The Ghana Stock Exchange and its partner institution, the Central Securities Depository (GH) Limited, have commended the nationwide one-day tree-planting exercise that took place on Friday, 11 June 2021, saying they believe in sustainability and also support green initiatives. The GSE said it intends issuing green bonds and other biodiversity products in the future. “We, therefore, commend the nation for ...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, has said that it has successfully raised US$350 million tier-2 sustainability notes. This represents the first ever tier-2 sustainability notes by a financial institution in Sub-Saharan Africa. This tier-2 issuance is the first to have a Basel III-compliant 10NC5 structure outside of South Africa in 144A/RegS format and ...

Lawyers of the convenors for the #FixtheCountry movement have apologised to the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court for their inability to file their affidavits in opposition to the case in which the police is restraining them from a planned protest. The court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey had adjourned the matter to Monday, June 14 for the ...

The Medical Superintendent of the Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital has revealed that Doctors at the facility are forced to operate with rechargeable lamps and torchlights due to the unavailability of a standby generator. The Mother and Child Hospital located in the Awutu Senya East constituency was commissioned last year but without a generator forcing Doctors and Nurses at the ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Shai Osudoku constituency in the Greater Accra region Hon. Linda Ocloo has paid a total of Ghc250,000 school fees of 30 tertiary students in her Constituency. Most of the students were fresh students who had gained admission to various tertiary institutions but were struggling to pay their admission fees and risked being rejected. The ...

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey is expected to hear the application from the Ghana Police Service restraining the #fixtheCountry Convenors against their planned demonstration. At the last court sitting, the police (applicant) and the Convenors (respondents) clashed in court over the manner the respondents came to the court holding Ghana flags. ...

The president of Zambia Edgar Lungu fainted on Sunday during the country’s televised official annual ceremony for the National Defence Forces Day — which was immediately interrupted following the incident. The 64-year-old head of state — who is running for re-election in August, suffers from the rare disease achalasia. The condition affects the oesophagus and causes hypoglycaemic attacks. Lungu had ...

Retired Police Officer and MP for Wa West Peter Toobu has urged the police service to station officers at the GIMPA-Legon bypass which has become notorious for attacks on drivers. Road users have over the last few months reported attacks on them and their vehicles by criminals who have made the enclave their haven. Some Ghanaians have also complained over ...

The Police say they have increased motorbike patrols on the GIMPA stretch in order to reduce the spate of crimes on it. Road users have over the last few months reported attacks on them and their vehicles by criminals who have made the enclave their haven. Some Ghanaians have also complained over the lack of streetlights on that stretch. On ...

Amplified, a social marketing project by the Ministry of Information that seeks to highlight and promote young Ghanaian entrepreneurs has shortlisted 258 young entrepreneurs, Head of Social Media and Digital Innovation at the Ministry, Nathaniel Alpha has said. According to him, the Ministry is impressed with the level of interest and enthusiasm that has greeted the program since it was ...