks established to combat the canker. In spite of efforts instituted by successive...
Newmont Ghana Ahafo Mine, has donated some COVID-19 medical items and consumables worth GH¢1,522,105 ( approx. $261,705.58) to health institutions and other organizations in the Bono and Ahafo Regions as part of efforts to augment local and national efforts to prevent the spread and manage the impact of the...
Following the collapse of Ghana Airways and Ghana International Airlines (GIA), Ghanaians have long sought for a national carrier that will restore our national pride and fly our national flag around the world. Thus it was with much joy that I received the news in 2019 that Ghana had signed...
The family of three sisters who were involved in a gruesome accident has expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Vodafone Ghana Foundation for settling their medical bills during the Foundation’s annual ‘Homecoming’ initiative. Theresa, Rita and Priscilla Owusu, are among the over 300 patients who benefited from the 2020 edition of...
Kinross Chirano Gold Mines Limited (CGML), a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, has said it plans to help its host communities develop through educational enhancement interventions, as it has launched a scholarship scheme for needy but brilliant students. The newly-launched scholarship scheme, dubbed the ‘Chirano General Manager’s Scholarship Initiative’, is...
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has out doored its 'adopt a polling station-style' campaign to ensure polling stations and party agents are given the maximum support to do their work in the upcoming general elections. Speaking at the launch of the ‘IAM4NANA’ fundraising campaign to support Nana Akufo-Addo prior...
GOtv Ghana has presented an assortment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) valued at GHC 75,000 to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. The items, donated last Friday 23rd October 2020, included 2,000 medical grade coveralls and 1,000 KN95 nose masks. GOtv is a digital terrestrial Pay TV service from MultiChoice Ghana...
The hour is late, the clock of destiny is ticking out, we must act before it is too late-Martin Luther King Jr Over the past sixteen years, there have been attempts by various governments to get to the Consumer Protection Law passed. Four presidents have come and three gone, yet...