e-Commerce giant Jumia’s third-quarter results are out. The Africa-wide country reported impressive profits amid huge operating losses. $25.5 million was recorded as gross profits, according to the company, while operating losses for the third quarter went up to $64 million. Operating losses for the quarter is about 250 per cent greater than gross profits. Jumia recorded a 5.7 per cent ...

The former executive director of the Danquah Institute (DI), Richard Ahiagbah, has been appointed the deputy director of research in the Office of the President, Jubilee House. Mr Ahiagbah’s appoinment takes retrospective effect from October 2021. New research directorate In his new role, Ahiagbah will assist his boss Dr Isaac Owusu-Mensah, the director of research in the Office of the ...

In line with the government’s decision to abolish road and bridge tolls across the country, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta has directed that collection of the tolls must stop by 12AM Thursday November 18. A statement he issued on Wednesday November 17 after the budget presentation by the Finance Minister said “Following the presentation of the ...

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has issued a statement on allegations made by the South Africa FA after the Black Stars beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 to advance to the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Sunday. South Africa claim they were robbed after they conceded a contentious penalty and have lodged a formal complaint, asking FIFA to investigate what they believe ...

There was a clear pattern of match manipulation during South Africa’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana, according to South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan. Ghana beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 on Sunday in the crucial qualifier – a result which saw the Black Stars advance to Africa’s play-offs for the tournament at the expense of the South Africans ...

Vice President of Imani Africa, Kofi Bentil has welcomes the decision by the government to abolish road tolls in the country. According to him, the policy think tank had always advocated the scrapping of the road tolls initiative because it was more expensive. “For years we argued for their scrapping because it was actually more expensive. Finally someone heard ! How ...

The YouStart initiative that has been introduced by the government in the 2022 budget statement will help in reducing the youth unemployment situation in the country, Lawmaker for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has said. “The 2022 Budget demonstrates a listening government in touch with our challenges as Ghanaians. Initiatives like YouStart tackle the challenge of youth unemployment head-on. Govt is still ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as “most shocking and an unpardonable dereliction” the total silence of the 2022 budget on the raging disaster along the coast of the Volta Region. He said having combed through the budget as presented by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, November 17, absolutely no word was mentioned on the tidal ...

Two Ghanaian citizens have sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice over a number of protections the Speaker of Parliament, a Member of Parliament and the Clerk to Parliament enjoy under the 1992 Constitution. In the writ sighted by Starrfm.com.gh, the petitioners quote Article 117, and 118(1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution among others that give the Speaker, MPs ...

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is expected in Parliament today, Thursday, November 18, to answer questions on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s foreign travels. The question was posed by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in May. He had accused the President of profligacy in going for a more expensive aircraft while the presidential ...