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Philip Owiredu[/caption] The Board of Directors of CalBank has announced the nomination of Mr. Philip Owiredu as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, subject to Bank of Ghana’s approval. Mr. Owiredu has been the Bank’s Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2011. Upon approval, Mr. Owiredu will assume the Chief Executive Officer position on 1st January 2020, following the retirement of the current Managing Director, Mr. Frank B. Adu on 31st December 2019. Mr. Owiredu comes with a broad wealth of experience in banking spanning over 15 years across Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Structured & Project Finance, Credit,…

Counsel for the senior police officer who has been charged with treason for his alleged involvement in a coup plot says his client’s family has been denied access to him. Martin Kpebu said ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzor’s family have been at the offices of the BNI since 6 a.m.Tuesday but officials there will not allow them to see him. “Since morning, it is only the receptionist who has spoken to us. They’ve denied his wife, sons, sister, uncles, sister and brothers access. They have been here since 6:30 AM. I came much later and I have also been denied access.…

[caption id="attachment_139850" align="alignnone" width="660"] Kurt Okraku[/caption] President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku has denied bribing any delegate for votes in the just ended football association’s presidential election. Instead, he insists, his good looks helped him get ahead. Speaking on Hot Issues on TV3 Saturday, Mr. Okraku however noted: “One or two situations where people couldn’t afford transport to come over, and once they have to travel because of you, you have to help them to travel’’ When pressed on whether he parted with cash for votes, he responded, “no, my sweet face did the trick’’. He also…

Ken Ashigbey[/caption] The Chief Executive of the Telecoms Chamber, Ken Ashigbey has stated emphatically that telecom companies will argue against any attempts by government to tax mobile money. According to him, mobile money should rather be used as a vehicle to expand financial inclusion. Speaking in an interview on TV3’s Business Focus, airs on Monday, Mr. Ashigbey who is also the former CEO of Graphic Communications Group said any attempts to tax mobile money transactions will be detrimental to government’s own digitization agenda. Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu had disclosed that following the adjustment of the Communication Service Tax, the ministry…

The Chief Executive of the Telecoms Chamber, Ken Ashigbey has stated emphatically that telecom companies will argue against any attempts by government to tax mobile money. According to him, mobile money should rather be used as a vehicle to expand financial inclusion. Speaking in an interview on TV3’s Business Focus, airs on Monday, Mr. Ashigbey who is also the former CEO of Graphic Communications Group said any attempts to tax mobile money transactions will be detrimental to government’s own digitization agenda. Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu had disclosed that following the adjustment of the Communication Service Tax, the ministry is contemplating…

At least nine US citizens, including six children, have been killed in a violent attack by suspected drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico. The victims are members of the LeBaron family, linked to a breakaway Mormon community which settled in Mexico several decades ago. The victims, who also include three women, were travelling in a convoy. Mexico’s security minister said the group could have been targeted accidentally through mistaken identity. Family members, who have spoken to the New York Times newspaper, said two of the children killed were less than a year old. In a Tuesday-morning tweet President Donald Trump…

The Chief Executive Officer of Premier Health Insurance has waded into what is gradually becoming a common phenomenon of pregnant women travelling outside the country to give birth. While he does not condemn the act, Mr Percy Asare Ansah believes, with the best of a health insurance cover, there are efficient hospitals in Ghana that provide quality services which pregnant women can take advantage of and avoid the stress and likely complications that come with travelling pregnant. “Sometimes people are not aware of what we have in this country. We have very good private hospitals that will take care of…

Mr Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, has announced (https://youtu.be/vxcZ7iYuwMo) the Ghana Rugby Men’s Sevens squad that will take part in the 2019 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens tournament in South Africa. The tournament also serves as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympics in Japan and will be battles between Africa’s top 14 men’s sevens teams. Countries taking part in the tournament on the Bosman Stadium in Brakpan South Africa on 8 and 9 November include Ghana, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In making the announcement, Mensah said…

The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has refuted claims that he insulted the people in the northern part of the country. In a recent interview, he suggested the people in the five regions in northern part of Ghana have benefited from the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme as they have now been financially elevated to buy themselves motorbikes and build cement houses with iron sheets. Communities in those regions, he said are “shining with metal roofs where there used to be thatch roofs”. His statement has widely been condemned with some people…