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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced that the next phase of Ghana’s waste management is to convert trash to energy. He indicated this will add to Ghana’s energy capacity and also ensure the realisation of clean Ghana agenda. According to him, the government has provided an enabling environment through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) to make this work. ...

The Minerals Commission has been sued by Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited (TGGL) , a Ghanaian owned licensed large-scale mining operator for an alleged attempt to divert two of its mining concessions to another company by the Commission. Takoradi Gold contends that the move by the Commission to hand over a land that it has vested interest in without any reference ...

The Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) has commended the Ministry of Education for its proposal to introduce a National Standards Assessment Test (NSAT) and implement it this year. IFEST believes that tracking students’ performance in addition to monitoring the fidelity of the implementation of a standards-based curriculum is key to ensuring an improvement in learning outcomes. NSAT, according to IFEST, ...

The Rector of MountCrest University College, (MountCrest), Mrs. Irene Ansa-Asare Horsham has challenged law students to learn to be bold and assertive as they prepare to become legal practitioners, since Ghana needs law graduates who can speak truth to power and uphold Ghana’s motto, ‘Freedom and Justice’. Borrowing the words of the venerable English Judge, Lord Denning, the MountCrest Rector ...

The Headmaster of Koforidua Senior High Technical School Ofori Antwi says he apologized over the viral video which exposed bed challenges at the school because it was being used to attack the free SHS policy. The video, taken by an old student of the school, captured students sleeping on the floor in congested dormitories. It comes in the wake of ...

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided by Her Honour Mercy Adei Kotei has admitted each of the 32 accused” galamsey operatives” to bail of Ghc350,000 with two surety one to be justified. This was after the lead Prosecuting officer Dickson Donkor, an Assistant State Attorney told the court that, the charge sheet has been substituted therefore mounted no opposition to ...

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and DEG – Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution – recently signed a USD 50m Term Facility Agreement. The facility has a tenor of six years and supports UBA’s lending activities to small and medium entities and family-owned businesses in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. UBA is a leading pan-African financial ...

Striking Senior Staff Association of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has today chased out some senior members of the university for defying the strike directive. The association is on strike over non-payment of their tear-two allowances owed them by the government. Meanwhile, the government paid the principal amount of the allowances in contention a few days ...

The Management of Koforidua Senior High Technical School (SECTECH) on Monday, June 7, 2021, took delivery of 350 double-decker metal beds and 700 pieces of mattresses from the Ministry of Education to address the bed crisis in the school. This follows a viral video taken by an old student which highlighted the bizarre sleeping condition of boarding students due to ...

Aker Energy says it is pressing ahead with plans to submit a plan of development by the end of the year with a firm commitment to Ghana with no intention of leaving. Aker Energy says it is currently investing in a Geophysical and Geotechnical survey campaign on the Pecan field. This is in furtherance of its resolve to submit a ...