Archive for February, 2009

Eight-member IMC to run AshGold FC

Posted by on February 27, 2009 at 4:39 pm in Sports

An eight-member Interim management Committee (IMC) has been set up by the management of AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited to take over the running and direction of Obuasi-based AshGold Football Club with effect from Friday, February 25 this year.     The IMC to be under the chairmanship of Mr Kwesi Enyam of Obuasi Mine would among [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Government pledges to accelerate growth of ICT

Posted by on at 4:33 pm in Science

  Government has pledged its support to the promotion of Information and Communication Technology to help accelerate the country’s socio-economic development.      Speaking on Thursday at a reception organized by Omatek Computers Limited for its Board of Directors, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, said government was keen on mainstreaming ICT in all aspects of [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Carnage On the Road – Can We Get a Life-Line From the "Markets"?

Posted by on at 4:13 pm in Feature Articles

  By: Edward Kutsoati   Hardly a week goes by in Ghana without some families losing their loved ones from senseless traffic accidents. The traffic unit of the Department of Vehicle and Licensing Authority estimates that an average of six people die daily from vehicular accidents; and many more sustain injuries of various degrees. Most [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Mental Health And the ‘Abodam’ Stigma

Posted by on at 4:12 pm in Local News

  By: Basiru Adam As for Kwaw Kesse, perhaps Ghana’s most cheeky hiplife artist, he must be living largely by ingeniously choosing for a trade name ‘Abodam’ – madness. The gesture he makes by hitting a clenched fist against his head has caught on with Ghanaians, young and old, so much that one would think [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Volunteers ‘Invade’ the Garden City, Kumasi

Posted by on at 4:10 pm in Feature Articles

  By: John the Baptist Anirra Abaah The spirit of volunteerism has caught up with Ghana very fast and many schools and colleges, mission, charities, institutes, institutions and organisations are benefiting from the many volunteers pouring into the country. From the United States of America, the Peace Corps has remained at the fore front of [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Helping ECG to Help Us

Posted by on at 4:08 pm in Editorial

  On Monday February 23, the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) announced a $194 million expansion project to reduce to the minimum the incessant power outages in some parts of southern Ghana. Management says the project involves the addition of more sub-stations, the construction of another bulk supply point and the upgrading [...]

Read the rest of this story »

EU Rep Walks Out of Forum

Posted by on at 4:06 pm in Other Top Stories

  By: Frederick Asiamah A representative of the European Union, on Tuesday, stormed out of a public forum on oil because he disagreed with criticisms directed at some of Ghana’s development partners. Mr. Jannik Vaa reportedly told the moderator of the forum that "This is not the way to dialogue" and stormed out of the [...]

Read the rest of this story »

Unilever Ghana Sees 2009 Revenue Growth in ‘Low Double Digits’

Posted by on at 3:59 pm in Top Story

Unilever Plc’s Ghanaian unit expects sales growth to slow this year as weaker economic growth and higher inflation changes consumers’ shopping habits, Charles Cofie, chief executive officer of Unilever Ghana Ltd. said.

Read the rest of this story »