Executive Regional Director/ Regional Head for IBM North East and West Africa, Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, has been sworn in by President Nana Akufo-Addo, as a member of the newly constituted board of the Bank of Ghana. Chaired by Dr Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Angela becomes the newest member of the board, joining Economic Professor, Eric Osei Assibey, ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama destroyed what he inherited from his former boss the late President John Evansa Atta Mills in July 2012 and handed over the running of Ghana’s oil-rich economy to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when there was no crisis,  a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere Darko has said in a ...

Ten people including a seven-month-old pregnant woman have been confirmed dead after two buses collided at Gomoa Mampong in the Gomoa West District on the Kasoa – Winneba Highway in the Central Region. Reports indicate that 15 people have also sustained injuries and have been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Information gathered by EIB Network Central Regional Correspondent ...

Clement C. Blay Foundation “Shaip Africa Foundation” in conjunction with the Ghana National Fire Service in Jomoro municipal and the Ghana Police Service in Aiyinase in the Ellembelle district of the Western Region, has organised an educational workshop for about 200 motor and Pragya riders on various road safety regulations. The riders from Essiama, Aiyinase and Asasetr3 were taken through ...

  The Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency in the Western Region, hon. Nicholas Amankwah, a.k.a “Home Boy” on Friday 20, donated sports kits to there Second Division Clubs in the constituency. Amenfi East second division teams are Akropong United in Wasa Akropong, Budo FC of Wasa Grumisa, and Kings FC located in Wasa Jukwa Heman Mpatase upon ...

The Minority in Parliament has demanded clarity from the Akufo-Addo government in connection with some GHS636 million it claims has already been allocated to the Agenda 111 project even before it was launched on Tuesday, 17 August 2021. In a statement, the Minority caucus claims some GHS600 million had already been allocated to the project, which is meant to build ...

The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon killed with 12 others in a 1987 coup, will begin on October 11 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s military prosecutor announced Tuesday. “The military prosecutor at the military court of Ouagadougou, informs national and international opinion that the trial of those accused in the case of the assassination of President ...

Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura is also the central African country’s artistic and creative powerhouse. Clovis Mwizero, an economist-cum artist lives here. With his wife, Mwizero has created La Maison du Bois where he designs and makes decorative objects and furniture out of wood. “La Maison du Bois is an art company, a family business founded by two people who are ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services. “Wiiqare” helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or on credit. “Our goal is for everyone to have access to health care. When you feel sick and ...

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has attributed delay in the construction of some infrastructural projects to the impact of COVID-19. Mr Agyeman-Manu’s statement follows former President Mahama’s claims that the Akufo-Addo-led government has abandoned projects he started under his administration. The lack of continuity of projects, according to Mr John Mahama, has left the unfinished projects in a deplorable state. “No ...