The Bank of Ghana is partnering with Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to pilot a general purpose Central Bank Digital Currency (retail CBDC). G D will provide the technology and developing the solution adapted to Ghana’s requirements, which will be tested in a trial phase with banks, payment service providers, merchants, consumers and other relevant stakeholders. To this […]
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The proposed independent elite league competition that has been under consideration by the current administration will take off in 2022/23 season. The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) at a meeting agreed to commence the implementation of the new policy after the 2021/22 football season. According to the Executive Council, the current 18 […]
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Abdulai Maman, a landlord, has been sentenced for renting out his building without a toilet facility to tenants. Maman pleaded guilty with an explanation that he gave a mason some amount of money to construct a toilet for him but he ran away to Accra. The court presided over by Madam Edith Lucy Dzormeku said […]
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It has emerged that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), between 2014 and 2016, procured prepaid meters and conductors worth ¢59million, but the machines are still locked up in the company’s warehouse. The revelation is highlighted in the 2020 Auditor-General’s Report on the audit of statutory boards and corporations. According to the report, ECG procured […]
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Construction works have begun on a new three-unit classroom block for Adaklu Anfoe Kindergarten in the Adaklu District. The building, which is estimated to cost GH¢250,000.00, when completed would have an office, store, toilet and urinal. Mr Governs Kwame Agbodzah, Member of Parliament (MP) of Adaklu, who inspected the progress of work at Adaklu Anfoe, […]
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The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), has resolved to embark on strike action to demand the settlement of all outstanding issues and related arrears payable to its members. The resolution was contained in a Communique issued by the GMA at the end of its Fourth National Executive Council (NEC) meeting […]
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Three Pre-Education Teachers’ Unions have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to restructure the Teachers’ Promotion Examination to bring dignity and respect to the profession. The Unions, GNAT, National Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers–Ghana (CCT-GH), also urged the GES to solve their complaints by September 2021. Mr Thomas T. Musah, […]
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Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has said that the University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG won’t suspend its ongoing strike despite the threat from the National Labour Commission to cite the leadership Association for contempt of court. According to Prof Gyampo, the government and the NLC can imprison all […]
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The Ghana Statistical Service says 99.4 percent of Ghanaian households have been enumerated in 15 regions. Greater Accra reached a completion rate of 98 percent at the end of this year’s Population and Housing Census. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician, announcing this on Wednesday at a press briefing in Accra, said data collection for […]
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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 10th August 2021, commissioned the $16 million Weddi Africa Tomato Processing Factory, a company operating under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Domfete, in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. Government, through Ghana Exim Bank and ADB Bank Ghana, facilitated the acquisition of the […]
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