During the mid-year budget review in Parliament on July 31, 2023, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, highlighted the government’s plans to restructure pension funds and swap debt in the energy sector as part of their efforts to control the country’s debt. The Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has already given the government greater fiscal … Read more
Former President and National Democratic Congress flagbearer John Mahama, along with his wife and other party faithful, have gathered to commemorate the one-week anniversary of the late Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Sherry Hanny Ayittey. Mrs. Sherry died on Saturday, July 22, at the age of 75. In a Facebook post by EX-Prez Mahama, he … Read more
According to Interior Minister Ambrose Derry, Friday, August 4, 2023, would be recognized as Founder’s Day, a Statutory Public Holiday throughout the country. The day was initially set for September 21 to honor Ghana’s first prime minister and president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, but President Akufo Addo changed it to August 4 in 2018. “The general … Read more
According to the Ghana Football Association (GFA), it was fined $80,000 by FIFA for the yellow cards that Black Stars players received while competing in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Henry Asante Twum, the Ghana GFA’s director of communications, revealed this in an interview with Accra-based Angel TV. The Black Stars had a poor World … Read more
The entire amount invested in Uganda’s green oil field project between 2021 and 2022 was Shs 5.57 trillion, or an additional Shs 1.55 trillion in foreign direct investments. To put things in perspective, Uganda’s FDI climbed from Shs 2.93 trillion in 2017 to Shs 5.57 trillion at the moment. The East African subcontinent’s Shs … Read more
The severance payments due to former employees of Twitter Africa’s Accra headquarters have not yet been made. The social network company’s former employees claim that since they were let go this year, management has refused to pay their entitlements bill. CNN reported that despite the ex-employees’ agreement to a three-month severance package, the corporation has … Read more
According to reports, police in the Central Region saved a woman who is thought to be a witch and who fell while flying at a midnight prayer service in Gomoa Assin. In an attempt to fly over the location where a group of Christians were praying, the woman is believed to have been caught … Read more
Pappy Kojo has now unofficially claimed ownership of the song after taking Sarkodie’s “Try Me” response to Yvonne Nelson personally. The Ghanaian rapper can be seen playing the d*ss track at the concert in a viral video. Pappy Kojo controversially posted the performance and claimed ownership of the song till Sarkodie returned to Ghana. Due … Read more
A video that has gone viral of President Akufo-Addo’s first daughter Edwina Nana Dokua talking on the phone next to her father while the national anthem is playing has drawn mixed views. The footage was captured at the memorial service for the late President Akufo-Addo’s late wife and mother of Edwina, who passed over … Read more