Author: Krobea

Winner of the maiden edition of the Presidential Pitch competition Vanessa Aisha Limann has urged start-ups and young entrepreneurs to take advantage of programmes and platforms that offer information on access to funding opportunities. He 19-year-old says most start-ups lack information on funding sources, thereby making it difficult for them to raise the right funding for their businesses. Startups in Ghana mostly complain of lack of access to cheaper credit unlike in other countries where there are systems to support young entrepreneurs. There are cheaper loans, angel investors, government support amongst others. In contrast, the interest rate of most financial institutions…

Indigenes of Kete in the Krachi West enclave of the Volta Region have begun investing heavily in the sensitization of inhabitants for a favourable outcome in the December 27 referendum for the creation of the Oti Region. Personal resources including funds have been mobilized for the sensitization programme. Chief of Kete, Major (rtd) Abu Safiano Baba says they will make sure more than 50 per cent of the Ketes vote for an 80 per cent YES in the referendum next month. Addressing journalists in Accra on Wednesday, November 14, Major (rtd) Safiano Baba said those against the creation of the Oti…

Small as the campus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism [GIJ] is, the bearers of the rumor succeeded spreading it across all corners the way a smothering fire does on a refuse dump. Trust me, it was a big news! When journalists – people trained to be professional gossipers – get hold of your secret information, you are better a dead person. “She is pregnant!” was the infectious chorus. It was on every lip. The girl who received the torrential blows, the way falling mangoes hit the ground in a windstorm, was Auguster Asantewa Boateng. A very beautiful girl and…

A member of the communication and legal teams of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, is of the opinion that nothing seems to be working in Ghana under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “The situation is hopeless,” he stressed. The politician-cum-lawyer was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday in the wake of the commendation of the current government by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Sheikh Hamad Al Thani praised President Akufo-Addo for his leadership skills over Ghana for the past 22 months. This was during the one-day official trip made to the Gulf…

Fulham have sacked manager Slavisa Jokanovic and replaced him with Claudio Ranieri, who guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016. Jokanovic makes way with the Cottagers sitting bottom of the Premier League table with five points from 12 matches. Italian Ranieri, 67, has been given a “multi-year” contract by the Londoners. “Making a change without having the right answer or succession plan was not an option,” said Fulham chairman Shahid Khan. “So having someone of Claudio’s calibre ready to accept our challenge was comforting but, most of all, essential. “Claudio is risk-free and ready-made for the Premier League,…

The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has signed a partnership collaboration with Book Aid International, one of the world’s largest book donors, to begin a book shipment to support Ghana’s public school and special libraries. The signing of the partnership is as a result of series of meetings between the Authority led by its Acting Chief Executive Officer, Hayford Siaw, and Chief Executive Officer of Book Aid International Alison Tweed. In April 2018, Mr Siaw reached out to Book Aid International in a bid to negotiate a restoration of a broken partnership of more than two decades with Ghana. This was…

Theresa May faces a crunch cabinet meeting later as she tries to win colleagues’ support for a draft Brexit agreement between the UK and EU. Senior ministers will gather in Downing Street at 14:00 GMT amid calls to reject the deal from both senior Brexiteers and some Remain supporters. The PM is also continuing one-to-one briefings with ministers on the plans. Some cabinet members have “deep reservations”, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says. But the draft is seen as a significant moment in the negotiations between the UK and Brussels. The pound made a tentative rise against the dollar on…

The Black Maidens got off to a flying start at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of hosts Uruguay on Tuesday. The Maidens equalled their biggest win in the competition with that result, having beaten the same opponents by a similar scoreline in their gallant run to Bronze at Azerbaijan 2012. Captain Mukarama Abdulai also made history by scoring a first hat-trick in the tournament. The score was, however, opened by Fusena Mumuni in the 20th minute. Mukarama registered her name on the scoresheet five minutes later, running into the penalty area to beat Uruguay’s…

CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House. The lawsuit is a response to the White House’s suspension of Acosta’s press pass, known as a Secret Service “hard pass,” last week. The suit alleges that Acosta and CNN’s First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the ban. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning. Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. There are six defendants: Trump, chief of…

Ghana’s Black Maidens will play host nation Uruguay in the opening game of the 2018 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup on Tuesday at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Uruguay and the Maidens will raise the curtain on the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with the first four matches featuring on Tuesday. The Estadio Charrua in Montevideo will be the venue for both games in Group A, with New Zealand taking on tournament debutants Finland before the Uruguay-Ghana game. Uruguay will be hoping to become the first host nation of a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to…