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Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has told Maltese investors that Ghana has the most conducive environment for business in the African continent. “Ghana is the place it is all happening at in Africa and there is no better place and time to invest in Africa than in Ghana and right now,” he told the investors at the Ghana -Malta trade business forum in Accra Thursday. The event was attended by the President Malta, Mrs. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President and Members of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce, the President, Malta Chamber of Commerce and representatives of business associations. Vice…

A new board for the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) has been sworn into office to manage the affairs of rights owner for the next four years. Chaired by Rex Owusu Marfo, known in entertainment circles as Rex Omar, the board has Mrs Diana Hopeson as the second vice chairperson, Nana Tuffour, Tic Tac, Augustina Addison, Bice Osei Kuffour, Oheneba Kissi and Bessa Simons as members. The rest are Mr Benjamin Mensah (Big Ben), Ernest Akwasi Anim, Seth Kwaku Amponsah and Rev Francis Boahen were also included. A Senior State Attorney, Dorothy Habadah, who represented the Attorney General presided over…

The 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey report has been launched in Accra. The report shows Ghana is making progress in the fight against Malaria. However, a lot more needs to be done to achieve targets. The report is the first stand-alone Malaria Indicator Survey conducted in Ghana on the Ghana demographic and health survey programme. The report shows prevention practices is on the rise in the country, thus ownership of long-lasting insecticides-treated mosquito nets (LLIN) has doubled in the last eight years. Therefore, more than 7 in 10 households now own LLIN compared to 31 per cent in 2008 and…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Amazon stock opened up 1.6% on Thursday, adding $1.4 billion to Bezos’ net worth. That was enough to put him ahead of Gates, who was last surpassed on Forbes’ real-time rankings for just two days nearly a year ago by Spanish retail giant Amancio Ortega. Forbes started tracking billionaires around the…

Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Francis Emile Short says it was good the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Bill was withdrawn. He said the problematic Clause 3(4) must be amended “because the language is not clear”. He is, however, supportive of the Bill, saying its intention as laid out in the 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) “was not for the Special Prosecutor to deal with every kind of corruption”. He was speaking on TV3’s Midday Live on Thursday. After the Minority raised concerns in Parliament about the procedure in…

Implementation of a project to help farmers reduce post harvest losses and improve sustainable nutrition for all has started at Dorimon in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. It is being funded by the Ministry of foreign Affairs through SNV Netherlands Development Organization in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The Voice for Change partnership programme is an evidence-based advocacy programme with a five-year funding and being implemented by the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition It seeks to strengthen civil society organisations to advocate for an enabling environment where governments and businesses provide good…

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described the change in schedule for the Africa Cup of Nations to the summer months as ‘fantastic’ news for European clubs. Speaking to KweséESPN after Wednesday night’s 1-0 International Champions Cup defeat to Barcelona about the changes to the Afcon schedule announced by CAF earlier this month, Mourinho shed light on what the shift means to Europe’s biggest sides. At first, the United manager was not aware of the change, saying: “I don’t know about any changes. I have to read the changes and understand them.” But once it was explained to him, Mourinho was obviously happy: “If…

Kumasi Asante Kotoko striker Sadick Adams says he only had to honour a call-up to pitch camp with the local Black Stars because he had received an invitation he has no control over. Adams was part of the team which was involved in a deadly clash at Nkawkaw after a 0-1 loss to Inter Allies on Wednesday, July 12. One person, Deputy Equipment Officer Thomas Obeng Asare, lost his life while several others including Coach Steve Polack and his assistant, Godwin Ablordey, were injured. The team has, however, missed their last two premier league outings against rivals Accra Hearts of…

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has given the clearest indication yet that government’s Free SHS Policy would not cater for persons who completed Junior High School before 2017. This means students who wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in 2015 and 2016 who for some reasons could not go to school but want to enter senior high school this year are not eligible to enjoy the Free SHS. When he took his turn at the meet-the-press series in Accra Thursday, Dr, Opoku Prempeh set out the criteria that qualify one to benefit from the policy which include being…

Ghana’s electricity sub-sector will soon have an oversight body regulating its activities, as envisaged in a Legislative Instrument passed by Parliament in 2008. Officials of the Energy Ministry say the Electricity Market Oversight Panel (EMOP) would among others, seek to monitor the general performance of electricity transmission, ensure smooth and efficient operation of the wholesale electricity market, monitor pre-dispatch schedules and ensure long-term optimisation of hydro-electricity supply sources in the country. As part of efforts to improve the governance and operations of the electricity sector, Parliament passed the Electricity Regulations, 2008, L.I. 1937 which provided for the implementation of a…