Brett Goschen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, has said the telecom market leader in Ghana would float shares in the near future to enable Ghanaians to own shares in the success of the company. He told journalists that the only stumbling block to the floating of shares was the ongoing legal tussle [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Tuesday adopted a vision of urgency towards national development as the main thrust of its strategy for winning Election 2008. The strategy focuses on the main thematic areas of the CPP Election 2008 manifesto that prescribes the restoration and pursuance of the original vision of the party’s founders through [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana has been lauded by the World Bank for being on track to halve poverty by 2015. In its Global Monitoring Report, 2008, on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), the bank said Ghana had made “strong progress†in strengthening development strategies and institutional frameworks for implementation. It said the development made Ghana a “good candidate†[...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana will host a two-day meeting for more than 250 senior level financial sector champions from over 30 countries at the Partnership Forum for Making Finance Work for Africa in Accra from June 17-18 2008. Mr. Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, announcing this in a statement issued by the Ministry on Wednesday [...]
Read the rest of this story »Swedru Gamba All Blacks spanked visiting Tema Real Sportive 3-0 in their 24th Week of the Onetouch Premier League match played at the Swedru Sports Stadium on Wednesday. Wilson Andor scored two goals in the 18th and 26th minutes while Obed Owusu added the third in the 49th minute to add to the woes of [...]
Read the rest of this story »The new date for NDC flag bearer, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, to appear on the “Evening Encounter with Presidential Candidates†organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA Ghana), a public policy institute, is now Wednesday, June 18. A statement by IEA on Tuesday, signed by Mrs Jean Mensa, Administrator, to the Ghana News [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Presiding Member of the Mfantseman Municipal Assembly, Nana Ataapim Kweeenu VIII has urged the administration to expedite action on getting the Assembly’s by-laws gazzetted. The Presiding Member noted that it was important that the revised bye-laws of the Assembly were gazetted to give legal backing to their enforcement. Addressing the Second Ordinary Meeting of [...]
Read the rest of this story »Dr Nii Kwaku Sowa, Acting Director General of Securities and Exchange Commission, on Monday said sections of the law that established the Commission, especially the section mandating it to act on instructions from the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, should be expunged. Section 140 of the Securities Industry Law (PNDC Law 333), that established [...]
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