Author: Krobea

The Bank of Ghana says it has completed the clean-up of the banking sector which started in August, 2017. The clean-up started with the revocation of licenses of UT Bank and Capital Bank with their assets handed over to GCB Bank. The major shake-up of the sector was, however, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, when five banks viz uniBank, Beige Bank, Royal Bank, Construction Bank and Sovereign Bank were consolidated into the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited. Later, the Central Bank shut down 347 microfinance companies of which 155 had ceased operations. Nineteen micro-credit companies and money lenders also had their…

The Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa and scheduled to begin play in March 2020, on Friday named NBA Africa Head of Business Operations and Ghana-native John Manyo-Plange as BAL Vice President & Head of Strategy and Operations. Manyo-Plange, who goes by Manyo, will assume his new role immediately and will continue to report to BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall. “Over the last decade, Manyo has been instrumental in the continued growth of basketball and the NBA’s brand across Africa,” said Fall. “He has helped expand the NBA’s business across the…

Every June 4th, Jerry John Rawlings’ 1979 coup in Ghana inspired by his Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) readily comes to mind. This year, as in previous years, the story was not different. I knew nothing substantial in history― worldwide― that occurred on the aforementioned date than Rawlings’ coup. Then, in the afternoon, as I watched Aljazeera, I heard something that was totally new to me. The anchor mentioned Tiananmen and that it was a protest which happened in Beijing, China, in 1989. The news report said many people died in that protest. After I had watched the news report,…

The Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, has denied rumours that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has been scrapped. He said the junior high school curriculum is yet to be reviewed. He made this known on Thursday, August 15 when he addressed journalists on some developments in the education sector. There were reports that the review of the educational curriculum will lead to the scrapping of the BECE. The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Dr Prince Hamid Armah, is quoted as saying the BECE has outlived its…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended the GH¢10 insurance deductions to make way for the policy to be regularized. The suspension will be in August only with deductions set to resume in September for only teachers interested in the scheme, which offers a life cover of GH¢18,000 in case of death or permanent disability. Some teachers had expressed disagreement with the reintroduction of the scheme in July and descended heavily on the Service for not informing them before effecting deductions. The scheme was formally introduced in June, 2018 but was suspended after agitations among staff. Sensitisation was intensified and…

Ghana midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, says he is feeling a lot better in the hospital in Negrar. The midfielder was rushed to the hospital Wednesday night and was diagnosed with pulmonary microembolism – a blood clot in the lungs. A statement confirmed the 28-year-old Ghana international is being kept in at the Sacro Cuore hospital in Negrar for treatment and further tests following “a pulmonary microembolism incident. “The player’s conditions are good and he will remain under observation for a few days.” This is a small blood clot in the lung, which can be extremely serious, even fatal, if not treated,…

The Ghanaian theatre industry has been bursting at its seams with great plays over the last few years. Almost every weekend at the National Theatre, there is a play showing. One name that can never be overlooked when modern Ghanaian theatre is made mention of is Uncle Ebo Whyte. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roverman Productions has over the last decade written, produced and directed countless stage plays. His recent masterpiece, I Want Your Wife, saw National Theatre overflowing with patrons on the two weekends it was shown. On Monday on his live flagship program, FOOD FOR THOUGHT, on…

The European response to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” of illegal migration has largely been one of outrage and disgust but, is Europe any different? For many in Africa and the Middle East, Europe’s migration policies are not so different from Trump’s. Many Europeans take umbrage at Trump’s attacks. But even if they don’t subscribe to his “zero tolerance” approach to migration, European governments have also become much tougher in handling migrants, asylum seekers and even minorities already resident– a position many migration experts describe as very hypocritical. As I write this article, two boats carrying more than 500 migrants…

Tammy Abraham missed the last penalty at Istanbul’s Vodafone Arena on Wednesday night to hand Liverpool their fourth Uefa Super Cup trophy. The match played between last season’s Champions League winners and Europa League winners saw Liverpool and Chelsea play to a pulsating 2-2 draw after extra time. Olivier Giroud had opened the scores for the Blues in the first half but the Reds came from the break to clinch the equaliser through Sadio Mane, forcing the game into extra time. After just five minutes of the extra time, Mane scored again in his 19th goal in 2019. But a…

The DNA samples of the families of the missing girls of Takoradi have been taken, 3news.com understands. The exercise took place on Wednesday, August 14 at the Western Regional Police Headquarters in Sekondi. It lasted less than an hour, 3news.com can confirm. The samples will be matched against the human remains found in Sekondi/Takoradi earlier this month in the search for the girls. While three sets of human remains were found in a septic tank near the residence of the suspected kidnapper, a fourth set was found at Nkroful New Site, where Samuel Udoetuk-Willis was rearrested when he broke jail.…