Author: Krobea

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is organizing the second edition of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum at the Labadi Beach Hotel on July 25-26. The two-day forum, expected to bring together over 300 participants, will be on the theme: ‘Connect. Accelerate. Grow: Phase II’. It is intended to provide a platform to continue the sensitization process of sharing GIPC’s strategy and provisions of the GIPC ACT 865, the benefits they can derive from it and create an avenue for captains of industry to interact with young entrepreneurs through building a sustained avenue for mentorship. It will also focus on promoting…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it is still resolute in its resistance to attempts by the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government to subvert the electoral process with the sacking of three commissioners of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). Its National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy, has indicated that there is growing restlessness among the rank and file of the party over the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove Charlotte Osei and her two deputies from office. But he stated that calm should remain until after the funeral of former Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur. “We wish to affirm our…

All referrals to the newly opened University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) will be treated for free for the next two weeks, management has announced. Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) Dr Anarfi Asamoah-Baah announced this at a short ceremony to open the facility on Wednesday. The 650-bed facility built at a cost of $217 million will only attend to referrals, for now. Twenty health workers are starting work with the number expected to shore up in the coming days. Addressing journalists, a member of the IMC, Dr Darius Osei, who will act as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), appealed…

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Dr Samuel Annor says the memo by his deputy in charge of marketing authorizing the approval of payments to government communicators is part of the Authority’s new policy. The memo, which is making rounds on social media, reveals a total of GH¢62,370 was given to about 65 persons said to be members of the Government Communications Team in April “to formally educate [the public] on NHIS policies and comprehensively explain management’s new proposals to enhance the work of the Scheme”. The venue for the meeting to educate the Team cost over…

Twelve boys and their football coach who were rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are due to leave hospital and return home. They have been in a Chiang Rai hospital since last week, when they were pulled from the Tham Luang cave complex in a dramatic three-day operation The group will make their first public appearance at a news conference and answer questions about their ordeal. After that they will go back to their homes and families, officials say. “The reason to hold this evening press conference is so media can ask them questions and after that they…

The producer of rib-cracking stage plays like The Ladder, Flagstaff and Legon Comedy, Nyansapo Productions is back with another thrilling and hilarious masterpiece titled ‘If God is Ghanaian’. ‘If God is Ghanaian’ tells the story of a compound house with a no-nonsense landlord who collects money to pay bills but does not provide the services the tenants are paying for. In a house full of men with different professions, how will they cope with the introduction of a mysterious lady on the compound by the landlord? The play explores the typical landlord-tenant relationship, people with different professions and how they…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Samuel Annor, has assured that despite the financial challenges of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the government will not allow it to collapse. The CEO said the NHIA is working towards a stage where every Ghanaian will have free medicinal care. Dr. Annor had underscored the need for the country to take a serious look at the financing module of the Scheme to prevent it from collapse. He said, “We have been broke for many years now because of the financing module”. NHIS, which started with…

Ghanaian champions Aduana Stars will be chasing their first win in the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup as they host AS Vita Club of DR Congo on Wednesday. Aduana Stars are yet to pick a win after losing their first group game to ASEC Mimosas and drawing 3-3 with Raja Casablanca at home, in their second game. With a win and a draw on their part, the Congolese top Group A ahead of ASEC and Raja Casablanca. They could be in pole position of making it to the quarter-final if they scalp the Ghanaian side. But the Ogya boys have been…

The Auditor-General’s Department says it has identified some irregularities in the ongoing National Payroll and Verification Audit, which began in the Central Region on Tuesday. “We have identified some irregularities in the system and what we can say for now is that those above 60 years and are still working in government agencies should come along with their approval letter indicating the government has given them the approval to work,” Deputy Auditor-General George Swanzy Winful told Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa on Wednesday. The Auditor-General’s Department and the Office of Special Prosecutor are collaborating to audit the payroll of the entire…

Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Charlotte Osei on Tuesday cited Maya Angelou’s Still I Rise poem on her Instagram page. It is unclear what may have inspired her to put the poem up but she got a lot of likes from her followers, some of whom were inspired. “Superwoman, you are our inspiration,” a follower wrote. The post comes a few weeks after Mrs Osei was removed from office as Chair of the Commission. She became the first female to occupy the position in 2015 after her appointment by then president John Dramani Mahama. She successfully supervised…