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Unilever Ghana has appointed George Owusu-Ansah as its new managing director following the resignation of Mrs Gladys Amoah from the consumer goods company. A non-executive Director of the company, Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, who resigned his post, effective November 30, will now take up a new role in the UK as Unilever’s Executive Vice President Market Projects. Unilever MD, non-executive Director resign Mr Owusu-Ansah’s appointment takes effect from January 1, 2020, a statement from the Unilever Ghana announced Tuesday. The man, who has extensive experience in consumer goods over a career spanning nearly 30 years with Unilever, will also join the…

Anti-corruption campaigner, P.C. Appiah Ofori, says President Nana Akufo-Addo has not demonstrated enough commitment to fighting corruption in the country for the three years he has been in office. The President, he claimed, failed on his promise to Ghanaians to protect the public purse, citing the Auditor-General reports as clear case of corruption under his government “President Akufo-Addo is not protecting the public funds because report from the Auditor-General indicates there are some public officials who are engaged in corruption but they have not been sanctioned and that means he is not protecting the public funds” he said. The former…

Anti-corruption campaigner, P.C. Appiah Ofori, says President Nana Akufo-Addo has not demonstrated enough commitment to fighting corruption in the country for the three years he has been in office. The President, he claimed, failed on his promise to Ghanaians to protect the public purse, citing the Auditor-General reports as clear case of corruption under his government “President Akufo-Addo is not protecting the public funds because report from the Auditor-General indicates there are some public officials who are engaged in corruption but they have not been sanctioned and that means he is not protecting the public funds” he said. The former…

Lydia Forson, one of the female celebrities ‘played’ by organisers of Cardi B concert, has lashed out at Ghanaians for demonstrating lack of good judgement in their commentary on the botched meet-and-greet session. Describing the commentary on the issue that grabbed headlines in the entertainment circle as “interesting”, the award-winning actress said “only a handful of you have been discerning” in their commentary. American rapper Cardi B, who arrived in Ghana Sunday afternoon for a concert that night, was reportedly supposed to have had a meet-and-greet session with some selected female stars and the media. Becca, Salma Mumin, Lydia Forson,…

Lydia Forson, one of the female celebrities ‘played’ by organisers of Cardi B concert, has lashed out at Ghanaians for demonstrating lack of good judgement in their commentary on the botched meet-and-greet session. Describing the commentary on the issue that grabbed headlines in the entertainment circle as “interesting”, the award-winning actress said “only a handful of you have been discerning” in their commentary. American rapper Cardi B, who arrived in Ghana Sunday afternoon for a concert that night, was reportedly supposed to have had a meet-and-greet session with some selected female stars and the media. Becca, Salma Mumin, Lydia Forson,…

The Cameroon government has shut down more than 260 schools that had been operating informally in the country’s francophone regions. The schools had been opened to help absorb students fleeing the separatist uprising in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions. I travelled to Douala where around 100 unregistered institutions have been closed. The pupils who have fled the fighting in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions have painful memories. “I left Bamenda because there was a war. They were killing people and they were shooting guns,” says one student. “We couldn’t study in Bamenda because of the crisis. Anytime we are in school, bullets falling on…

Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) will from Wednesday, December 11 begin an indefinite sit down strike to push for the payment of the about 1.2 billion debt owed it by power distribution companies and other institutions in the country. Workers of the company say they will thus refuse to attend to emergency situations that may arise during the period of the strike, a situation likely to plunge most parts of the country into darkness in the coming days. The strike was initially scheduled to begin on December 4 but later pushed to December 10 to await a response…

Member of Parliament for Damongo, Adam Mutawakilu, is demanding a reduction in electricity tariffs by January 1 following the successful witching of fuel for the Karpowership generating plant from heavy fuel to gas. President Akufo -Addo at the weekend turned on the valve to supply natural gas to the 450-megawatt Karpowership which was relocated from Tema to the Home Port of the Western Naval Command at Sekondi in the Western Region. Government is seeking to save the nation 40 million dollars monthly with the switching of fuels for the plant. Nana Akufo-Addo said “We are talking significant sums of money…

Member of Parliament for Damongo, Adam Mutawakilu, is demanding a reduction in electricity tariffs by January 1 following the successful witching of fuel for the Karpowership generating plant from heavy fuel to gas. President Akufo -Addo at the weekend turned on the valve to supply natural gas to the 450-megawatt Karpowership which was relocated from Tema to the Home Port of the Western Naval Command at Sekondi in the Western Region. Government is seeking to save the nation 40 million dollars monthly with the switching of fuels for the plant. Nana Akufo-Addo said “We are talking significant sums of money…

Celebrated media personality, entrepreneur and popular Made-in-Ghana product campaigner, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe, is taking charity to a different level. In a Facebook post and a viral video, Ohemaa, as she is affectionately called in media circles, has extended love to all entrepreneurs, corporate bodies, event organizers and all and sundry to send her the details of their products and services for free social media promotions. Her act of generosity is unmeasured. Not long ago, when she celebrated her decade in broadcasting, she launched the Angeles Foundation  to promote entrepreneurial skills development, boy child education and fight in reducing cancer…