The Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications is questioning how Busy Ghana got a 4G authorization through the back door when other players paid millions of dollars for their 4G licenses. The law makers raised the question at a recent meeting with the leadership of the Broadband Communications Chamber (BBCC), where issues about sanitizing the 4G space and strengthening local content among […]

The Ghana Education Service has released the postings for newly trained teachers. The Postings take effect from the 2017/18 Ghana Education Service Academic Calendar for basic schools. All newly trained teachers posted to specific regions should visit the regional education officers with their SSNIT biometric cards, birth certificate and bank details to get further assistance to their various districts and […]

Although it has been only eight days since the digital property address system was launched to formalise and transform Ghana’s economy, there have been many security concerns. Problems such as internet connectivity and usability, and the originality of the idea by software developers, Vokacom, have been among the key concerns. However, it is emerging that the software is also fraught […]

The Minister of Defence, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, on Tuesday laid the Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017 in Parliament. When passed, the Bill would give the legal backing for the establishment of a fund to cater for the wife and two children of the soldier, who was murdered at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region in May, 2017. Major Maxwell Adam Mahama […]

The joint task force (JTF) overseeing the nationwide ban on small-scale and illegal mining in Ghana, Operation Vanguard, is set to move its operations into the Central Region. The team has concluded recceing of mining devastated communities and is already sending signals to perpetrators to fold up their activities or meet with “the force mandated the Taskforce to give full […]

Scores of aggrieved caterers working with the school feeding programme have besieged the premises of the Gender ministry in Accra as they demonstrate to demand the payment of their outstanding arrears. On Monday, the women threatened to demonstrate if their monies were not paid in full by the Akufo-Addo government. The caterers claim the government’s decision to pay them in […]

Former Communications Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has mounted a strong defence against revelations contained in the Dr. Kwesi Botchwey Election Review Report that accuses him of being one of two prime people who caused the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s defeat in the 2016 elections. The report, compiled by Dr Kwesi Botchwey, a party stalwart, singled out Dr. Boamah and […]

Lead managers of the energy bond have described as positive, investor confidence expressed at the road shows conducted ahead of the bond issuance. Government on Monday, October 23, 2017 concluded the two road shows for the energy bond to clear the 2.5 billion dollar energy sector debt. The representatives of Fidelity Bank and Standard Chartered Bank; the lead managers for […]

About four million Ghanaians, out of the estimated population of 28million are suffering from mild to severe mental illness, the Mental Health Authority (MHA), has said. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the authority, Dr Caroline Amissah who disclosed this on the sidelines of the launch of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Friends of Mental Health, in Accra on Monday, said […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government intends, in the next few months, to establish a National Cyber Security Centre, as has been done in some other countries, to liaise with relevant state agencies and the private sector to oversee cyber security operations at the national level. According to President Akufo-Addo, the national identification system, the digital addressing system, […]