ActionAid Ghana has appointed John Nkaw as Country Director effective 1st May 2022. Until his recent appointment as Country Director, John Nkaw served as Head of Programmes, Campaigns and Innovation and Interim Country Director. He succeeds Sumaila Abdul-Rahman who resigned from office in August, 2021. In his new role, John Nkaw...
The Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH) is set to showcase an innovative Ghana-made artisanal cocoa products line at the 13th World Trade Promotion Organisations - WTPO - Conference and Awards in Accra, Ghana. COVAAAGH will be featuring alongside other groups and organisations in the Non-Traditional Export (NTE)...
Huawei has launched its LEAP digital skills development program. Announced at its maiden ICT Job Fair, LEAP aims to develop of more than 100 000 ICT talents for the ICT sector. LEAP which is an acronym for Leadership, Employability, Advancement and Possibilities, is aimed at fostering strong digital leadership and...
AirtelTigo Touching Lives in collaboration with ‘Dr. Setor foundation’, has launched the ‘Every Mind Matters’ initiative with the aim of creating mental health awareness amongst the Ghanaian population. This project is to give mental health the needed attention to eliminate stigma and prejudice against people living with issues of mental...
The Deputy Minister of Education (MoE), Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has stated that government is poised to provide widespread practical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education to students in all basic schools across the country. According to the deputy minister, government is determined to ensure that the times when teachers...
A delegation of eight Danish companies will visit Ghana from May 17-20, 2022, to explore market opportunities and expand the strong commercial relations between Denmark and Ghana in the food and agriculture sector. The trip is organised by the Embassy of Denmark in collaboration with the Danish Agriculture &...
Verna Natural Mineral Water has been adjudged ‘Water of the Year’ award-winner at the sixth edition of the Ghana Beverages Awards (GBA). A product of Twellium Industrial Company Ltd., Verna Natural Mineral Water beat brands such as Voltic Natural Mineral Water, Bel Aqua Mineral Water and Awake Purified Drinking Water...
A decade’s analysis of procurement processes from 2011 to 2021 has shown that public boards have lost some GH¢850million to procurement irregularities, a joint report by IMANI and the African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has revealed. The amount, the think-tanks said, is different from the value of financial irregularities...
drags rest of the market down with it The local equities market appears to be reeling from effects of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy), as the runaway leader in volume and value categories - MTN - has seen its share price fall in the weeks following introduction of the...
Government's pursuit of transforming the public sector through an aggressive digitalisation drive is paying off, with significant progress so far recorded, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. "Ghana is on an irreversible march of change. We consider repositioning Ghana through digitisation in all areas of public administration as an...