Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire cancel cocoa sustainability schemes run by Hershey
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are canceling all cocoa sustainability schemes that U.S.-based Hershey runs in their countries, accusing the chocolate maker of trying to avoid paying a cocoa premium aimed at combating farmer poverty. In a letter addressed to Hershey and seen by Reuters, the Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa regulators accuse Hershey of sourcing unusually […]
Uganda: Bobi Wine suspends election campaign over violence
Uganda’s singer-politician seeking to end decades-long rule of 76-year-old President Museveni in January 14 election. Bobi Wine, the Ugandan singer and presidential candidate, suspended his campaign on Tuesday after members of his campaign team were injured and his car shot at during clashes between security personnel and his supporters. The developments were the latest in […]
Hohoe records 91% special voting turn-out
A total of 405 out of 446 total voters on Tuesday cast their ballots in the special voting exercise in the Hohoe Constituency. The number, representing 91 percent, voted at the end of polls at 1700 hours.Mr. Enoch Danso Agyekum, Hohoe Municipal Electoral Officer told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the process was successful. […]
FDA sensitises public to ban smoking in public places
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has sensitized traders, drivers and consumers on the law banning smoking in public places such as the market centers, lorry stations, hospitals, schools, restaurants and hotels among others. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has sensitized traders, drivers and consumers on the law banning smoking in public places such […]
All eyes on Ghana: Honour Rawlings with peaceful polls – Chambas
The Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said the eyes of the world are fixated on Ghana because the December 7 elections hold immense importance to the continent. He said the world held Ghana in high esteem as a beacon of peace and […]
Do not despise your humble beginnings – young entrepreneurs urged
The Chief Executive Officer of Digicast Properties, and Office Bureau, Martin Kwabena Quaidoo Osei has shared what he says are four principles to guide youthful entrepreneurs aiming to go far in their careers. He says they must not despise their humble beginnings as it serves as their foundation and roots and determines how far they […]
US election 2020: Biden says White House co-operation ‘sincere’
US President-elect Joe Biden has said outreach from the White House over the transition has been “sincere”. “It has not been begrudging so far, and I don’t expect it to be,” he told NBC News in an interview. He spoke as he unveiled his choice of top officials for when he takes over from Donald […]
Greenstreet promises to revive over 50 collapsed factories if elected President
The flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has indicated that his administration will revive over 50 collapsed factories established by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, to drive an aggressive job creation agenda. He said, the CPP under the leadership of Dr. Nkrumah, first President of Ghana, established many manufacturing factories to power […]
Burkina Faso holds elections amid fear of attacks
President Kabore has promised to secure the country and is vying for another five years against 12 other candidates. Voters have gone to the polls in Burkina Faso for presidential and legislative elections held against the background of a spiralling conflict and one of the world’s fastest growing humanitarian crises. Insecurity, caused by the devastating […]
BNI changes name to National Intelligence Bureau (NIB)
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has changed its name to the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). This is in line with Section 12 of the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2020 (ACT 1030). The Director-General of the National Intelligence Bureau asked the public to take note of the change in name which is with “immediate […]
EC ordered to file response to Marricke Gane’s suit challenging disqualification
The High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to file its responses to a suit challenging the disqualification of an independent Presidential aspirant, Marricke Kofi Gane, by Tuesday November 24, 2020. Mr. Gane, who is one of the five disqualified presidential aspirants, sued to challenge the EC’s decision to disqualify him. The EC’s technical team […]
Turning the iconic “Ghana Must Go” bag into high fashion
Recognized around the world in either its blue-white and red-white varieties, this once-nameless bag in West Africa has long been especially popular in markets across the region. But when in the 1980s hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, most of them Ghanaians, hurriedly stuffed their belongings into them after being given short notice to leave […]
EPA, police arrest acting MD of D&Y Industries Ltd for using fake certificate
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service has apprehended Mohammed Yousif, acting Managing Director of D&Y Industries Limited, for allegedly using a forged EPA certificate. D&Y Industries Limited, located in Accra, is a dealer in Aluminium Glass Doors and Accessories. The Executive Director of EPA, Mr. Henry Kwabena […]
Coronavirus cases in Africa cross two million mark – AU tally
With 2,013,388 cases reported on Thursday, the continent represents less than 4 percent of the world’s total cases. Total coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed the two million mark despite a slow addition of reported infections compared with other regions around the world, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. With the African […]
