First National Bank has reassured Ghanaians of its determination to help address housing needs in the country, even in the climate of uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Executive Head of Home Loans at First National Bank, Kojo Addo-Kufuor, gave the assurance during the maiden virtual Property Developers Forum with...
A total of 16.9million citizens were registered by the Electoral Commission (EC) during the 38-day voter registration exercise to put together a new voter’s register.
The total number, which exceeded the Commission’s 15 million eligible voters’ target by 1.9 million, was also slightly higher than the 16.8 million in the...
Government has put in place a more pragmatic policy and programme to facilitate the effective production and distribution of cocoa seedlings to farmers; an initiative that will increase the country’s cocoa production from next year, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has said.
Ghana has for some years...
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Adukwei Mensa, has said that everything humanly possible will be done to ensure the nation’s electoral register is purged of all ineligible voters, especially foreigners who have found their way onto the electoral roll.
Speaking at the 9th edition of the Let...
Parliament has approved US$ 1.3 billion loan facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions to finance the purchase of cocoa for the 2020/21 crop season by the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod).
The loan would be used to purchase an estimated 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa beans from farmers...
The Greater Accra Regional Youth Network has called on the government to give greater attention to youth development issues particularly youth unemployment which has worsened with the outbreak of COVID-19.
The Group said the government should “prioritize and invest massively in developing the youth by instilling in them employable Information...
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) launched the Action for Shea Parklands (ASP) initiative.
Spearheaded by GSA, this initiative seeks to promote, plant, and protect the shea parklands while advancing a shea industry commitment to plant ten million...
The Ecobank Group and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), under its 100,000 MSMEs by 2021 (100K MSMEs), have launched the MSME Academy to provide easy access to practical training and resources on financing opportunities in various countries; how to build a digital presence for businesses; and how to...
The story is told of William Horman, a school principal at the Eton School in London, who released a book titled 'Vulgaria' - Latin for 'everyday adages' or 'common sayings'. In this masterpiece he captured the phrase 'Manners maketh man', which among others speaks to the subject of politeness...
“Every man’s character is good in his own eyes.” – Yoruba proverb
Collectively, we always invoke God to “Bless our homeland, Ghana”. The supplication is for our good. It is a deep-seated desire for truth and justice for ourselves; and then the good of the public interest. But in our...