Today, all over the world, women have been empowered to attain their full potential and explore areas that bring them comfort, reveal their strength and contribute to the economy of the nation they find themselves in. Meet Bernie-Asher Makafui Grey, Ghana’s first female Uber driver, or Uber businesswoman, if you...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said the new jobs programme – Nation Builders Corps –  announced in the recent budget is, perhaps, the most ambitious programme designed to address what has become the most critical economic challenge of the country. According to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Nation...
As part of the training programme for the 2017/18 batch of graduates undertaking their National Service at the National Communications Authority (NCA), the Authority lined up some of Ghana’s leading business and organizational leaders in a seminar to impart their experience to the team. The training which began in September...
The West African Gas Pipeline Reverse Gas Flow Project is expected to be ready by second quarter of next year, to ensure free flow of gas from Aboadze to Tema for power generation, Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has said. Currently, gas from oilfields in the western coast only terminates at...
The 48th President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, first female President of the Institution, Ing. Mrs. Carlien Bou-Chedid, has delivered her Presidential Address to members of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) on Thursday, 16th November, 2017 at the Engineers Centre, Roman Ridge, Accra. Her Address was under the...
The FPSO Kwame Nkrumah will be shut down in early 2018 to allow for continuation of repair works, Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has said. “The repair works on the turret of the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, also referred to as the Turret Remediation Project (TRP), is being done in two...
Mr. Emmanuel Ofosu, a graduate of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), received The Mike Nyinaku Excellence Award for 2017. He was the Best Graduating student from the Business School for the year 2017. The presentation of the award was done by The BEIGE Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility...
Lowering electricity tariffs is welcoming news for consumers, but not investors whose capital is very much needed to curb operational inefficiencies and clear unpaid subsidies, South Africa based RMB Research, which analyses global markets, has said. In its review of Ghana’s 2018 budget, RMB noted that despite the good works...
Demand for tertiary education is expected to explode by the year 2020, from the first batch of Free Senior High School beneficiaries, and the government has said its waiver of corporate income tax on private universities is meant to enable them invest in infrastructure and admit more students. Speaking at...
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has told Parliament that government has cancelled 11 Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) at a cost of US$402million, given their precarious nature and the total cost of US$7.6billion that would have accrued in capacity charges over a 13-year period. Mr. Agyarko told Parliament last week that:...