Teachers who abandon the classroom after enjoying study leave with pay, at the expense of the tax payer, are depleting classrooms across the country, and should be denied jobs when they seek one in other public institutions, the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has said.
Government, the union said,...
To spur local innovation and entrepreneurship, intellectual property rights must provide flexible protection for local businesses, Open Africa Innovation Research (AIR), a global research network, has said.
A well-fashioned intellectual property regime, it said, could be the catalyst for building sustainable local businesses with positive social impact on the economy.
“We...
Fintech is boosting financial inclusion across Africa, according to Ecobank ,the leading independent pan-African banking group, a pioneer in Africa’s digital transformation and the main sponsor of the 2018 Africa Tech summit taking place today.
Although over 80% of Africans have mobile phones, only around one quarter (28%) of them...
Charles Darku has appointed Kweku Awotwi as the new Managing Director.
Mr Awotwi is an experienced international business executive with over twenty-five years’ experience working in the energy sector, electricity, oil and gas, as well as the mining and extractive industries, in both the public and private sectors in Africa...
Betway Ghana has opened its ultra-modern concept store at Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, as part of efforts to respond to the needs of its growing clientele.
The Concept Store, located in the Nyatakyiwaa Plaza along the main Amakom Road, will provide players with a convenient and safe environment where...
Cyril Ramaphosa has become South Africa's president after embattled leader Jacob Zuma resigned.
He was the only candidate nominated in parliament on Thursday so no vote was needed to make him president. MPs from the ruling African National Congress broke into song at the announcement.
Mr Ramaphosa, 65, has focused on...
Why would a university graduate sell coconut? And who said some jobs are for men only? Well, I felt that way until I met Adowarim, a lady in a ‘strictly’ male dominated industry—coconut selling. Even though she showed so much interest in sports and excelled in basketball during her...
GE technology is responsible for some 75percent of thermal power generation in Ghana, and when ongoing projects are completed, it could reach 85percent, Leslie Nelson, CEO of Gas Power Systems and GE Ghana has said.
Whilst it is providing the technology for a number of thermal power projects, it is...
Headline inflation rate for the month of January 2018 slowed to 10.3 percent from 11.8 percent recorded in December, 2017, latest figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service have shown.
The current figure which represents a 1.4 percentage change from the previous month figure is the lowest rate since 2013.
Mr....
A strong delegation from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), led by its Chairman of the Board, Keli Gadzeko, has paid a working visit to Côte d'Ivoire’s Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Électricité (CIE).
The objective of the visit according to the utility provider in Ghana was to have the top management including...