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Director of System Operations at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) Mark Awuah Baah has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company. According to a circular to staff, Ing. Awuah Baah’s appointment took effect from Friday, July 23.     “This follows the successful end of the …

Three teacher unions have expressed dissatisfaction with the announced base pay increment for public sector workers for 2021 and 2022. The unions; Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), believe teachers are deserving of better conditions of service. …

The school is about 21 years but there is nothing to write home about due to its current poor nature, cries Assembly man of Beposo , Isaac Andane. He was talking about the state of Beposo D/A KG in the Shama District in the Western Region. The wooden and bamboo …

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and Students Affairs at the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has been appointed to act as Vice-Chancellor of the institution effective August 1, 2021. This follows a decision of the University’s newly constituted Governing Council, chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia …

With a few weeks to the commencement of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), final year pupils of the Ata Ne Ata Basic School in the Shama District of the Western Region say the odds are stuck against them. The BECE candidates of the school are raising serious academic …

Ghana’s total public debt stock has increased once again according to new data released by the Bank of Ghana. The debt stock which ended the first quarter of 2021 at GH¢ 304.6 billion, increased by almost GH¢ 30 billion in April and May.     This saw Ghana’s total public …

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All post-event receptions, particularly those for weddings and funerals, have been banned as in an effort to contain the alarming spread of COVID-19 in Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced on Sunday 25 July 2021. In his 26th address to the nation on measures against the coronavirus, Akufo-Addo said: …

Ghana has been ranked the number one country in Africa with the fastest internet speed. In a global index for fastest internet speed, Ghana’s internet was ranked the fastest on the African country, ahead of South Africa and Egypt.   Ghana was ranked 79th in the world, with a speed …

Ghana has the cheapest pricing for mobile internet data in sub-Sahara Africa, a report on world mobile internet data pricing has revealed. The report, conducted by UK’s internet experts, cable.co.uk, compared the cost of 1GB of mobile data across 6,148 mobile data plans in 230 countries.   The report ranks Ghana’s …