Ventures Platform, an African early-stage investment fund that supports startup companies on the continent, has announced the closure of a first tranche of US$40 million, to invest in market-creating innovations. With the completion of this transaction, a second component of the fund is due to take place in early 2022...
Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC, has introduced an adoptive leave policy as part of its Employee Leave Policy.  Adoptive Leave is granted to employees of an organization who for circumstances beyond their control choose to adopt a child. Mr. Tetteh Mamah, the Head of Human Resources of Republic Bank Ghana, said...
Covid’s fastest surge this year slowing recovery African Covid-19 cases are surging at the fastest rate this year, with infections rising by 83% over the past week to 196,000, driven by both the Delta and Omicron variants. While deaths from Covid remain low in Africa, the continent’s lower vaccination rates heighten...
The Accra Technical University (ATU) is on the verge of losing its food demonstration block at the school’s Hotel Catering and Institutional Management (HCIM) Department for the training of Ghanaian students in Chinese cookery - and to specifically deploy them to work at a Chinese company in the Tema...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the military to continue their effort to clamp down on illegal mining activities and other unsanctioned forest activities in the country. While lauding the military for successes recorded in the fight against illegal mining activities over the period, Dr. Bawumia noted that...
5,403 schools in critical condition. with 2,417 still under trees  Though government has taken a huge amount of responsibility in the educational sector over the past five years - focusing attention on Free Senior High School (FSHS), allowances for teachers and development of some infrastructure to accommodate the rising...
Nana Kwame Nkansah II - known in private life as Louis Yamoah and is the Divisional Chief of Aowin Traditional Area at Jomoro in the Western Region - has been adjudged Divisional Chief of the Year by the Ghana Chieftaincy Awards. The primary basis for this recognition in his chieftaincy...
- Dr. Bawumia assures NPP delegates The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will become the first political party in the Fourth Republic to break the eight-year power cycle. Speaking at the annual national delegates’ conference of the NPP, in Kumasi, Dr Bawumia said although “breaking...
…Santa’s Grotto, music, fun, play and more music It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it’s Christmas time and the West Hills Mall is celebrating Christmas in grand style with all its shoppers. We are inviting you, your friends and the whole family to join us at...
S.O Frimpong Transport Limited (SOFT) has won the latest edition of the Puma Energy Transporters Quiz. Held over the weekend, the quiz also had three other contestants including JK Horgle Transport, JK Ahiadome Transport and RIET Transport. The contestants answered Multiple Choice Questions, Theory, Safety signs and True or False...