The Ghana Statistical Service has released the Ghana 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey Labour Statics. This report includes statistics on economic activity status, employment status, youth not in employment and movement in and out of employment across economic sectors: Agriculture, Industry and Services. The Data from the Ghana …
Read More »Rwanda Successfully Repays $400m Eurobond Despite Economic Challenges
Despite pressure on Rwanda’s finances brought on by ongoing global shocks linked to the prolonged impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the appreciation of the US dollar, Rwanda has successfully repaid its $400 million Eurobond. The whole payment, which was due this week, was successfully completed, …
Read More »I Will Contest NPP Presidential Primaries – Dr. Bawumia Officially Declares Intention
The Vice President of Ghana, H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has begun engaging key stakeholders of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to inform them about his intention to run for the presidency. He has informed the Majority Caucus in Parliament of his decision to contest the governing party’s presidential primaries …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo Commissions KIA Vehicle Assembly Plant
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Kia automobile assembly plant in Ghana, urging the vehicle manufacturer to work towards making their products affordable to the local consumer. Set up by Rana Motors Limited, a local licensed dealer for the South Korean automobile company, the plant, situated at Amasaman …
Read More »Stop Threatening Caterers – Otiko Afisa Cautions School Feeding Secretariat
Former National Women’s Organizer and Minister of Gender and Social Protection of Ghana under the Akufo-Addo government, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, has issued a word of caution to the Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, to desist from threatening the Caterers who are employed under the policy. “…when you …
Read More »Rejecting Akufo-Addo’s 2018 Ambassadorial Job ‘Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me’ – NPP’s Otiko Djaba
The former minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs. Otiko Afisah Djaba has stated that she has no regrets turning down an ambassadorial job in 2018 after she was removed as Minister of Gender at the end of the first term of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. …
Read More »People Are Dying, Pay Our Monies Now – Gold Coast Fund Management Customers Cry
Customers of Gold Coast Fund Management are demanding the immediate payment of their locked-up funds. The customers numbering about 100 on Tuesday, May 2, besieged the offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission to demand their money. The customers say four years after the collapse of the company, the government …
Read More »Nigeria Launches Probe Into Popular Noodles Brand
Nigeria’s food and drug control agency (Nafdac) says it is taking “swift action” to investigate a popular brand of noodles over alleged presence of a substance associated with increased risks of cancer. The agency said in a statement it was conducting “random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the …
Read More »Supervisor Of Building Which Collapsed At Adentan Arrested
The Supervisor of the three-storey building which collapsed at Adentan in Accra on Monday has been arrested by the Police. The structure, which was under construction, led to the death of one person and also left three other persons with injuries. Two of the injured persons have, however, been treated …
Read More »Ghana: Today’s Newspaper Headlines; Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eric Sakyi Nketiah: I’m Ready For NPP Presidential Race Republic Press The Ghanaian Publisher Oh God! Help Me With Wisdom To …
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