Author: Krobea

As of Thursday, August 6, the total number of persons who have registered to vote in the December 7 elections is 16,663,669, the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has said. These are provisional figures, a Deputy Chair of the EC insisted, and it comes ahead of a two-day mop-up exercise starting Saturday, August 8. Addressing journalists on Friday, August 7, the Deputy Chair in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Eric Bossman Asare, said all the regions except the Volta Region recorded a marginal increase in their respective voter populations captured in the previous register. The figures see the Greater Accra Region…

Former Member of Parliament for Tain Constituency Joe Danquah has alleged that the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not a Ghanaian. He says Johnson Asiedu Nketia hails from Ivory Coast, where he has external family relations and a mansion. He said it is by the “grace of God” that Mr Asiedu Nketia has become a citizen of Ghana to the extent that he holds a cardinal position in a major political party in Ghana. The Banda Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), speaking on Accra-based Okay FM on Friday, said Mr Asiedu Nketia wants…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated Abdul-Mumin Issah as the new Chief Executive of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA). This comes almost two months after the death of Anthony KK Sam. Mr Sam died at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) from Covid-19 complications. In a statement issued by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama on Thursday, President Akufo-Addo nominated Mr Issah, according to Article 243(1) of the 1992 Constitution and Section 20(1) of the Local Governance Act, Act 936. The President has also nominated two others for the Akwapim North and Amansie…

Ecobank Group on Thursday announced the finalists from the 2020 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The challenge, in its third edition, is designed to deepen collaboration between Ecobank and Fintechs with Africa focused products. The 10 finalists Fintechs from 7 different countries, who emerged from a competitive pool of over 600 fintechs, will participate in an online Finale scheduled for August 21, 2020. The 2020 Finalists are: Always In-Touch Real-time (South Africa), Fluid AI (India), Franc Group (South Africa), Growth Factor (Ghana), Leaf Global Corporation (Rwanda), Moja Ride (Ivory Coast), Nokwary Technologies Limited (Ghana), Papersoft S.A (Mozambique), Ukheshe Payment Solutions (South Africa), PayChap…

The Western Region Director of the Ministry of Children, Gender and Social Protection is encouraging parents to make time to meet the needs of their wards. Faustina Yorke Awotwi was reacting to the news of a 14-year-old girl committing suicide at Dwomo in the Shama District of the Western Region. The sad incident occurred on Sunday, August 2, 2020. The victim, Angela Cobbinah, was a JHS 1 student. In a phone interview on Omanba-pa, the flagship morning on Connect FM, Madam Yorke Awotwi urged parents to spend ample time with their kids to create enabling environment to make them have…

English Premier League side Southampton completed the signing of defender Mohamed Salisu from Real Valladolid for a fee of £10.9m. He penned down a four-year contract that will keep him at St Mary’s Stadium until 2024. He joins a few list of Ghanaians to look out for in the upcoming season. Salisu has been one of the most coveted players in Europe following his breakthrough season with Spanish club Valladolid. But how well do you know him? What are his key strengths? And, how is he going to fit in at Southampton? The Ghana international, 21, made 31 La Liga…

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has said he will run for a third term in October’s general elections. The president was last week nominated by his party and said he would announce his decision later. The ruling party’s previous presidential nominee, Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died of a heart attack on 8 July. “I am a candidate in the presidential election of October 31,” Mr Ouattara told public broadcaster RTI. “I have decided to respond favourably to the call of my fellow citizens,” he said. The president’s decision is likely to spark criticism as the country has a two-term…

The number of coronavirus cases in Africa has surpassed one-million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but the continent appears so far to have been spared the worst of the pandemic. Half of the infections are in just one country, South Africa. There are still low levels of testing in most countries, meaning the rate of infections could be higher than reported. Most cases are currently concentrated around the major cities. More than 18.6 million people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally and 702,000​ have died, according to the World Health Organization. In Africa, nearly…

With 455 new cases confirmed across the country, Ghana’s Covid-19 total infections since the outbreak of the disease on Thursday, March 12 is 40,097. These are cases as of Tuesday, August 4 and reported between Wednesday, July 15 and Monday, August 3. The deaths have seen a rise from 199 to 206, according to the latest case count released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) The recoveries-cum-discharges are at 36,638, leaving the active cases at 3,253. Out of these active cases, 25 are said to be in severe conditions while seven are in critical conditions with four of them on…

President of Ghana Hotels Association Dr Edward Ackah-Nyamekeh has revealed that hotels in Ghana will be laying off more workers in the coming days. This comes following the inability to access the stimulus package earmarked by the government to support businesses. The government devoted GH¢600 million as stimulus package to support businesses deal with the impact of the Covid-19. But Dr Ackah-Nyamekeh told Alfred Occansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday, August 6 that two months after members of his Association applied to benefit from the earmarked stimulus package being disbursed by the National Board for Small Scale…