The Institute of Distance Learning at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has inaugurated its Takoradi City Campus at Kansaworodo, a suburb of Takoradi, to enable working class people, in particular, to upgrade themselves academically.
The campus project was financed from the university’s Internally Generated Fund (IGF)...
The volume of gas supplied to Ghana by Nigeria for thermal power production has reduced by about 50 percent.
Natural gas supplied by NGas via the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) now averages about 60mscf per day as against the contractual volume of 123mscf per day.
The situation has...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has expressed worry over the increasing use of bleaching pills in the country, saying it has not approved any pill, tablet or cosmetic for skin-lightening purposes - and that it is an offence for anyone to use them.
“The use of these drugs has...
The Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) has officially launched its Golden Jubilee anniversary celebration at the Engineers Excellence Awards (EEA) night.
The year-long celebration, which was launched by the President of GhIE, Ing. Mrs. Carlien Bou-Chedid as part of her welcome at the Engineering Excellence Awards, is under the theme...
Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has reiterated its commitment to use its Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) programmes to support its developing partners in the country to help alleviate poverty and improve health care delivery and education.
The Ghanaian-owned international bank based in London makes annual donations of one percent from its...
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility agenda for the year, Ecobank Ghana, joined hands with its other subsidiary companies and numerous customers to donate blood to various blood banks across four centres in Ghana.
Dubbed “The Ecobank Blood is Life Exercise”, the event was held on Wednesday, 14th February,...
Computing from the Bank of Ghana data, the non-performing loans of the banking industry stood at about GHc6.16 billion in 2016 and GHc8.56 billion in 2017 representing a growth rate of about 39% in nominal terms. The non-performing loans ratio was 17.3% by the end of 2016 and it...
The Board Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has hinted that COCOBOD is instituting measures to ensure that the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, at Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region, is given the necessary support in order to offer the best quality health service delivery.
He said that...
New and improved camera capabilities are the main thrust of Samsung's pitch for its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and larger S9+.
The handsets gain a super-slow-motion facility designed to make it easy to extend key moments of action. They also gain a type of lens that should improve...
Good morning. It is a pleasure to be in New York City. We're especially gratified to be hosting Aviation Day USA with the Wings Club for a second time. Thanks are also owed to our generous sponsors, who make events like this possible.
Aviation and New York City are inextricably...