The World Bank has projected 4.8 percent growth for Ghana this year, as against 3.9 percent estimate by the government.
Category: Africa
Metro Mass Executives Fired
The Board of Directors of the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) has been dissolved following the recent labour unrest in the state-owned transport company.
Kofi Annan Urges Goodluck, 10 Other Candidates To Accept Results
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan and ten other presidential candidates have adopted an inter-party agreement on non-violence and the acceptance of the results of the upcoming elections on 14 and 28 February.
Nigerian Opposition Leader Billboards Takeover Accra
Ahead of next month general elections, supporters of Nigeria’s main opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari, have erected gigantic campaign billboards in Accra, Ghana’s capital.
Ghana: Minister involved in road crash, hospitalised
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo has been hospitalised following a serious accident he was involved in at Tema.
KNUST Hospital Quarantines Suspected Ebola Patient
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate Ebola Response Team has taken for test the blood samples of a suspected Ebola patient who is on admission at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital.
Dzidzor Has Lost Mental Focus– Counsel
THE LAWYER for the embattled former Ghana’s HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Mrs. Dzidzor Mensah, has stirred another controversy following his call on the public to disregard any statement by his client, until an ongoing psychological treatment being undertaken on her has been completed.
Dzidzor Has Lost Mental Focus– Counsel
THE LAWYER for the embattled former Ghana’s HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Mrs. Dzidzor Mensah, has stirred another controversy following his call on the public to disregard any statement by his client, until an ongoing psychological treatment being undertaken on her has been completed.
Africa’s Mobile Phone Penetration To 79% By 2020
Mobile phone penetration is sub Saharan Africa is expected to increase to 79% by 2020 according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan. In addition, mobile broadband connections on the continent are expected to quadruple from its 2012 mark to reach over 160 millionby 2016.
Arson Suspected In Fire Outbreak @ Central Medical Stores
Arson has been chalked down as a possible cause of a devastating fire that consumed Ghana’s largest drug supply and distribution centre, triggering fears of an impending drug shortage in the country.