The government has defended its borrowing over the years saying the monies are to settle debts incurred by the erstwhile Mahama administration. According to government, borrowing in the covid era is being done by many countries across the world and it is only in Ghana that borrowing has been made a political matter. Ghana’s current debt stock stands at over ...

MTN Ghana has appointed Mr. Shaibu Haruna as Chief Sales and Distribution Officer with the responsibility of providing strategic direction for MTN’s Sales Strategy, Operating Model, Channels distribution as well as digital sales infrastructure. He will also support MTN accelerate growth and digitalization in accordance with the company’s Ambition 2025. Shaibu is a visionary and results oriented executive with proven ...

Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers to seize power on Sunday. Announcing the military takeover, the 41-year-old former French legionary said the army had little choice because of the rampant corruption, disregard for human rights and economic mismanagement under President Alpha Condé. “The president is ...

EQUITY investor, Quick Angels Limited, has supported an indigenous paint manufacturing company to raise its daily production capacity by a dozen times to help meet demand and industrialise the economy. The company, Dominion Paints Manufacturing Industries Limited (DOPAMIL), was producing 2,000 litres of the Agatex brand of paint per day upon demand but raised it to 40,000 litres in a ...

Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has no solution to challenges facing the Ghanaian economy. According to him, despite the consistent ‘lamentation’ by the opposition party, they offer no fresh ideas for the resolution of the problems. “John Mahama has come on a complaining spree and he’s shown that he doesn’t have any master ...

The Jachie Pramso SHS (JAPASS) student, who was allegedly assaulted by the school’s headmaster, is traumatized as she fears the situation may affect her output in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Identified as Mary, the 19-year-old final year student while speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma Tuesday, September 7 laments she was ...

South Africa struck late to beat Ghana 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group G qualifier at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. Striker BongoKuhle Hlongwane scored in the 83rd minute to beat the Black Stars – their first since August 2010. The win takes South Africa to the top of the table with 4 points from ...

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi has given his full backing to last month’s decision by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to issue stadium bans for various countries. The reigning African champions play Burkina Faso on Tuesday, but in the Moroccan city Marrakech and not the Stallions’ home stadium in Ouagadougou. This is after Caf, under new president Patrice Motsepe, ruled ...

The Ghana Water Company Limited has announced an interruption to water supply to parts of Accra starting Monday, September 13. GWCL in a statement said its engineers will be replacing some faulty valves on the main 900 mm transmission pipelines, which impedes water flow and causes serious challenges in the distribution lines. It also said there are some leakages also ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been hit by gravel thrown by protesters during a campaign stop. He was returning to his bus after visiting a brewery when he was struck by small stones. He was not injured. Mr Trudeau called a snap election in mid-August, in the hope of gaining a majority government for his left-of-centre Liberal party. But ...