Archive for June, 2011
Posted by Contributor on June 30, 2011 at 7:35 pm in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories
As the Natural Resource Charter holds its third annual workshop at Oxford on June 29-30, 2011, the combination of rising commodity prices and falling costs of communication technology presents Africa with an unprecedented opportunity to reduce poverty and fight corruption at the same time. The continent is experiencing a commodity boom. The bonanza is likely [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:34 pm in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories
Looking at what has happened to Egypt and Tunisia, can we still blame the Danquah/Busua tradition for the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah in 1966? We should all be ashamed of ourselves for blaming and pointing fingers at the Danquah/Busua tradition. We were all happy when we saw the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt being overthrown [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:31 pm in Entertainment, Music, Other Top Stories
Premieres first 2011 single “Sorkode” on YFM Andrew and Joshua, affectionately known as “Keche De” and “Keche Pa,” are poised to start Summer 2011 with a bang. After several months spent performing music from their freshman album “Pressure” (Available on AfricanMP3s.com and iTunes) and working hard in the studio, the duo released their latest single, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:25 pm in Hotels, Travel & Tourism
The Copyright Society of Ghana (COSGA) has challenged members of the Ghana Hotels Association to seek legal redress over new tariffs issued by COSGA, if they are unsatisfied. The Ghana Hotels Association is up in arms against COSGA for what they describe as a sharp increment in the tariffs being charged for the use of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:22 pm in Fashion and Style
In 2009, Elizabeth Roney started Liz Alig and worked with several Fair Trade groups such as Global Mamas in Ghana, West Africa, where this dress from the spring 2011 collection was shown. / Submitted photoFiled Under Look at what you’re wearing. Do you know where your pants were made? Where the materials for your shirt [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:18 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
The $500 million 6.75 percent 2021 Eurobond floated by Nigeria at the international financial market is trading at 105.525 with a yield of 6.397 percent. This compares with Ghana’s 2017 bonds which trades at 7.424 percent and Gabon’s 2017 bond which is trading at 6.964 percent. Nigeria first announced plans to borrow at the international [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:03 pm in Local News, News From Other Newspapers
credit: Ernest Best Anane The aspiration of Mr. Allen Gyimah, a former Financial Controller of Kumasi Asante Kotoko football Club under the Bawuah administration, as a potential claimant to the Jamasi Bretuo Stool has been received with stiff opposition. The Gyaasehene of Jamasi in the Sekyere South district in the Ashanti Region, Nana Brefo, has [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:02 pm in Local News, Other Top Stories
credit: Naa Betty Mingle The Metropolitan Co-ordinating Director of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr. Sam Ayeh-Datey, has tasked the all 15 beach operators within Accra to put in proper safety measures to protect lives during festive holidays. In an interaction with the beach operators, he mentioned that many lives were lost during last year’s [...]
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