Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, the Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH), says the Covid-19 pandemic has affected blood mobilization, which has resulted in a negative impact on the health sector. He noted that volunteer blood donors feared visiting hospitals to donate blood and, as such, the blood banks had Read more
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has called on governments and private sector companies in West Africa to borrow funds from institutions within the African continent. According to the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services, Dr. Mabouba Diagne, this will help build capacity of African economies. Speaking at Read more
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has announced a ban on drumming and noisemaking as indigenes prepare to celebrate the annual Homowo festival. The ban which was imposed by the traditional authorities in the area began on Friday, May 14 and will end on June 4, 2021. The KoKMA has, Read more
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan says the United States will further deepen its bilateral relationship with Ghana. This follows the re-launch of passenger flight operations from Washington to Accra by United Airlines. Its Dreamline 787 landed at the Kotoka International Airport on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The Read more
The National Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu led the 2021 Eid prayer at the forecourt of the Ghana Broadcasting Coporation. Also present at the event was President Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr Mahmudu Bawumia, and the Second Lady Samira Bawumia. Delivering his message, the Chief Imam urged Muslims to remain Read more
Amazon has long maintained that its video streaming service, Prime Video, helps it drive more sales on the shopping app. Now the e-commerce giant is testing what happens when it brings the video streaming service to the shopping app itself. The e-commerce giant on Saturday launched miniTV, an ad-supported video Read more
The International Monetary Fund says Ghana’s 2021 Budget and Economic Policy is pivotal towards fiscal consolidation, which it describes as an important step in the right direction but a difficult one in a pandemic. This comes after its staff mission led by Carlo Sdralevich held consultations under the Article IV Read more
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Solana isn’t known yet outside of the crypto community. But insiders think the blockchain platform is interesting for a wide variety of reasons, beginning with its amiable founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, who spent more than a dozen years as an engineer working on wireless protocols at Qualcomm and who says he Read more
Before Twilio had a market cap approaching $56 billion and more than 200,000 customers, the cloud-communications platform developed a secret sauce to fuel its growth: a developer-focused model that dispensed with traditional marketing rules. Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that Read more
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Chief of Tafo in the Ashanti Region is furious over the Member of Parliament’s failure to honour an invitation to the commissioning of an Astroturf. Nana Agyen-Frimpong Ababio says the absence of the MP doesn’t speak well for the development of the area. “Does he want the development of the Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good Easter egg out of Google. Not too long ago it felt like someone would discover a new hidden gag in Google’s products every few weeks — the company cranked them out like it was their job. While we haven’t seen as Read more
Customers of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) in the Northern Region were pleasantly surprised during this year’s Eid festivities, as the Chief Executive of the bank joined the celebrations in person. Accompanied by senior executives of the bank, the CEO – Nana Dwemoh Benneh visited key customers, wishing them Eid Mubarak Read more
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request Read more
The Ranking Member on the Defense and Interior Parliamentary Committee says Parliament will probe the alleged assault on Citi FM journalist, Caleb Kudah by the operatives of the National Security. Speaking on Joy FM, Mr James Agalga stated that he has always been of the opinion to have an independent Read more
For Bill Staples, the freshly appointed CEO at New Relic, who takes over on July 1, yesterday was a good day. After more than 20 years in the industry, he was given his own company to run. It’s quite an accomplishment, but now the hard work begins. On the positive Read more
The Ministry of Education will begin the distribution of licenses to qualified teachers in both private and public schools on May 17. Although the Ministry began the popular licensure examination some three years ago, the initiative did not better-professionalise the teaching career enough, according to experts. The Ministry, however, believes Read more
Ranking Member on Parliaments’s Defense and Interior Committee says he is surprised DSP Samuel Kojo Azugu is still at post at the National Security office. Speaking on Top Story, Friday, James Agalga indicated that in spite of a recommendation by the Emile Short Commission to have Mr Azugu reassigned following Read more
President Akufo-Addo is personally leading the negotiation with transport operators on an acceptable increment for transport fares. This comes in the wake of recent upward adjustment in prices of petroleum products. Two earlier engagements with the Transport Minister seem to have broken down as the operators are refusing to back Read more