Edmond Kombat, Co-founder and Director of Administration & Research at the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has been selected to participate in the ‘Energy Transition – Germany’s Policy on Hydrogen’. Mr. Edmond Kombat will represent the Institute for Energy Security (IES) as one of the selected organization among the three...
REAL ESTATE MINUTE: With Cyril Nii Ayitey Tetteh In Accra these days, all it takes is for the heavens to open up for just 30 minutes of downpour and voila, it’s a “swimming party”! Flooding has become a perennial problem for the city’s inhabitants and even if you live in...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS One of Ghana’s biggest challenge in the fight against COVID-19 has been getting citizens to accept the reality of the pandemic and adopt safety protocols. Corona Life, a televised mini-series in Twi, the local language, uses drama (and humor) to educate the general public on how to...
The charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, Vodafone Foundation, has completed and handed-over a transit shelter to Ark Foundation, a non-governmental organisation to support and accommodate domestic violence victims in Ghana. The transit shelter project was funded by Vodafone Ghana and the benevolent contribution of staff of Vodafone Ghana ranging from...
Government is expected to accrue US$1.56billion as export tax from a US$60billion investment into the establishment of the Petrochemical Hub in the Western Region, a report of the select committee on Mines and Energy on the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Bill. 2020 has revealed. According to the report presented to...
The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Authority (DVLA) is considering the implementation of a web-based Vehicle Registration and Management Systems (VRMS) to ensure optimum revenue mobilisation and improve road safety. The ultimate target of the VRMS initiative is to improve road safety, ensure efficient revenue collection and create jobs for the...
The Rotary Club of Accra-Tesano joined the Ghana Health Service to immunise children under the age of 5 years against Polio within the Klottey Korle district of the Greater Accra Region. As part of activities earmarked by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), a nationwide campaign to vaccinate children under...
The Director General of the Burkina Shippers’ Council (CBC), Erve Sebastien Ilboudo has lauded the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) for its commitment towards the promotion and facilitation of transit trade. According to Mr. Ilboudo, the GSA has over the years has put in a lot of effort to ensure trade...
The Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce Ghana, Emmanuel Doni-Kwame has revealed that within the newly launched “For Better Business Together” (4BBT) program, the facilitators of the initiative will establish ICC Africa Centers of Entrepreneurship. According to him, the ICC Centre for Entrepreneurship will serve as a flagship...
Transit shippers have appealed to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to impress on commercial banks operating in the country to accept financial transactions in CFA, a move that would greatly help boost economic activities with Francophone countries in the sub-region. The limited CFA transactions by the banks, they said, is...