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Akyem Oda Market Women Begin Week-Long Protest Against Relocation

Hundreds of displaced market women in Akyem Oda in Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern region on Monday, August 8, 2022, commenced a week-long protest against their relocation from the central business city to Akyem Oda quarters top, a remote suburb.     As part of the action today, the …

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GUTA: Our Members Are Calling For A Demonstration Against Gov’t

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has raised concerns about the depreciating value of the cedi and its effect on businesses in the country. Speaking in an interview on The Probe on Sunday, Mr. Joseph Obeng stated that members of GUTA are calling for a demonstration …

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Orange Farmers Expresses Optimism As A Go To “OGA” Is Launched

The Orange Growers Association (OGA) launched its eastern regional chapter at Akim Aperade in the Achiase district to enhance quality farming and provide a profitable and readily available market for orange farmers in the country.   OGA was instituted a few years ago with the sole objective to assist farmers …

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ACEP Calls For Competitive Bidding In Ameri Power Plant Relocation Contract

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is asking the government to use a competitive bidding process in awarding the contract to relocate the AMERI power plant from Takoradi to Kumasi. According to ACEP, negotiations have advanced between the Ministry of Energy and Mytilineous SA to have the $35.6 million …

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Minority To Government: Resolve Impasse With Tanker Drivers To Curb LPG Shortage

The Minority in Parliament has called on government to address the issue surrounding the shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across the country. The Minority Caucus in a release signed by the Ranking Member- Mines and Energy Committee, John Abdulai Jinapor stated that, “government must as a matter of urgency …

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Local Airline Ticket Prices Shot Up By 20%

Prices of local airline tickets have shot up by between 15 and 20 per cent, prompting recession fears among local operators following “a gradual drop” in patronage. The new prices, which took effect from July 08, 2022, was in response to a rise in operational cost occasioned by the depreciation …

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Self-Service SIM Re-registration App To Be Launched, Subscribers To Pay GH₵5

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that a self-service sim reregistration app will be launched on August 2. According to her, this app will enable the public re-register their sim cards in the comfort of their homes without having to queue at any network operator’s office. Speaking at …

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This Is Evil Corruption – Communications Minister Warns Qwik Loan Customers Who Don’t Want To Pay

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalisation  has warned qwik loan customers who do not want to pay their debt hence, refusing to re-register their SIM cards that they would be found out.   She described their action as evil corruption.   It is recalled that Ningo Prampram Member of …

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Côte d’Ivoire And Ghana To No Longer Sell Cocoa At Origin Differentials Below Zero

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have decided to no longer sell their cocoa at origin differentials below zero, from as much as 125 pounds below the ICE terminal market, joint Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) announced in Accra Friday.   The origin differential is an additional country quality premium that has …

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