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At a breakfast table in the noisy restaurant of a hotel in Shenzhen, I met Kwame Song Dongshong, now President of the Powerchina International Group Limited. The company that built the iconic Three Gorges in China is a behemoth by its own description in ‘planning, survey, design, engineering, through finance, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of power and infrastructure projects’. If you want a Zen explanation, they claim that their philosophy is ‘harmony among human beings and harmony with nature.’ In his previous life, when he emerged for the first time in Ghana, Song was merely the Executive Vice President…

Television personality and ambassador for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Wendy Laryea has called for a nationwide joint advocacy on menstrual hygiene among girls. According to her, menstrual hygiene management is a topic that is hardly discussed in Ghana. She added that sensitizing the public on menstrual hygiene management will minimize the stigmatization facing girls. She made this disclosure during a workshop organized by the Ghana Education Service at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel. “There needs to be a lot more information and advocacy when it comes to MHM (Menstrual Hygiene Management). It (menstrual hygiene management) is not something which is…

Television personality and ambassador for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Wendy Laryea has called for a nationwide joint advocacy on menstrual hygiene among girls. According to her, menstrual hygiene management is a topic that is hardly discussed in Ghana. She added that sensitizing the public on menstrual hygiene management will minimize the stigmatization facing girls. She made this disclosure during a workshop organized by the Ghana Education Service at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel. “There needs to be a lot more information and advocacy when it comes to MHM (Menstrual Hygiene Management). It (menstrual hygiene management) is not something which is…

The Intelligent Lady, a lifestyle magazine and network for professional Christian women in business and leadership, has honoured Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams for her exceptional and exemplary leadership in business and diplomacy in Africa. Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams, the Chief Executive Officer of The Whitaker Group (TWG), an African investment consultancy which operates at the nexus of US-Africa economic policy, trade and business development, is one of the hands-on architects of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), America’s first comprehensive trade law with African countries. She also served as the first ever Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for…

The Intelligent Lady, a lifestyle magazine and network for professional Christian women in business and leadership, has honoured Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams for her exceptional and exemplary leadership in business and diplomacy in Africa. Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams, the Chief Executive Officer of The Whitaker Group (TWG), an African investment consultancy which operates at the nexus of US-Africa economic policy, trade and business development, is one of the hands-on architects of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), America’s first comprehensive trade law with African countries. She also served as the first ever Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for…

Some women leaders from across Africa are expected to arrive in Accra for StandOut Women’s Leadership Programme slated for Saturday, December 16. The annual women’s leadership programme is to position brilliant and purpose-driven African women for professional and personal success. ‘StandOut’ is also aimed at encouraging women to leverage their leadership for the good of their communities. Previous editions of the programme have attracted CEOs, managing directors, activists, lawyers and social entrepreneurs from Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria, USA, UK, South Africa and Kenya. Entrepreneur and founder of the StandOut Women’s Leadership Programme Yawa Hansen-Quao expressed her satisfaction over the impact on…

Some women leaders from across Africa are expected to arrive in Accra for StandOut Women’s Leadership Programme slated for Saturday, December 16. The annual women’s leadership programme is to position brilliant and purpose-driven African women for professional and personal success. ‘StandOut’ is also aimed at encouraging women to leverage their leadership for the good of their communities. Previous editions of the programme have attracted CEOs, managing directors, activists, lawyers and social entrepreneurs from Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria, USA, UK, South Africa and Kenya. Entrepreneur and founder of the StandOut Women’s Leadership Programme Yawa Hansen-Quao expressed her satisfaction over the impact on…

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, is demanding to know the composition of the Chief Justice Committee that is expected commence impeachment proceedings against her. Mrs. Osei who faces removal from office over alleged impeachable offences has indicated her readiness to appear before the Committee to be set up by the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo. A petition issued in July 2017 by some unnamed staff of the EC claimed Mrs. Osei abused her office, caused financial loss to the state and breached Ghana’s procurement laws. READ: Charlotte Osei faces removal over breaches of law In accordance with the country’s…

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A wealthy family has been living a lie for many years. Now with the passing away of the head of the home, the chickens are coming home to roost. All the secrets are about to be uncovered, yet the lies are far from over especially the VERY BIG LIE waiting to explode. Things are not going to be the same anymore with the Gibsons. Sadia is coming home to a family she never knew — The odds are not in her favour. Sadia chronicles the life of the protagonist, highlighting some of the challenges with migration of young people and…