Archive for September, 2011
Posted by Contributor on September 27, 2011 at 2:01 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
From: Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana The Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, Saturday morning walked off Newsfile, a live radio and TV programme on Joy FM and Multi TV, after labelling a co-panelist as ‘stupid.’ The shocking outburst by Gabby, a gentleman known to usually speak his mind passionately and wittingly, only added to the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:00 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Other Top Stories
Duffuor saves GH¢250,000 for state From: The Chronicle/Ghana Dr. Kwabena Duffuor takes no salary as the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Ghana’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has made the tax payer better off, to the tune of several thousands of cedis, as he prefers to be seen as a [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:59 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
From: Twum Barima/Yaa Asantewaa The studios of Asempa FM was the battlegrounds Thursday for National Democratic Congress heavyweights Kofi Adams and Alhaji Iddrisu Bature. The two were discussing the absence of former President Jerry John Rawlings at events marking the 102nd birthday of Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. The discussion spiraled into insults and [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:53 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
From: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has condemned attempts by some Central regional executives of the ruling National Democratic Congress to scuttle a planned meeting with her supporters Saturday. Nana Konadu had planned a thanksgiving meeting at the Cape Coast Town Hall with her supporters who voted for her in her failed bid [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:43 pm in Other Top Stories
A new report from the World Bank and IFC released today finds that women still face legal and regulatory hurdles to fully participating in the economy. Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion finds that while 36 economies reduced legal differences between men and women, 103 out of 141 economies studied [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:39 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
By Sophie Curtis Ghana could be the first country in Africa to get 4G mobile technology, and Alcatel Lucent is eager to get on board Ghana could be the first country in Africa to roll out Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, according to telecoms equipment maker Alcatel Lucent, giving it a head start over neighbouring [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:38 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
From: Adom News/Ghana The Bank of Africa (BOA) Group, an international financial company, renowned for its commitment to community banking across Africa, will open another African footprint in Ghana on Wednesday. BOA West Africa SA has already acquired majority shares in Amalgamated bank, Ghana and has rebranded it into BOA-Ghana, which would be launched with [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 12:36 pm in Business
President John Evans Atta Mills has appealed to American business people to take advantage of Ghana’s congenial investment climate and do business in the country. President Mills said Ghana does not have the requisite capital but natural resources and he believes that partnering the American business people will enable his government to satisfy the needs [...]
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