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The term ‘Behind the scenes’ is usually associated with happenings on movie sets that are normally not made available to the general public. It showcases the movie making process and the level of extensive work that goes into film making. Actress Fatimah Adeoye is out providing movie lovers with her ‘Behind the scenes’ skit. It is the first of its kind ever in Ghana aimed at showing movie lovers the real and raw shoot that goes on behind the camera’s that contributes extensively to the entire movie. ‘Behind the scenes’ will fully engage and walk the audience through the movie…

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reviewed upwards the initial treatment grant, which is part of the compensation package given landowners and cocoa farmers who agree to cut and replant their Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV)-affected cocoa farms under the on-going National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme. The initial treatment grant which was pegged at GH¢552.96 has now been increased to GH¢1000 per hectare. The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, announced this at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region at a durbar of chiefs and people of Sefwi wiawso Traditional Area during a three-day working visit by the…

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has hailed the introduction of a new basic curriculum as part of ongoing reforms within the education sector, which will take effect from the 2019/2020 academic year. GNAT is particularly enthused with the introduction of History as a subject, saying it will help the development of the nation. GNAT adds that the national assessments at Primary 2 to Primary 6 to ensure that children’s performance is being tracked is another good reform in the education sector. The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, on Thursday, April 11, launched the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has hinted at a major stakeholders’ meeting within the first three months of his next presidency to forge consensus on how the Free senior high school (SHS) policy must be implement. He observes that there are major challenges affecting the policy as a result of the ad hoc manner in which it was implemented. The former president stated these while addressing a lecture at the University of Cape Coast last Thursday. The lecture was to assess the state of education in Ghana today. It was hosted by a former Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana…

The National Union of Ghana Students on Thursday, April 11 set up a five-member committee to take a critical look at the draft Public Universities Bill as proposed by the Ministry of Education. The committee is expected to collate the views of students and student leaders across the country to ensure that concerns, views and suggestions are formally laid before the Ministry of Education. According to NUGS, academic development is tied to the improvement of students’ governance and development and as such there is the need for much attention to be paid by the students’ mother union on this bill.…

At a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa is high on foreign policy and developmental agendas and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External Investment Plan, targeted at attracting investment and job creation in Africa, the Tony Elumelu Foundation brought together leading stakeholders in the development finance sector, at a case study session in the EU capital, Belgium. The convening demonstrated that Africa also had solutions to bring to the table and platformed the Foundation’s unique approach to catalysing entrepreneurship in scale across the continent. Themed “A Convening on Africa’s Economic Transformation: A Case Study of the…

The Former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala, has rubbished claims by President Nana Akufo-Addo that the Sinohydro infrastructure deal will not add to Ghana’s debt stock, which currently stands at $173.2 billion. The President Wednesday cut the sod for the construction of the Tamale Interchange under the Ghana-China Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) to barter Ghana’s bauxite for infrastructural development. Mr Akufo-Addo said during the sod-cutting ceremony that the $2 billion agreement will not add to the country’s debt. “This innovative arrangement, the first of its kind on the continent, is not going to add to…

Ace highlife musician and two-time presidential contender of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, has rated very low the performance of Bice Osei Kuffour, also known as Obour, whose tenure of office as MUSIGA president ends this year. Based on Ambolley’s assessment, Obour’s presidency the past eight years did not add anything substantial to the musicians’ union. Speaking to Nana Kojo Addo on TV3’s prime time news,News 360, on Wednesday, April 10, the Bend Down Low composer awarded Obour a below average mark of 20 per cent, emphasizing “out of 10, I will give him 2”. Justifying his…

Ghana will be the fastest-growing economy in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. The lender’s growth forecast of 8.8 percent for the producer of cocoa, gold and oil dwarfs the 6.6 percent median in a Bloomberg survey. The IMF’s projection in its latest World Economic Outlook published Tuesday is “way too generous,” Neville Mandimika, an analyst at FirstRand Group Ltd.’s Rand Merchant Bank, said on Twitter. Source bloomberg.com

For many ladies, becoming a beauty queen is a dream-come-true considering the prestige, perks and other opportunities it presents, but according to the 2018 Miss Ghana-UK beauty queen, Akua Ohenewaa Anim, there’s more to the coveted crown than meets the eye. From her experience, being a beauty queen is challenging and once a person is crowned, the responsibilities become huge. “It is a whole lot of work. To think that I don’t live a normal life, it is challenging,” she told Giovani Caleb on the 3FM Drive Wednesday. She said walking around with the crown all the time championing for projects…