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January 27, 2024
Alpha Beta School celebrates Founder’s Day and launches refurbished science lab
The Alpha Beta School has celebrated its 2024 Founder’s Day and inaugurated the first phase of a refurbished science laboratory with a call on Ghanaians to support STEM education of their children to become innovators.
STEM is the acronym for Scienc…
AfCFTA Secretariat readies digital trade protocol to spur intra-continental trade
Mr Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has announced a digital trade protocol by end of January.
‘Soon, we’ll conclude protocol on women and youth in trade, [which is] very critical for inclusio…
President Akufo-Addo commissions Ghana’s first private petroleum refinery
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned Ghana’s first private oil refinery built by the Sentuo Group, Ghana, a Chinese conglomerate, at the Tema Industrial Area, near Accra.
The two-million-dollar Sentuo Oil Refinery has an init…
Affordable digital devices, financial services critical enabler for intra-Africa trade
African governments and businesses have been encouraged to ensure citizens’ access to affordable smartphones and digital financial services to spur intra-continental trade.
This is because affordable digital devices and services are critical enabler…
End ‘tyranny of sovereignty’ in trade facilitation – MTN Senior Vice-President
Mr Ebenezer Asante, Senior Vice President, MTN Group, has called for an end to what he described as the ‘tyranny of sovereignty’ to allow ease of trade across Africa.
The Senior Vice President said the ‘tyranny of sovereignty’ was an impediment to …
Ghana calls for adherence to African Mining Vision
Ghana has drawn the attention of African countries to their obligations under the African Mining Vision, urging renewed commitments to harness the continent’s mineral potential.
The Vision enjoins countries on the continent to collaborate and use th…
ECOWAS Court achieves highest ever record of 64 Decisions in 2023
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has recorded yet another milestone in the number of Decisions delivered in 2023.
Statistics from the Court’s Registry Department indicate that 64 Decisions, comprising 59 Judgments and 5 Rulings were delivered in 2023, a …
ICU-Ghana supports calls against VAT on electricity
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)-Ghana has supported Organised Labour’s call for the removal of a 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity.
Mr Morgan Ayawine, the General Secretary, ICU-Ghana, at a media engagement, said the…
Police officer dies in abandoned mining pit, others on admission
A police patrol vehicle pursuing criminal suspects plunged into an abandoned mining pit in Kwawu, killing Police General Constable Prince Amoah and injuring three others.
The survivors, Constable Martha Ansah, General Corporal Frederick Cobbinah, th…
Major Boakye-Djan left indelible mark on pages of Ghana’s history-Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the late Major (rtd) Kojo Boakye Djan as an outstanding man who left an indelible mark on the pages of Ghana’s history.
‘Although he has passed on, we, today, celebrate this figure of great signific…