Ghana’s Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has selected the most preferred mobile money wallet in the country, Tigo Cash, as its payment platform to help mobilise households’ contributions for the ‘Global Partnership for Output Based Aid’ (GPOBA) Sanitation Project.
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World Bank Backs Buhari to Probe NNPC, Others
The World Bank has thrown its weight behind President-elect, Maj. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari(retd.), to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over allegations of missing funds.
East Africa Moves To Address Power Deficit
Ministers and senior representatives from four East African countries have pledged their support in solving East Africa’s crippling power deficit.
Man Who Skipped Work For 24 Years Is Finally Fired
AK Verma, an executive engineer at India’s Central Public Works Department, last turned up for work in December 1990 Even in India, where government jobs are considered to be for life, A.K. Verma was pushing it.
World Bank Blacklists Zoomlion Over Corruption
Sanitation titans, Zoomlion Ghana Limited and some of its affiliates across Africa are in serious trouble.
Economist: Women Skills Needed for Africa’s Industrial Boom
WOMEN must be empowered with entrepreneurial and ICT skills in order to contribute significantly to the industrial growth of Africa.
Science, Tech and Innovation In Agric Is Pivotal For Africa’s Overdue Transformation
By President John Agyekum Kufuor THE persistence of poverty and food insecurity on the African continent is a major developmental challenge, both for Africans and the international development community.
World Bank Breathes Life Into Ghana’s Power Sector
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Volta River Authority (VRA) to support private sector investment in Ghana’s power sector.
Can Africa’s Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated By 2030?
With the year 2015 – the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) finishing line – approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The goal of ending extreme poverty remains paramount. In this context, extreme poverty means living on a less than $1.25 a day (Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), 2005 prices). Given the continent’s […]
IFEJ-Flamingo Award For Financial Journalism Closes On Sept 12
By Business Desk, Accra, Ghana Submission of entries for the first edition of the IFEJ-Flamingo Award for Business, Economic and Financial Journalism closes on Thursday September 12, 2014. All submissions are to be made at the Secretariat of the Ghana Journalists Association (Press Centre) by the close of business on September 12 and is opened […]