MTN Ghana acknowledges that quality education can only be attained through the provision of the requisite infrastructure to enhance effective teaching and learning.   It is this regard that MTN Ghana Foundation recently commissioned a three-unit classroom block and a library for Akatsi D/A Basic School and Tsito Senior Technical High School respectively.   Durbars were held in both schools... 

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, Finance & Economic Planning Minister The government of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has approved a 20% increase in the National Service allowance for the 2011/2012 service personnel in the country.   This was disclosed by the Greater Accra Regional Director of the National Service scheme, Mr. Ebenezer Edzii, at the second general meeting... 

Ghana’s only international airport, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will undergo expansion that will increase its capacity to handle 5.2 million passengers by next year 2013, a feasibility report prepared by US-based LPA group for the Ghana Airports Company has projected, (an increase of approximately 400 per cent on 2010 figures) and 49,325 tonnes of freight (up from 46,480 in 2010) during... 

Dr. Myles Munroe Author and Motivational speaker, Dr. Myles Munroe, has categorically stated that lack of good leadership is and has been the bane of Ghana and Africa’s development. According to the renowned speaker, Africa over the years has lacked leadership with the needed mentality to transform the whole region. Dr. Munroe, who is in the country as part of his globe-trotting seminars drive, made... 

Dr. Oteng Adjei, Energy Minister Kosmos Energy (NYSE: KOS) at the weekend announced that it has exercised a right under the existing Joint Operating Agreement to acquire the participating interest of Sabre Oil & Gas Holdings Limited in the Deepwater Tano Block, offshore Ghana. The purchase price is estimated to be approximately $365 million, with up to an additional $45 million contingent upon... 

Dr. Kwabena Duffour, Finance & Economic Planning Minister The fair was held on March 1, 2012 at the campus of the KNUST as part of the 6th annual Business Week of the School on the theme: “Bridging the gap between Academia, Industry and Government.” Addressing participants at the programme, the Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana Ltd., Mr. Benjamin Debrah, stressed the need for government... 

A new acting Manager was on Wednesday appointed to manage the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Central Region.   The new manager, Mr. William Hutton-Mensah, a native of Cape Coast, took over from Mr. Robert Dwamena, who acted as manager from December last year to January this year after succeeding Mr. Anthony Gyampo.   Mr. Hutton-Mensah, who has worked in the company for 27 years... 

The President of the Association of Ghana Solar Industries (AGSI), Mr. Omane Frimpong, has called for investment into the sustainability of renewable energy sources to enhance the energy sector of the country. According to him, it is far expensive to provide remedial solutions to effects of climate change than to invest in renewable energy sources. He added that it is more expensive to provide relief... 

Joyce Bamford Addo, Speaker of Parliament Parliament has approved the controversial off-taker agreement between the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and the UNIPEC Asia Company Limited after heated debates on the floor last Wednesday. The off-taker agreement, which is under the Master Facility Agreement between Ghana and the China Development Bank Corporation, with an amount of $3,000,000,000.00,... 

Leading telecommunication company, Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN), has launched the MTN Vehicle Tracking Service. The MTN vehicle tracking facility, according to the telecoms company, is aimed at providing security for individuals and corporate organisations that get their cars snatched by car-jackers and armed robbers. The car tracking device was launched yesterday when management of the company...