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The Managing Director of Fidelity Bank has suggested the need for Africa to develop and implement a strategy on technology, which will positively impact the development of the continent. “Africa must implement a continental strategy with regards to technology which will help drive collaboration, transfer of technology and ideas to impact on the continent as a whole,” Julian Opuni stated. ...

Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson feels vindicated following the rapid depreciation of the cedi under the Akufo-Addo government. According to him, what the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) accused them off is coming back to haunt them. The performance of the cedi against major trading currencies was a significant campaign issue ahead of the 2016 elections . Dr. ...

President Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to eminent Ghanaians who lost their lives in the year 2018. Addressing Parliament at the 2019 State of the Nation Address, he said “may the soul of the departed find rest in the bosom of the maker until we meet again. Special mentioning was made of the former Vice President, Kwasi Bekoe Amissah Arthur, ...

It has emerged that Wasihu Idrisu, the slain National Democratic Congress (NDC) vigilante in Kumasi, allegedly had a verbal confrontation with the bodyguard of NDC Member of Parliament (MP) in the Ashanti Region. The mother of the deceased, who is fondly called Abu by the family and neighbours, threw the bombshell, claiming the purported confrontation happened last Saturday prior to ...

A State Auctioneer, Alexander Adjei, is set to be banned by Parliament for a period of two years after the legislature adopted the report of its Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the disposal of government vehicles by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Ghana Health Service (GHS). Mr. Adjei would ...

A popular National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller, Frank Kwaku Appiah popularly known as Appiah Stadium has narrated how he escaped death during a fierce shootout, resulting in the death of one person at the Ashanti Region Office in Kumasi. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen show, Appiah Stadium said he nearly lost his life when escaping from the venue ...

Residents of Alavanyo Dzogbedze in the Volta Region are demanding a disclosure of findings of a committee set up to probe the 13th January 2019 shooting incident between a joint police and military taskforce and some indigenes leading to the death of two people. The police blamed the incident on some youth trying to snatch an AK 47 rifle and ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is delivering the 2019 State of the Nation Address before the house in Parliament. Similar to previous ones, Ghanaians have their listed expectations; probably more heightened than in previous times particularly with series of events that have happened in the country in recent times. Whilst many expect the President to touch on pertinent issues like ...

Dr. Yaw Adutwum, deputy education minister has hinted that a new curricular which will encourage children to think creatively is in the offing. He said the idea is to engender confidence and open minded among children as they grow into adulthood. “That kind of curricula is coming, it will make our kids creative thinkers. One that will teach kids to ...

National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has said the party is warming up to work of the Commission of Inquiry into the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. This revelation is in sharp contrast to the party’s position on the Justice Emile Short-led Commission when it was formed two weeks ago. “At the end of ...