The Upper West regional treasurer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Tanko Dawda has denied a publication making the rounds that he has lampooned vice president Mahamudu Bawumia on the issue of his alleged large sized delegation to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting. Accra based Citi Fm reported […]
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Seeking innovative city solutions: Communications Ministry and Whale Cloud signs MoU for city development in Ghana
Whale Cloud (rebranded from ZTEsoft) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Ghana on innovative city development at the headquarters of Alibaba Group. Mr Ben Zhou, CEO of Whale Cloud, and Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Minister for Communications of the Republic of Ghana, signed the MoU on behalf of each party. […]
Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed does press-ups with protesting soldiers to diffuse tension
Ethiopia’s prime minister has done press-ups with dozens of protesting soldiers, who had marched into his office in the capital, Addis Ababa. Abiy Ahmed was unhappy that soldiers had brought weapons and ordered them to do 10 press-ups. They were among several hundred protesting soldiers who entered his office grounds to demand a pay rise. […]
China business interests in Africa: Sierra Leone rejects 300 million dollar Chinese airport project launched in March
The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. Face2face Africa reports that the project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new […]
I still wash my husband’s undies and cook for him – Africa’s richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija
The fact that she is one of the richest black women in the world didn’t stop the new vice Chancellor of Osun University, Folorunsho Alakija from bending low to fulfil her marital duties and obligations to her husband. Alakija, Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil and the Group Managing Director of The Rose of Sharon Group (which comprises […]
Switching from a sprinter to a footballer: Usain Bolt scores 2 goals in debut appearance for Central Coast Mariners
Lightning struck twice Friday as Usain Bolt scored two goals for the Central Coast Mariners in a pre-season friendly. In his first appearance for the Australian club he is on trial at, the former Olympic sprinter scored his first with a well struck effort at the near post, before capitalizing on a defensive error to […]
PHOTO: see the picture of Prince William in Kenya that is making Africans and pan-Africanists quibble
Prince of William, the Duke of Cambridge who is visiting Africa, Kenya to be precise with his wife has been captured in a rare picture, being carried shoulder-high by local folks while he sat in a comfortable chair and smiled. The way and manner he was being carried is not any different from how kings […]
Shatta Wale vs. Sarkodie: Ghanaians give their verdict-says Shatta controls money more than Sarkodie
The verdict of most Ghanaians is that self-acclaimed dancehall king, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known popularly as Shatta Wale is richer than rap sensation Sarkodie. Accra based Adom which carried out a random sample interview of people in the streets of Accra all vouched for Shatta Wale. The decision by the radio station to carry […]
Ghana’s Frnacophonie membership: our goal is to have a bilingual Ghana one day-President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his desire to see a bilingual Ghana one day, in which French and English will be the official languages. “Our goal is to live, one day, in a bilingual Ghana, i.e. English and French, together with our own indigenous languages. We have already begun to work towards this. […]
Ghana’s Frnacophonie membership: Ghana and the Francophone World are inseparable – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the lives of the Ghanaians are intimately linked with the francophone world, and Ghana’s membership of La Francophonie should serve as a big boost to addressing some of the country’s mutual concerns. With French set to become one of the world’s most commonly spoken languages, […]
NDC Race: Don’t sacrifice your children’s future for 200 balls of kenkey-Goosie tells delegates
Story by: coffie Emmanuel Writers e-mail; coffiemmanuel30@gmail.com As members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) go to the polls on December 7 2018 to elect a presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, delegates have been admonished to reject vote buying politicians. Delegates who allow themselves to be bought and manipulated by selfish politicians are […]
Bombshell: Kojo Adu Asare using stolen state vehicles for car rental business-Daasebre Ahenkorah
Head of the presidential taskforce on missing state vehicles, Daasebre Kwabena Ahenkorah has revealed that former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Adentan constituency, Kojo Adu Asare is using some of the state vehicles in his possession for a car rental business. According to him, Mr. Adu Asare who also served as […]