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Founder and Executive Dean of the Nobel International Business School (NiBS) Professor Kwaku Atuahene Gima is urging businesses to put on the cap of creativity to take advantage of the emerging market in Africa. According to him, emerging markets boost global economies making growth prospects for emerging markets much higher. He spoke to 3FM Business during the launch of NiBS Executive MBA with Emerging Markets Focus. Research says companies in emerging markets grow faster than those based in developed economies. Professor Kwaku Atuahene Gima says the programme is being done in affiliation with the SBS Swiss Business School (SBS) Zurich,…

If you think a few aches and pains will slow your love life in retirement, there is good news. Research shows love and affection truly stand the test of time, as most people’s sex lives improve from middle age. A report by the International Longevity Centre UK suggests many couples remain sexually active into their 80s and 90s. Research shows love and affection truly stand the test of time, as most people’s sex lives improve from middle age. Stock image Interviews with more than 7,000 over-50s found we tend to be more sexually satisfied over the age of 80 than…

If you think a few aches and pains will slow your love life in retirement, there is good news. Research shows love and affection truly stand the test of time, as most people’s sex lives improve from middle age. A report by the International Longevity Centre UK suggests many couples remain sexually active into their 80s and 90s. Research shows love and affection truly stand the test of time, as most people’s sex lives improve from middle age. Stock image Interviews with more than 7,000 over-50s found we tend to be more sexually satisfied over the age of 80 than…

File photo[/caption] Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has admitted owing the Electricity Company of Ghana over five hundred thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 500,000). According to the Commission, the amount was owed before it was rolled onto the prepaid metering system in 2015, which also added to woes of the Commission. Speaking in an interview with 3FM 92.7 on Monday, February 13, 2017, the Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Benjamin Nyarko said the situation has put “so much pressure on the IDF [Internally Generated Fund] that we are unable to buy electricity for all the laboratories.” Consequently, it…

Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has banned doctors at the hospital from eating from its own canteen, which is currently running at a loss, and has outsourced the feeding of doctors to a food joint outside the hospital called Med Diner, 3FM News can confirm. This hospital’s canteen was built in 1980 to prepare food for medical and other staff of the hospital as well as patients on admission. However, the canteen has for years been running at a loss due to an inflated contract signed between the hospital and L. B. Foods that supplies food items to the…

The Secretary of the regent of Bimbilla, Alhassan Sualisu has blamed the security for the killings in Bimbilla. He said after informing the police of the enskinment of the warrior chiefs, the police provided security to facilitate it and said traditionally, the enskinment takes place in the evening but upon the advice of the police and the BNI, the event was scheduled in the afternoon which they complied with. Speaking to 3news.com from Bimbilla, he said all the seven eskined chiefs got back to their respective villages without any problem but the security in Bimbilla informed the regent that some…

A court in Pakistan has banned public celebrations of Valentine’s Day in the capital, Islamabad, on the grounds that it is not part of Muslim culture. The Islamabad High Court’s order prohibits all Valentine’s Day festivities in government offices and public spaces with immediate effect. It also directs the media not to promote or cover Valentine’s events. The orders were a response to a private petition which argued that Valentine’s Day was contrary to Islamic teaching. According to the Dawn newspaper, the petition argued that the festival promoted immorality, nudity and indecency under the cover of spreading love. Valentine’s Day…

A court in Pakistan has banned public celebrations of Valentine’s Day in the capital, Islamabad, on the grounds that it is not part of Muslim culture. The Islamabad High Court’s order prohibits all Valentine’s Day festivities in government offices and public spaces with immediate effect. It also directs the media not to promote or cover Valentine’s events. The orders were a response to a private petition which argued that Valentine’s Day was contrary to Islamic teaching. According to the Dawn newspaper, the petition argued that the festival promoted immorality, nudity and indecency under the cover of spreading love. Valentine’s Day…

The country’s leading television station, TV3 Network in partnership with mobile network operator, Tigo, will hold its annual blood donation drive aimed at increasing the stock of blood at the National blood bank that can be accessed by patients. The event, which will be held at the premises of TV3 on Saturday, 18th February 2017 has over the years saved thousands of lives, who have had to depend on blood at critical times of their ailments. In recent years, there have been reports of the National Blood Bank becoming empty due to insufficient stocks especially during special occasions where lots…

Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG) has charged the new head of Ghana Gas Company [caption id="attachment_42572" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Anthony Ben Asante[/caption] Limited to create jobs for inhabitants in the surrounding areas it operates. Dr. Steve Manteaw believes that development has eluded parts of the Nzema land, an area the Mahama-led administration couldn’t do much on. Dr. Manteaw’s call on Onua News on Monday is in reference to a group calling itself Nzema Youth Association from the Western Region that is opposing the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer for Ghana Gas, Dr. Anthony…