MTN Group has said it is leveraging its expansive footprint across Africa to test and ultimately deploy OpenRAN – an innovative technology that will enable us to launch new services more quickly, cost-effectively and seamlessly, supporting its strategy, Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. In a statement, MTN Group said: “We plan to modernise our radio access networks ...

World Bank President David Malpass has said the Bretton Woods institution “will have approved” COVID-19 “vaccination programmes in over 50 countries by the end of June”. “It’s vital that we connect excess vaccine supplies with countries that are able to use them. That’s a major challenge in terms of logistics and contracting”, Mr Malpass said at the recent G7 Summit. ...

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has justified President Akufo-Addo’s decision to charter a £15, 000 an hour private jet for his recent foreign trips. Answering questions from North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Mr Nitiwul argued that the safety and security of the president was the ultimate factor in deciding the type of aircraft used for his travels. He argued the ...

Two drivers have died in a fatal accident involving an Intercity Scania Marcopolo bus with registration number GE 8136-16 belonging to State Transport Company (STC). The accident occurred on the Akyem Asafo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway Wednesday dawn. Bodies of the two drivers – Victor Quest and Joshua Tay have been deposited at Suhum government hospital morgue. Starr News ...

The Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong has said he will pursue some 13 million cedis cash locked up in an escrow account for the people of Krobo for water expansion and other developments in the area. The 13 million Ghana cedis in the escrow account comes from royalty limestone being mined in Odugblase, however, the fund is inaccessible due ...

Ghana Women’s Premier League side Berry Ladies has received Four nominations in the 2021 National Football Awards. Dr. Gifty Oware-Aboagye, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme and Chief Executive Officer of the club is in line for a major recognition in the football industry, having been nominated as best CEO of the season. Oware-Aboagye’s nomination comes on ...

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is expected to return home, 10 years after he was taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity. Mr Gbagbo has been living in the Belgian capital Brussels since his release from detention three years ago. His successor and rival President Alassane Ouattara invited him back. He was the ...

An Economist with the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Lord Mensah says Ghana over the years has not had value for money from the various presidential travels. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Thursday, the University of Ghana Lecturer said the huge entourage that accompanies the president on the many foreign trips have come at a huge cost to ...

Parliament has approved a report by Parliament’s Appointments Committee on the President’s list of deputy ministerial nominees. According to the report, one Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance Charles Adu Boahen and 11 deputy ministerial nominees were approved by the fifth report tabled. The 11 nominees approved are, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, ...

The Managing Director (MD) of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Francis Boateng, has been sacked from his post, together with his deputy, Ato Morrison. The duo, who had been at the helm of the troubled state-owned refinery since May 2020, was reportedly served with their dismissal letters last Friday, June 11, 2021, by the Ministry of Energy. Commenting on the issue, ...