02 Aug

Ghana, Chad, And Sierra Leone To Receive Support From World Bank

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The World Bank has scaled up its financing for Food Security with an additional $315 Million to Strengthen the Resilience of Food Systems across West Africa. Ousmane Diagana, World Bank’s Vice-President for Western and Central Africa explained that the new financing will help to increase the effectiveness of agriculture and food crisis prevention and management and strengthen the capacities to adapt to climate variability and change. It will also strengthen the adaptive capacity of the food system’s productive base and make it sustainable, and support the regional food market’s integration by linking the beneficiary countries, consolidating their food reserve systems,…
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02 Aug

Adopt Renewable Energy For Optimum Benefit—RIFE Regional Manager

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The Regional Manager of RIFE International (West Africa), Kwaku Osei-Sarpong, has called on local firms especially those in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) space to incorporate renewable energy into their energy sources to address their power needs. He said renewable energy provided cleaner and environmentally friendly domestic electricity and also offered opportunities for the growth of local businesses. Towards that, he said RIFE International was in the process of designing an innovative financing scheme that would allow small businesses, commercial firms and industries to utilize renewable and energy efficiency alternatives that were affordable, sustainable and environmentally friendly. Speaking to…
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02 Aug

HD+ Kids Armwrestling Championships Launched

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The Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) in partnership with premium high-definition (HD) satellite broadcast service provider, SES HD PLUS Ghana, has launched the “HD+ Kids Armwrestling Championship”, a programme aimed at encouraging children to participate in armwrestling. The tournament opened to children aged between 12 and 16 years and will comprise three regional contests and a final slated for October 28, 2022, in Accra. The regional competitions will take place in Accra on August 27, Takoradi on September 17 and Kumasi on October 7, 2022. Prizes The top 200 finalists of the competition will share a prize package worth 70,000 cedis,…
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02 Aug

2022/23 GPL Slot: GFA Announces Three-Way Playoff Fixtures Between Dwarfs, Liberty And Tamale City

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The Ghana Football Association [GFA] has announced the fixtures for the three-way playoff between Ebusua Dwarfs, Liberty Professionals, and Tamale City for a slot in the Ghana Premier League for next season. The three teams failed to get automatic qualification to Ghana’s top-flight competition after placing second in their respective zones. The teams will battle to replace AshantiGold SC who have been demoted to Division Two for match-fixing. The Miners were demoted to Ghana’s Division Two League after they were found guilty of match manipulation in their Ghana Premier League game at the end of the 2020/2021 season when they…
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02 Aug

Bawumia Optimistic Ghana Card Will End Age Cheating In Sports

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According to the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the introduction of the Ghana Card will provide a solution to age cheating in sports. With the card containing all necessary information about a person, he says the data cannot be changed. As a result, if players are asked to participate in national assignments, they will be required to provide their Ghana cards in order to prevent systemic fraud. Dr. Bawumia made this known when he was buttressing his point that he will choose the Ghana Card compared to a thousand interchanges in Ghana. “Fake birth certificates were a big…
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02 Aug

Asante Kotoko Reach Agreement To Sell Ibrahim Imoro To Al Hilal Club

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Al Hilal Omdurman has reached an agreement with Asante Kotoko to sign Ibrahim Imoro for a fee in the region of $410,000, Joy Sports understands. The left back is expected to undergo a medical on Tuesday, August 2 with the Sudanese club before the deal is finalised.   Imoro recently traveled with the Black Galaxies to Benin as the team progressed to the final round of the CHAN qualifiers. Al Hilal will pay an initial fee of $150,000 upfront for the 22-year-old. However, that fee could rise to the region of $400,000 should the 2021/22 Sudan Premier League winners and…
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01 Aug

Kidnappers Of Nollywood Actors Make Contact, Demand $100,000 – Actors Guild Of Nigeria

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Twenty-four hours after prominent Nollywood actors and members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, were kidnapped in an Enugu suburb, their abductors have contacted their families. The actors were reported missing after their family members confirmed they didn’t return home from a film location at Ozalla Town, Enugu state, on Thursday. Both actors are renowned for starring in movies shot in Enugu and Delta states. On Saturday, the AGN national president, Emeka Rollas, told Premium Times that the kidnappers are requesting a lump sum in dollars. He said, “the kidnappers have made contact with the families…
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01 Aug

Nana Kwarteng Karikari III To Be Laid In State On Friday 5th August, 2022

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The late Chief of Akyem Awisa (omanhene),Nana Kwarteng Karikari III, will be laid in state on Friday 5th August, 2022 at Akyem Awisa Ahenfie near Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana.  Funeral arrangements are as follows; There will be a wake keeping on Thursday, 4th August, 2022 at Akyem Awisa Ahenfie. Nana Karikari III will be laid in state on Saturday 6th August, 2022 at Akyem Awisa Abontenkesiem for Awisa citizens, families, friends and sympathizers to pay their last respect to the omanhene. Nana will be buried at his final resting place at the Royal Meseum at Akyem Awisa…
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01 Aug

My Dad Is The Richest, Smartest Man – KiDi’s Son Praises Him

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Ever since musician, KiDi introduced his son to the world in 2019, he has not shied away from giving fans an insight into their relationship. Over the weekend KiDi shared an adorable video of Zane, vlogging while they drove around town. Zane during the drive could not help but shower endless praises on his dad whom he calls the “best in the world”. “My dad knows everything, he is just the smartest das in the whole world. My dad is the richest in the whole world.” To prove his point Zane showed off the shoes his dad bought him noting…
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01 Aug

NDC Leaders Cried Like Hungry Babies Over Sim Card Re-registration Deadline Extension-Solomon Assante

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A communicator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Solomon Assante, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC)  leaders who sabotaged the Ghana Card cried like hungry babies over the extension of the sim card re-registration deadline.  He made this known when he joined Kwaku Dawuro on Movement In The Morning Show.  As at 20th July, 2022, the total number of people who had registered their sim cards were 16,059,350 which constituents 38% out of the 42,121,921 sim card users in the country.  Mr. Assante speaking on the above said, ‘’we can’t always blame government- we need to shift part of…
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