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19 Feb

You Know Nothing About Economics…Stop Commenting On It- Chairman Wontumi Tells Franklin Cudjoe

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The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Wontumi has asked Franklin Cudjoe to desist from polluting the minds of people with his poor knowledge on the subject of economics. Chairman Wontumi explained that people like Mr. Cudjoe isn’t fit to talk about economics when time over time, he has shown he has little knowledge on the subject. In an interview with Movementtvonline.com and Wontumionline.com, Chairman Wontumi stated that if the President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, was abreast with issues, he would have even known that the tension between Russia and Ukraine, is having major…

16 Feb

Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal Partner Biontech To Produce Covid-19, Tb And Malaria Vaccines In Africa

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Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a first step in the chain of domestic vaccine production which will to improve vaccine supply in Africa. This was announced at a high-level meeting in Marburg, Germany, on Wednesday, 16th February 2022, where President Akufo-Addo, together with Presidents Macky Sall and Paul Kagame of the Republics of Senegal and Rwanda respectively, witnessed the presentation of a BioNtech modular production facility solution for the production of mRNA vaccines in Africa. The event was also attended President Ursula…

16 Feb

VP Bawumia Launches Online Programme Offering Over 3,000 Free Courses

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An Integrated Online Learning Program (IOLP) offering over 3,000 free, certificated courses and industry attachment for the youth and professionals has been launched by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. To be run by the University of Ghana in collaboration with international partners including Alison, Leyden Educational Foundation and SOLNetwork, the IOLP is designed to make teaching and learning virtually, in the wake of the Covid 19 pandemic easier, more convenient and more readily available, especially for teachers and students in rural areas. Unveiling the programme at the University of Ghana on Monday, February 14, 2022 Vice President Bawumia welcomed…

11 Feb

VP Bawumia Launches $54.5 Climate Change Project To Rejuvenate, Protect Shea Farming

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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project (GLSERP) with a call on the chiefs and people of the five northern regions, especially farmers, to “own it” and ensure its success. The $54.5 million GLSERP project seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change on the fragile ecosystem of the Northern Savannah Landscape as well as improve the shea value chain, especially for the hundreds of thousands of women engaged in the entire value chain. Performing the launch in Tamale on Friday, February 11, 2022, Vice President Bawumia said the Shea Landscape Project…

10 Feb

Bawumia Vindicated As ICAO Affirms Ghanacard As E-Passport

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Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card has been recognized globally as a valid e-passport in all International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) compliant countries and will enable holders of the card to board flights to Ghana from 197 countries and 44,000 airports worldwide. This follows a “Key Ceremony” on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at the headquarters of ICAO in Montreal, Canada, during which Ghana, represented by the High Commissioner to Canada, H.E Ransford Sowah, received the ‘key’ to symbolically indicate the country’s entry into the ICAO family. Thus, the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents will now…

10 Feb

Ghana Card Is Now E-Passport – ICAO Declares

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given its seal of approval for Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport Thus, holders of the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents can present it as official documentation at all 197 (ICAO) compliant countries and 44,000 airports worldwide and board flights to Ghana. This follows a “Key Ceremony” on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at the headquarters of ICAO in Montreal, Canada, during which Ghana, represented by the High Commissioner to Canada, H.E Ransford Sowah, received the ‘key’ to symbolically indicate the…

09 Feb

Stay Focused; Have A Mind-set Of Possibilities – VP Bawumia To Ghanaian Youth

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“I want you to know that with God and hardwork, everything is possible. In life there will be challenges and naysayers. Eschew the naysayers and those who want to distract you and wear you down. Ignore those who talk about impossibilities. Focus your minds, and have a mind-set of possibilities. If you put your minds to you it, you can achieve it.” These were the words of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia when he addressed over 500 Ghanaian youth drawn across the country at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region at the opening ceremony of the Ghana Youth Congress,…

20 Jan

Banking Sector Stakeholders Laud Directive On Use Of Ghana Card For Transactions

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Stakeholders in Ghana’s banking industry are elated about the Bank of Ghana’s directive to have the Ghana card as the sole ID card to be used for financial transactions. This is because they believe this will check fraud and sanitise the country’s financial system in its entirety. The Bank of Ghana, on Wednesday, served notice to all licensed financial institutions and the general public that effective July 1, 2022, the Ghana Card shall be the only identification card accepted for any form of banking or financial transactions in the country. This development has come as good news to stakeholders in…

20 Jan

Gov’t Officials To Begin Public Sensitization On E-Levy Today – Ofori-Atta

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The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta says government officials will from today, Thursday, January 20, 2022, begin a nationwide public sensitization on the need for the introduction of the controversial e-levy. According to him, officials, including himself, will personally engage citizens on the many policies and programmes the government will use the revenue accrued from the levy for. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, he said the government is convinced about the need for the e-levy and how it encapsulates the idea of burden-sharing for Ghana’s development. “Beginning Thursday, a team comprising myself, colleague ministers and…

20 Jan

Aggrieved First Fund Customers Demand Release Of Locked-Up Cash

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Members of the Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of First Fund have reiterated their call for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure they are paid their locked-up cash. According to the Coalition, the customers number about 24,000 people and the monies owed them amounts to over GH¢117 million. It will be recalled that the Securities and Exchange Commission, in November 2019, revoked the licenses of 53 fund management companies due to various breaches including the non-payment of clients’ funds totalling GH¢8 billion. Customers of First Fund saw the management of their investment being moved from First Banc Financial Services…