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Duffuor: 54% of Ghana’s employed population have just basic education

The former Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has revealed that more than half of Ghanaians in employment are earning a very low income. According to him, a low rate of formal employment would affect the government’s revenue generation, particularly with taxes adding that there is a high incidence of underemployment affecting 21.4% of the employed population. “Among the employed ...

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Unemployment rate started rising under Mahama – Duffuor

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said he was able to assist the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills to reduce unemployment rate from the time Prof Mills became President in 2009 to 2012. But, he said, the rate started increasing from 2013 to 2015, the period that Former President John Dramani Mahama was in office. Delivering a public ...

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Edouard Mendy confident he can win Yashin award

Chelsea’s Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is confident he can win the Lev Yashin award for Europe’s best goalkeeper when the Ballon d’Or gala takes place on Monday night. The 29-year-old is one of the ten goalkeepers in contention for the prize, with only Paris Saint-Germain’s European Championship-winner Gianluigi Donnarumma up for the main Ballon d’Or trophy itself. Nonetheless, Mendy – ...

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E-levy is problematic, turn to extractive sector for more money – Duffuor to gov’t

Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has rejected the proposed E-levy in the 2022 budget statement. Apart from this levy destroying the digitalization agenda, he said, it will also be characterized by serious implementation challenges. Delivering a public lectyuer in Accra on Monday November 29, he said “It is now well known that Ghana is facing a large infrastructure deficit ...

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I Used To Sell Waakye in UK- Sista Afia

The “Jeje” crooner Sista Afia real name Francisca Duncan Williams has recently narrated her inspirational story as she recounted her hustling days in the United Kingdom before breaking into Ghana’s showbiz industry. According to the songstress in an interview with Nana Ama Mcbrown on United Showbiz aired on UTV, she used to be a “Waakye” seller in the United Kingdom ...

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Shatta Wale Never Like Me – Strongman

Rapper Strongman says he does not see himself working with controversial dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale anytime soon because they don’t get along. Speaking on Happy Fm he said Shatta Wale has never had anything good to say about him. “Shatta doesn’t like me, and I also don’t like him. So we are not cool. On many occasions, I haven’t seen ...

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Manchester United appoint Ralf Rangnick as interim manager

Manchester United have appointed Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season, subject to work visa requirements. The 63-year-old takes over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked on 21 November following a defeat by Watford. Rangnick has left his role as head of sports and development at Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow to take up the ...

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