Author: Krobea

As part of a programme to improve the competitiveness of local businesses, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the government of Ghana held a conference in the Western Region on December 14 for stakeholders in the oil and gas sector. At the conference, participants shared lessons learned and best practices and highlighted the achievements of local businesses in the industry. USAID/Ghana Mission Director Sharon L. Cromer, Project Coordinator (Local Content in Petroleum Activities) for the Ministry of Energy Afua Amissah, Programme Director of USAID Ghana Supply Chain Development Programme KB Wilson, business service providers, small and medium…

The Minister of Trades and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, did not do any wrong in charging expatriates to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at an awards ceremony, a statement has indicated. Neither did a government official commit any wrongdoing in the deal, the statement said. This comes as part of a response to a query by President Akufo-Addo. The President – through the Chief of Staff – had written to Mr Kyerematen on Wednesday to explain the circumstances that led to the charging of expatriates between $25,000 and $100,000 to sit near him at the recently held Ghana…

Anti-government pressure group, the Coalition of Democratic Governance (CDG), says the ongoing process seeking the impeachment of the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) must be challenged. According to the group, it is more of a political witch hunt than a legal adventure. In a press release dated December 18, 2017, CDG said there were three petitions submitted to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but he chose to follow up on the first two, glossing over the one against the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. “Certainly the President could have ignored the first two petitions as he did to the…

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has donated food items to the Osu Children’s Home ahead of the Christmas celebrations. The donation, which is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility, has become an annual tradition. According to the Corporate Communications Specialist, Sandra Amarquaye, the donation is part of the company’s commitment to give back to society. “At Karpowership, we believe in investing in countries we operate in. While we ensure providing uninterrupted and reliable electricity to the national grid, we are also committed to giving back to society by addressing its needs,” she stated. Presenting the items on behalf of the…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor said political opponents of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) exaggerated the ‘All Die Be Die’ comment by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2011 to make the then flagbearer look bad in the eyes of electorates. Mr Kufuor said: “It was not threatening”. The comment attracted criticism from all quarters with many saying it was a war-drumming pronouncement. Then candidate Akufo-Addo was addressing some supporters of the NPP in Koforidua in the run-up to the 2012 elections when he made the comment. “They have intentions to intimidate us in 2012 because they believe that we are…

A baby has been born from an embryo frozen for nearly 25 years – possibly the longest gap between conception and birth since IVF began. The embryo was donated by a family in the US and has become the first child for a woman who would herself have been only one when the baby was conceived. The donated embryo that would become Emma Wren Gibson, a healthy baby girl, was thawed in March and transferred to mum Tina Gibson’s uterus. Emma was born in November. “Do you realise I’m only 25? This embryo and I could have been best friends,”…

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) says it has apprehended five companies with the help the police for forging registration documents. In a statement issued on Wednesday, GIPC said the companies breached the GIPC Act 2013 (Act 865). Two of the companies falsified documents of the Registrar General and forged certificates of GIPC. “One is currently being prosecuted by the GIPC in court while the second company is being investigated by the police.” Three of the companies forged foreign equity confirmation letters of the Bank of Ghana. According to the statement, the three companies said a staff member of GIPC…

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Bossman Asare, wants the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to call his appointees who show signs of intolerance to order. This comes in the wake of a melee between a Deputy Trades and Industry Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, and North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa outside Parliament on Tuesday. Mr Ahenkorah, who is also MP for Tema West Constituency, has been heavily criticized over his attack on Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa. Mr. Ahenkorah was very unhappy over accusations that the Trade Ministry charged expatriates between $25, 000 and $100, 000…

US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution opposing the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us,” he told reporters at the White House. “Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care.” His comments come ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution opposing any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The draft resolution does…