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05 Jan

Man Utd On Course To Sign Jack Butland From Crystal Palace

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Manchester United are on course to sign Crystal Palace goalkeeper Jack Butland on an initial loan until the end of the season, 90min understands. 90min reported on Wednesday that talks for Butland were ongoing, with United seeking additional cover for David de Gea following the premature end of Martin Dubravka’s loan from Newcastle. Enquiries were made to Palace about both Butland and Sam Johnstone, the latter a former United academy graduate. But the Eagles responded that only Butland, who was previously a Premier League number one for Stoke and a member of England’s 2018 World Cup squad, is available. Butland…

05 Jan

Messi & Neymar Both Ruled Out Of PSG’s French Cup Clash With Chateauroux As Galtier Reveals Stance On World Cup Ovation For Argentina Star

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Lionel Messi and Neymar have been ruled out of Paris Saint-Germain’s Coupe de France clash with Chateauroux on Friday. Coupe de France clash on Friday Brazilian forward being rested Argentine icon only just back in training WHAT HAPPENED? The superstar forwards will not be risked in domestic cup competition against third tier opposition, with both men easing their way back into club action at PSG following 2022 World Cup duty. Neymar has taken in one outing since returning from Qatar, and picked up a red card in said contest, while Messi has only recently been welcomed back into training by…

05 Jan

Abu Sakara Argues For ‘Debt Forgiveness’ For Ghana

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Former Presidential Candidate and renowned agronomist Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster is of the opinion that the surest way for Ghana’s economic recovery is debt forgiveness. He states that as a “star pupil” and a “poster boy”, Ghana could be a candidate of debt forgiveness in order to justify the mantra of democracy the West have espoused all these years. “Debt forgiveness of Ghana will have one of the highest beneficial impacts and will be a tonic for a fast economic recovery,” he wrote on Facebook on Thursday, January 5. “Ultimately such a demonstration of economic recovery will be good…

05 Jan

BoG To Hold 2023 First MPC Meeting Later In January 2023

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The Bank of Ghana has announced that it will hold its first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting for 2023 from Tuesday, January 24, to Friday, January 27 to review developments in the economy. The meeting, which will be the 110th is expected to heavily discuss Ghana’s high inflation rate which stands at 50.3 percent, the highest in 27 years. Also, the committee will use the meeting to decide whether to hike the policy rate, maintain it, or reduce it. “The meetings will conclude with a press conference on Monday, January 30, 2023 to announce the decision of the Committee”, a short…

05 Jan

Discard The Bad Notion You Have About Nurses- Counsellor Charlotte Oduro To Ghanaians

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A marriage Counselor, Mrs. Charlotte Oduro, has called on Ghanaians who have the notion that nurses are not reliable when it comes to marriage, to do away with that negative thinking. Speaking with Kwaku Dawuro on a One – on – One interview on Movement in the Morning Show on Movement TV and Wontumi Radio in Accra, Mrs. Oduro urged men who want to marry nurses and midwives to see their partners as unique and treat them as such. This comes after a caller on the show had asked if it's good to marry a nurse, because he's heard a…

05 Jan

BoG Promotes Innovation In Financial Services Sector

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The Head of Fintech and Innovation at Bank of Ghana, Kwame Oppong, has said the central bank has implemented a regulatory reform to enable innovation in the financial services industry without compromising financial stability. He said, for instance, that the BoG in 2020, established a Fintech Innovation Office, one of the few of such outfits among central banks globally, to regulate, supervise and nurture Fintech in line with its commitment to innovation. “So far, a total of 47 payment service providers and mobile money operators have been given approval - both Ghanaian and foreign across various license categories to provide…

05 Jan

Quick Credit Commits To Support Economic Growth

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A microcredit firm, Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Limited, has expressed strong commitment to support efforts by the government to drive the economy out of its current challenges. Consequently, the company has announced plans to boost productivity with a special focus on motivation of staff as a pivot in building its operations and the country in general. The Founder and Board Chairman of Quick Credit, Richard Nii Armah Quaye, who made this known at the company’s annual dinner in Accra, observed that employees play pivotal roles in nation building. The annual dinner ceremony created a platform for management and staff…

05 Jan

Maiden Edition Of McDan New Year Business Forum Slated For January 5

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2022 was a turbulent year for businesses globally. With escalating oil prices, excessive inflation, volatile exchange rates, a weakened dollar, and the effects of Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war, it was a very challenging year for businesses globally, especially in Africa, and Ghana in particular. For us to thrive as individuals, businesses and a country as a whole, it is imperative that we take stock of the happenings of the year 2022, understand the unique challenges that we were faced with, the havoc it wreaked on our business, the makeshift solutions that enabled us to keep our heads afloat, and…

05 Jan

President Akufo-Addo Is Right, Akonta Mining Was Falsely Accused- Lawyer For Mining Firm

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Lawyer for Akonta Mining Company, Kwame Adom Appiah, has appreciated President Akufo-Addo for exonerating the mining firm after it was wrongly accused of engaging in illegal mining. Lawyer Adom Appiah in an interview on Wontumi TV stated that from his position as counsel for Akonta Mining, he was aware that the operations of the mining firm never contravened the law. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has exonerated Akonta Mining Company Limited from any wrongdoing, stressing that the Company is not involved in any illegal mining anywhere in Ghana. “Let me respond briefly to the chairperson on the issue of illegal mining,” President…

05 Jan

1D1F: Alan Kyerematen Commissions Rice Processing Factory In Savelugu

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Trade and Industry Minister Hon Alan Kyerematen has commissioned a rice processing factory in Savelugu in the Northern Region as part of the 1D1F industrialization project. The long-serving Trade and Industry Minister led a team of officials in the Northern Region to commission the Savelugu rice processing factories at a short ceremony on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. Under the theme "Boosting Local Enterprise For Job Creation and Economic Prosperity Towards a Ghana Beyond Aid", the latest commissioning adds to several local enterprises boosted by the One District One Factory Project (1D1F). The Trade and Industry Minister charged natives and other…