Government is to harness the economic potential of Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) to create 45,000 jobs to reduce the unemployment situation in the country by 2011, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communication said on Saturday. He said that the growth of ITES has the potential to rake in additional 750 million dollars, by the same year, in a form of revenue with a multiplier effect... 

Vodafone Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Vittorio Colao, has pledged his commitment to ensure that Vodafone Ghana succeeds and becomes a valuable contributor to the Ghanaian economy. “The Vodafone Group is fully committed to ensuring that the business in Ghana is very successful and a valuable contributor to the Ghanaian economy,” he said during his one-day working visit to the country. Officials... 

Mr. Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, at the weekend said plans were far advanced towards the establishment of a nursing training college at the northern part of the Volta Region. He said the institution is to bring healthcare delivery and education closer to people in that part of the region. Mr Amenowode made this disclosure when he paid a courtesy call on Nana Mprah Besemunah, Krachiwura... 

Gabby Asare Okyere Darko, the Executive Director of Dankwa Institute, says Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy recent accusations that the behaviour of some key elements of the NPP caused the party’s defeat in the 2008 general election was as result of his botched ambition to become the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Nana Akufo Addo. “All the recent effusions and rantings of Arthur... 

Thousands of movie fans over the weekend thronged the Silverbird cinema to see Vivian Ejike’s latest box office the ‘Silent Scandal’ which features Genevieve Nnaji and Ghanaian international and lady’s man Majid Michael. About three of Silverbird’s large cinema halls were filled to capacity with several movie lovers pushing management of Silverbird to arrange for additional showing times... 

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s name was excluded from the Brong Ahafo Region at 50 awards, even though other former Presidents were awarded with the Golden Shield. Former Ghanaian Presidents awarded with the Golden Shield included Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings who came with his wife Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings to receive his award. He was also given a kente cloth and a fat cow for... 

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Tema East Constituency, Mr. Ishmael Ashitey, has revealed that he has done all the necessary underground works which  will enable him win the position of the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the party. Speaking in an exclusive interview with TODAY at his residence in Tema, the three times MP for Tema East Constituency said he would win the... 

NO country lives in a vacuum. That explains why even advanced nations like the US, United Kingdom, France etcetera would depend on countries like Ghana and Cote D’ivoire to import cocoa, gold and other products. WHILE each government is rightfully concerned about the needs of its own people, that does not mean that each country can operate as though it is the only state. Especially now that technology... 

A paper delivered by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom at the JOY FM, Coconut Grove Hotels sponsored search for consensus building on national development agenda. Read on: “I believe that the best path to achieving consensus on a national development agenda is by ensuring that the principle of participation as a means of ensuring national ownership is fully utilised.  Ghanaians from all walks of life should... 

Adehyeman Savings and Loans (ASL) Bank, one of Ghana’s fastest growing banks last Thursday, December 10, 2009, officially unveiled a new branch at Avenor Junction in Accra. The Avenor Branch of (ASL) would from now on serve as the headquarters of the bank. Speaking at the official opening of the branch, the Managing Director of ASL, Arah Sadava, observed that the new branch is strategically located...