Archive for October, 2011
Posted by Contributor on October 26, 2011 at 3:38 pm in Education, Local News
From: Ghana | Myoyonline.com | Derick Romeo Adogla Minister of Education, Betty Mould-Idrissu has directed the Ghana Education Service to close down schools in Greater Accra to enable NADMO officials deal with the damage caused by last night’s flood. Speaking to Joy FM on Wednesday, Mrs. Mould-Idrissu said the decision was taken to safeguard the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:31 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
GNA – The US Exim Bank on Tuesday announced that it is set to support and expand American business interests in Ghana. Vice Chairperson of the Bank, Wanda Felton said the expansion programme was part of the long term plan for more economic co-operation with Africa announced by US President Barack Obama in 2009. At [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:28 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
by: Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh Despite the praises Ghana continues to receive from local and foreign financial and economic experts, as well as the two Breton Wood institutions -the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), of being the fastest growing economy in Africa, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UT Holdings, Mr. Prince [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:23 pm in Entertainment, Music
From: Adom News/Ghana The Business Advocacy Challenge Account, BUSAC, has again come to the rescue of the Ghana Music and Creative Industries with a grant to enable stakeholders undertake an advocacy action on developing a policy framework on the need for access to long-term financing for industry players. This is the third time BUSAC, funded [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:21 pm in Education, Local News
Eco Eagle PTY Limited, a student company from Swaziland has been adjudged the winner of the Africa Region Junior Achievement (JA) Student Company of the Year Competition 2011 for the second time in a ceremony in Accra. The competition was a contest of business skills, ingenuity and innovation that focused on the accomplishment of Africa [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:20 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
About three to four billion dollars is lost to corruption every year, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, Executive Director of Imani Ghana, a think tank, ranked the fifth most influential in Africa in 2009, he said. According to Imani Ghana the amount contributes to the annual African average of 150 dollars grand theft, considering the waste, plain [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:18 pm in Business
By Collins Nweze 16 Leaders from across the public and private sectors of Africa are gearing up for the Vodafone African Business Leaders Forum (ABLF) 2011 slated for Accra, Ghana, from November 10 to 12. The forum is designed to help business leaders in the public and private sectors to understand and strengthen their resolve [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 3:17 pm in Business, Local News
Twenty-five Small and Medium Scale (SME’s) entrepreneurs have undergone a three- day seminar in Accra, which aimed at providing them with basic skills in management and accounting practices. The seminar was organised by Mensa Dua and Co Limited, a management consultancy firm on the theme: “Acquiring Knowledge for Business Growth.” The participants drawn from pharmaceutical [...]
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