Author Archives: larryehu

NPP has fulfilled 70 percent of key manifesto promises – MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker has said that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves commendation for performing well in the first year of his administration. According to the Legislator, Nana Addo has demonstrated his willingness to truly transform the country through the introduction of various innovative policies. One of these policies, ...

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TV license: Extension to mobile consumers justified – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, believes the ongoing digital migration justifies the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation’s (GBC) intent to extend TV license fees from consumers of traditional TV sets to mobile consumers. The Director-General of the GBC, Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow earlier noted to Citi News that collection of TV licenses will extend to persons ...

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13 African Countries Should Buy Bitcoin Right Now – Nduom

Yes, I actually wrote that. Working in or around finance in Ghana requires learning forex markets. You must read Bank of Ghana reports, watch trade flows, foreign fiscal and monetary policy. Because you never know what’s going to happen with the Ghana Cedi – but right now I’m concerned about the US Dollar. The experts say its going down: “The ...

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CAF Awards: President-Elect Oppong Weah To Join Kanu, Ikpeba To Grace Ceremony

Liberia’s President -elect George Oppong Weah, Nwankwo Kanu, Victor Ikpeba and other past winners of the African Football of the Year Awards are expected in Ghana for the 26th edition of the awards which holds on Thursday. Being his country’s 25th President, Weah is expected to attract the greatest attention at the International Conference Centre venue of the event. King ...

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North Korea To Reopen Hotline To South To Discuss Olympics

North Korea has said it will reopen a telephone hotline to South Korea, to facilitate talks on its possible participation in the Winter Olympics. Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported that the inter-Korean communications channel would be restored at 15:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday. It comes after Kim Jong-un said he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul and to ...

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Teacher unions set to strike over GHC 50m arrears

The three teacher unions have told the government to brace itself for a strike during the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year. Although a specific date for the strike has not been given, the second term begins next week. The intended strike is in connection with the non-payment of arrears amounting to over GHc 50 million. According to them, ...

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Hawkers asked to vacate streets as police, AMA begin decongestion

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the police will from next week wage war on traders and hawkers on the streets of Accra as part of a major decongestion exercise. From Monday, January 8, 2017, a taskforce made up police and personnel from the AMA will forcefully evict hawkers and traders who have encroached on pavements, footbridges, other open sources and ...

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