Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said “the job market, in this fourth industrial revolution, is one of skills”, adding: “It is not a world of degrees”. “With a skill, you can create your own job, employ others, or find it easier getting a job”, Dr Bawumia said when he welcomed, on Monday, 20 December 2021, the 15 gold medal winners of ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has expressed disappointment in the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin over the way and manner he conducted himself in Parliament on Monday December 20. According to him, the Speaker left Parliament to his home without communicating to the Second Deputy Speaker whom he handed over to. He described this as unfortunate. ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied reports on social media that the Chairperson Jean Mensa was at the delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held in Kumasi last Sunday December 19. “Our attention has been drawn to a photograph making the rounds on social media purporting to be the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa, at ...

Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been banned from driving for six months and fined £31,500. At an earlier court hearing, he admitted driving while disqualified and without insurance after being stopped by police in Manchester on 23 June. Ahead of his trial related to two speeding offences in Bradford in September 2020, Wan-Bissaka admitted failing to provide driver details. ...

Parliament has adjourned sitting sine die to 18 January 2022. This means the controversial e-levy has not been passed and would be revisited in 2022 when the House reconvenes. Following a brawl in Parliament on Monday, 20 December 2021 over the e-levy, the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, today, Tuesday, 21 December 2021, prayed the sit-in Speaker, First Deputy Speaker ...

Church service at Jesus Power Assemblies of God, Hilltop Assembly, Ohwimase in the Kwadaso Municipality turned into a boxing arena following the dismissal of some members on the church’s board. In a video intercepted by Akoma FM, church members are seen on rampage angrily exchanging words among one another. Explaining the situation on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Monday, December 20, Deacon ...

In Morocco, a Swiss company is helping to process organic waste. EV or Green Elephant has an annual turnover of 40,000 tonnes of compost and organic fertiliser. In Morocco, nearly 80% of household waste is organic compared to less than 30% in Europe. “Our sector of activity is the recovery of agricultural by-products through an industrial process called composting. There ...

A number of African leaders gathered in Brussels on Sunday to prepare the European Union – African Union summit in February. The delegation was greeted by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. Democratic Republic of Congo’s, Félix Tshisekedi was present as well as president Macky Sall from Senegal and Paul Kagamé from Rwuanda. The discussions centred on the ...

The main opposition party in Burkina Faso, CDP, has re-elected Eddie Komboïgo has its leader. The election took place on Sunday during the 8th Congress in the capital, Ouagadougou. The party presented a new political bureau comprised of 89 members that marks another turn for the party founded 25 years ago. “I thank you and assure you that you have ...

Hundreds of Goma residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo are protesting the arrival of Rwandese security agents in the region. Clashes erupted between angry youths and local police resulting in several injuries and the death of a policeman on Monday in Goma which is the capital of North Kivu. They mostly erected barricades on several roads blocking traffic. “In ...