Archive for November, 2011

GOIL Sales & Marketing executives brainstorm for the future

Posted by on November 15, 2011 at 3:48 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

From: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana GOIL, the largest and longest-existing indigenous oil marketing company in Ghana has held a three-day brainstorming “Marketing Summit” for its Marketing Team at the Holy Trinity SPA, Sogakope in the Volta Region. Fifty Marketing Executives & Engineers of the company from the four Zonal Offices participated in the workshop which began on Thursday, [...]

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Gabon to provide Ghana stiff opposition

Posted by on at 3:46 pm in Other Top Stories, Sports

by Gary Al-Smith Gabon paid $570,000 to the Brazil FA to host them in their last friendly. On Tuesday evening the Central Africans play Ghana in France. It should be strictly business, too, but on the field. The Black Stars themselves have had several days of rest, having seen their scheduled friendly with Sierra Leone [...]

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Govt-Ghana Trade Volume Grows to U.S.$1.6 Billion

Posted by on at 3:43 pm in Business, Other Top Stories

by: Jonathan Olajide THE value of bilateral trade between Nigeria and Ghana has grown to $1.6 billion (N240 billion) in 2011. Ghanaian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Baba Kamara, made the disclosure while fielding questions from The Moment during Ghana Business Forum, which was held at just-concluded 2011 Lagos International Trade Fair. Kamara said the trade [...]

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The Quest for Excellence in Higher Education – Making Legon a World Class University in the Country

Posted by on at 3:40 pm in Feature Articles

press release Accra — Speech by World Bank Africa Region Vice President Obiageli Ezekwesili Thank you for the very kind introduction. Honorable Minister of Education, the Distinguished Chair of the University Council and the Vice Chancellor, students and faculty, fellow participants, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is wonderful to be back in Accra and to [...]

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Statement: ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES OF THE CPP

Posted by on at 11:47 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

PRESS STATEMENT Organised By Constituency Executives in Greater Accra – CPP 15TH NOV. 2011 Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, We have called you here today to state our candid opinion on the recent insinuation by the General Secretary of our party, Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet and the National Chairperson, Hon. Samia Nkrumah [...]

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CPP is dying slowly!

Posted by on at 10:24 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

AFTER a major struggle to gain some level of recognition in the 2008 elections, the Convention People’s Party (CPP) seems to be bugged by another internal wrangling thus stalling all the enthusiasm that characterized the party’s recently organised congress which elected executives to steer affairs of CPP in the next four years. THE CPP offered [...]

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We won’t campaign in 2012

Posted by on at 10:14 am in Other Top Stories

…Atwima Nwabiagya NDC threatens STORY JAMES APPIAKORANG JR., NKAWIE, A/R Today can report that some NDC constituency executives in the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency of the Ashanti Region are threatening not to campaign for the party in the 2012 elections. The constituency Vice-Chairman, Abdullah Saddique, who called this reporter to issue the threat, said the constituency [...]

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Korle Bu Board member calls for dissolution of board

Posted by on at 10:11 am in Other Top Stories

STORY BY: KORYEKPOR AWLESU FREEMAN A member of the Board of Directors of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Mr. Eric Kwame Atieku, has called for the immediate dissolution of the board describing the recent conduct of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Prof. Otu Nartey and Board Chairman, Rev. Prof. Seth Ayettey, as “shameful [...]

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