The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has allayed fears that the ongoing strike action will impede the registration of freshmen (new entrants) in various universities across the country. Secretary for the association Dr. Asare Asante-Annor, in an interview with B&FT, explained that the industrial action is for only classroom...
International trade experts, Appiah Kusi-Adomako and Dode Seidu, have urged the private sector to take advantage of the soon to be rolled out  national sensitisation workshop on the rules of origin within Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). According to them, the private sector should familiarise themselves with the rules...
The Ghanaian-German Centre (GGC), which is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Government, is partnering with the Ministry of Employment and Labour relations to provide job opportunities through the pilot ‘Graduate Work and Salary Top-Up Programme’. This programme serves a  dual...
Business activities within the Tamale Metropolis are poised for a boost following official opening of the Tamale interchange in March. This was disclosed by the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, when he paid a working visit to the area and stated that completion of the project is imminent. “The...
Alicia Evans, an American in-coming developmental Chief of Ahwerase-Akuapem, has donated food items to 30 widows in Ahwerase-Akuapem as part of her humanitarian services. The items were donated to the widows group on Boxing Day. The donation, comprising rice, tomato paste, cooking oil and tinned fish were to help put...
Fuel prices in Ghana are likely to see an increase at the pumps between Ghp30 to Gh40 per litre, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) has predicted. The increase is coming on the back of the 7.42% increase in the price of Brent crude, the 9.46% increase in price of...
Fidelity Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited, has donated medical supplies to the Paediatrics Department of the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra. The supplies, comprising of a CPAP machine, Perfusor, X-Ray viewer, pulse oximeter, digital thermometer, paediatric ambubag, industrial nebulizing machine, oxygen concentrator (5L) and oxygen flow...
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged Christians and churches to be partners in development and encouraged leadership of the church to forge cordial relationships with traditional authority. Otumfuo explains that the chieftaincy institutions   do not frown on activities of the church and further reiterated that chieftaincy is about...
Following a strong rebound in 2021, the global economy is entering a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and a rise in inflation, debt, and income inequality that could endanger the recovery in emerging and developing economies, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report....
The most prestigious awards scheme for young entrepreneurs and startups in Ghana - Young Entrepreneur Awards, organized by the Ghana Startup Network, have recognized and celebrated over 30 young Entrepreneurs across several sectors and regions over the weekend at the Accra City Hall, inside the A.M.A building. The Awards places...