The MasterCard Foundation has launched a six-year $17.6 million initiative in partnership with Oxford Policy Management to increase the range of financial services available to poor, rural populations in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia.The “Savings at the Frontier” project will employ a unique approach to connect 250,000 people to the formal banking system by designing new […]
President John Mahama has stated that it is only “logical” for Ghanaians to re-elect him in next year’s presidential elections.According to him, a second term in office will offer him the opportunity to complete the various developmental projects and policies he has commenced in his first term .Mr. Mahama was elected President of Ghana after
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is backing Ghana’s Senior National team Black Stars to record a convincing victory against Comoros in their return leg match at the Baba Yara Stadium on Tuesday, November 16, 2015.The Black Stars recorded a goalless draw in the first match on Friday when they played the Islanders in Moroni.The Players
John III Chapter 20, Verse 16 reads: After eight years of smart, hard work which put the nation back on the pedestal of hope and the trajectory of prosperity, the God of Israel was sad to see how the NDCeivers tricked the people of Israel with lies and insults against the Kufourites whose rule brought
The maverick serial caller of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Appiah Stadium has accused the Former Head of Political Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Amoako Baah as being a hypocrite. He alleges that Dr. Baah’s bitterness towards the Mahama and NDC led administration is based on government’s refusal
The chairman of the Church of Pentecost Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah has lashed out at homosexuals and their advocates, describing the act as “foolishness”.Apostle Dr. Onyinah explained the act of homosexuality is responsible for many diseases the world is grappling with today. There have been debates about recognition of gay rights in Ghana as the
NDC campaigner Joseph Yammin has named Suame NDC parliamentary aspirant; Brogya Genfi the “Neymar” of the constituency. “Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says he is Messi here at Suame, we have also brought Neymar to replace him because he will soon get injured and leave the pitch”, Yammin declared to supporters of Brogya Genfi over the
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has said his qualms and reservations about investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ undercover exposé of corruption in the judiciary, have nothing to do with helping the case of the 34 implicated judges.The ‘Citizen Vigilante’ said Saturday that: “That has not been my intention”.According to him, he thought the lawyers representing
The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the growing political violence in the various political parties describing it as a threat to Ghana’s peace ahead of the 2016 elections.A member of the New Patriotic Party was recently killed at Asawase in the Ashanti region after supporters of suspended chairman Paul Afoko and acting chairman Freddie
The Government of Ghana realised a total of US$341.50 million from the oil and gas sector as of the third-quarter of 2015, Finance Minister Seth Terkper has told Parliament.“Total petroleum receipts (i.e. proceeds from Jubilee liftings and other petroleum receipts) as at the end of the third-quarter of 2015 was US$341.50 million (GHȻ1,243.65 million),” Mr
