[ads3] At an International Women’s Day event Ghana Rugby took the opportunity to inaugurate Women’s Rugby 15s. This is both in response to the growing demand and Rugby Africa’s willingness to consider Ghana Ladies participation at Continental level. The huge response vindicates Ghana Rugby’s application to be considered for World Cup qualification. The 7s side have been hugely successful in winning trophies at Tunisia and more recently at the World Cup pre qualification series in Kumasi. The 7s squad will be departing for Tunisia next month to compete with Africa’s best. The symbolism of so many ladies turning up to…
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[ads2] Omankyeame writes Slave Coast! She is 65 years today, Yes, the black star of Africa is celebrating her six and half decades of colonial emancipation. At the second past midnight on 6th march 1957, Ghana in west Africa was born. This is indeed a remarkable feet in the historical antecedent and the future of our great nation state. As a UP student of Nkrumaism I would like to take a deep breath and reflect on few happenings pre and post colonial rule. Hold on a bit, let me wear my nose mask before I proceed. *Turning the Back wheel*…
[ads2] Telecommunication giant, MTN is on track to fulfill its planned spend of USD 1 billion on Network Infrastructure and Information Systems (NIIS) by 2025. This planned expenditure will go a long way to support the Digital Ghana agenda and put the country at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation. The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana Selorm Adadevoh stated, “We successfully implemented our investment plans, with a total CAPEX of GHS1,485million (GHS1.5Billion) last year, supporting infrastructure modernization, expansion of 4G coverage and improvements to quality of service. To achieve this, we rolled out 131 2G, 120 3G and 1,446…
The Supreme Court has struck out the application to quash a ruling of the High Court B Tema, which declined to order the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General to justify the continued detention of #FixTheCountry activist, Oliver Barker-Vormawor. The court also advised Mr. Barker-Vormawor’s lawyers to immediately apply to the High Court for bail. A Deputy Attorney General, Diana Asonaba-Dapaah who led the charge of the State described the application as a salad. She said the AG was even unable to file a response to the application for the mixed nature of it. “We did not file…
Many political watchers have expressed concern and disappointment over recent acts of violence and disturbances perpetrated in the NPP Bantama Constituency as part of the conduct of its polling station elections. At a press conference by a section of the youth in the constituency, called, “Concerned Youth of NPP Bantama”, they leveled various allegations against one Bernard Amofa Jantuah, who has declared intentions of contesting for the Chairmanship position in the constituency as the brain behind these acts of violence that seeks to undermine the peace and unity in the party. “Ladies and gentlemen, on the 25th February, 2022, when…
MTN Group today unveiled its evolved visual identity, articulating the context behind the logo many have seen since 16 February 2022. It is just the second brand overhaul since the Group was founded in 1994. Back in 2004, the changes made to the brand resulted in MTN taking ownership of the colour yellow that is now synonymous with MTN. Importantly it also helped to elevate the brand to where it is today, recognised as the most valuable in Africa. The brand is an extension and visual representation of the Group’s refreshed strategy, dubbed Ambition 2025 and premised on Leading digital…
The recent call by Africa CDC director Dr. John Nkengasong, for donations of COVID-19 vaccines with a longer shelf-life of three to six months has perhaps lifted the lid on the other side of COVID-19 vaccine inequity in Africa. With about 2.8 million doses of vaccine reportedly expired, roughly 0.5 percent of the 572 million doses delivered to date on the continent, experts argue that this is no longer donation but a clear case of “dumping”. At a time when the world is grappling with a new sub-variant (BA.2) of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 that can escape RT-PCR tests…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has described the new data on housing that puts the national housing deficit at 1.8m, a 33% reduction from the previous 2.8 million as great news and one that will further inspire the sector Ministry to commit to its new housing programmes that seek to further bridge the deficit and address the country’s housing challenges. Research from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicates that the country’s housing deficit in the last 50-year period continually witnessed an upward trend from a figure of 1 million to 2.8 million from 1950 to 2010. However,…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has today inaugurated six (6) Technical Committees of the Engineering Council with a call on the regulating body to use every legal means available under the Act to ensure that industry practice is well regulated to secure the highest professional standards in Accra. The Engineering Council is a regulatory body under the Ministry of Works and Housing, mandated by the Council’s Regulations, 2020 (L.I. 2410) to among other things, certify and license individuals and appropriate corporate engineering bodies for initial and continuing registration as stipulated by law under the Engineering Council Act,…
Minister for Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for Bantama, Hon Francis Asenso-Boakye has paid a visit to an eight-year old girl who in a viral video, has chastised him, the New Patriotic Party(NPP) and President Akufo-Addo for being stingy because they have not financed her schooling after she did a video campaigning for the party in the run-up to the 2020 election. The young girl in the video said during the 2020 election campaign period, she did a video with which she campaigned for the now Minister for Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for Bantama, Hon…