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The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, Baroness Sugg, says her country is seeking to remove every form of trade and investment barrier that exist between the UK and Ghana. She was Speaking at the third UK-Ghana Business Council meeting at the Jubilee House. The UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) is a biannual high-level meeting between top government officials from both countries. The meeting is used as a vehicle to move forward a new strategic economic partnership between the UK and Ghana that focuses on increased trade and investment. Baroness Sugg said the two countries…

Nana Yaw Adom Owusu I[/caption] The Odikro of Antoa-Krobo in the Kwabre East Municipality of Ashanti region, Nana Yaw Adom Owusu I, is urging Ghanaians to embrace the introduction of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in schools. He lauded the concept, arguing that it will help minimize rape cases, defilement and teenage pregnancy. Nana Yaw Adom Owusu insists CSE should be considered as one of the best initiatives to happen in the educational sector and wants it implemented without delay. Many Ghanaians, through traditional and social media, have expressed displeasure and kicked against an attempt by government to introduce comprehensive sexuality…

Kwadwo Nkansah known in showbiz as ”Lilwin”, says, he will try whatever strategy within his prowess to revive the twi movie industry known as “Kumahood”. The Kumahood industry has been on a decline in recent times, with many actors resorting to doing short videos on Youtube to generate some income. But according to Lilwin, who is arguably the best actor on the local scene, the Kumahood industry has suffered some huge setbacks and would have to adjust to the technological changes to make the industry successful again. “I don’t think Kumahood is dead as being purported by many. We going…

Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, had a productive meeting with Doug Hampshire, an RFU Level 5 Match Official on Thursday. Doug recently moved to Ghana with his wife and he has joined Deloitte as Management Consultant. Doug will become actively involved in Match Officiating in Ghana and hopefully in the West African Region and indeed with Rugby in Africa. Doug started playing rugby at the age of 13 with Effingham and Leatherhead RFC. On moving to Bath, UK to go to school he captained the schools U16 team and then went on to captain the 1st…

Nigerian actress and film producer, Genevieve Nnaji’s movie, ‘Lion Heart  is the first ever Nigerian entry to the Oscars. The Netflix original film has been submitted for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category. Last year in September, Netflix picked up Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lion Heart and it became the first Netflix original film to come out of Nigeria’s colossal film industry. More recently, the film has now been submitted to the Oscars in the “Best International Feature Film” category—Nigeria’s first ever entry to the Oscars according to Screen. Nigeria’s Nollwood is the second biggest film industry in the world,…

The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy issues has called on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to prioritize the social protection system to support children with cerebral palsy. Families raising children with cerebral palsy are usually left to struggle alone, there are no social support systems for such families, the Special Mothers Project is calling for the establishment of rehabilitation centres in various communities to support such families. A statement issued and signed by Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Founder and Executive Director of the Special Mothers Project, ahead of the World Cerebral…

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has kicked against a directive from the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) asking members who have installed television in their vehicles to remove them. According to the Authority, the move is part of measures being undertaken to reduce road accidents as passengers distracted from their role of monitoring and keeping a check on speeding drivers. Section 189 of the Road Safety Acts is against TVs on dashboards. “(1) a person shall not use or operate a television monitor or a similar device on the dash board of a motor vehicle while the motor…

File[/caption] London Stock Exchange (LSE) is partnering with the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) to develop the capital markets. The partnership with the LSE will help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial market. Mr Adam Afriyie, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of a meeting with the Management of the GSE, commended the Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for supporting the initiative. The two bodies agreed to cooperate to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization following a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the…

London Stock Exchange (LSE) is partnering with the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) to develop the capital markets. The partnership with the LSE will help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial market. Mr Adam Afriyie, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of a meeting with the Management of the GSE, commended the Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for supporting the initiative. The two bodies agreed to cooperate to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization following a cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the second…

Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the end of the year. To support the increasing numbers of students under the programme, 8,000 teachers would be employed within the same period. The Minister said this at the just ended Town Hall Meeting in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital. He said all programmes introduced by the Government would be carried out successfully to deliver the needed change and improve the economy. He called on the citizenry to give maximum support to…