IMF to deploy another team to Ghana
SOURCE: africaneditors.com International Monetary fund (IMF) is set to deploy another mission to Ghana in the coming weeks following Ghana’s request for a bailout Gerry Rice, the Director of Communications for the IMF said at a media engagement. “We had an IMF staff team in Accra in July to begin initial discussions with the Ghanaian […]
Ghanaian students will get prompt visa appointments- US Ambassador
Madam Virginia Palmer, United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, has reassured prospective students applying for visas of appointments on time before classes begin. She said the Embassy was ‘‘bending over backwards’’ to ensure that students got to the United States before the start of class to enable them to have interviews in time if they […]
Ghana misses out on Nico Williams’ nationality switch race
Ghana has missed out in the chase of Athletic Bilbao’s winger, Nico Williams after he earned a call-up to feature for Spain in the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Switzerland and Portugal. This comes at the back of the 20-year-old’s splendid performance for his club in the Laliga Santander this season. Born in Spain […]
Ghanaian internet users spend five hours daily on mobile phones- Cyber Security Authority
Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, Acting Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), says in Ghana, the average time spent per internet user on mobile phones alone is about five hours daily. He also said internet penetration has increased exponentially from 2.31 million in 2012 to 17 million users in 2022, representing 53 per cent of the […]
Ghana: Pork prices increase by 20% – PFAG
SOURCE: GRAPHICONLINE Prices of pork will increase by 20% effective Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the Pig Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has announced. The increase means that a live pig will be sold at the benchmark minimum farmgate price of GH₵18 per kilogramme (of the animal’s weight) while the carcass will be sold at GH₵28 […]
Rotary President to visit Ghana
SOURCE:GRAPHICONLINE Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, will visit Ghana for a three-day duty tour next week. The visit forms part of her visit to Africa which includes Rotary District 9102 comprising Ghana, Togo, Benin and Niger. During her visit, Ms Jones will meet Rotarians, inspect ongoing Rotary International projects in Ghana, inaugurate completed ones and […]
Aisha Huang entered Ghana with forged documents – Government
The government has disclosed that illegal miner Aisha Huang entered the country through approved routes with forged documents. This is in sharp contradiction to information by the Ghana Immigration Service, which indicates that Aisha Huang used unapproved routes into the country. The Chinese national, together with three others, have been remanded into police custody over […]
Ghana, IMF deal to be finalised before end of year – Kristalina Georgieva
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has stated that a deal between Ghana and the IMF should be reached and finalized before the end of the year. In a closed door meeting with President Akufo-Addo, on the sidelines of the Africa Adaptation Summit, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the IMF boss told President […]
Ghana’s prison is hell – Akoto Ampaw
By: Maltiti Sayida Sadick “Ghana’s prison is hell, one of the reasons being that it is totally hidden from society. No reference to what goes on outside its walls”. These were the words of Lawyer Anthony Akoto Ampaw, a Human rights lawyer, when host of ‘the BBUM show’ on GTV, Kafui Dey posed the question […]
GSS Reveals: Ghana’s unemployment increases by 0.5%
By Edzorna Francis Mensah Ghana’s unemployment rate has increased by 0.5 percentage points between the first quarter (13.4%) and the second quarter (13.9%) of 2022. According to the GSS report, about 390,000 persons 15 years and older unemployed in quarter 1 remain unemployed in quarter 2 of 2022. “Between the first and second quarters of […]
