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Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:39:35 GMT
Mobile Apps Help Smallholder Farmers Get Fairer Prices
[DW] Newly-developed farming apps have brought relief to farmers in Ghana who struggle to access fair market prices. Developers hope the apps will soon also be used on a wider scale to tackle food insecurity on the continent.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:48:30 GMT
Ghana Is Destination of Choice for Teak Market - Information Minister
[GhanaToday] The Minister for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has wooed investors looking to explore the teak market to consider investing in Ghana.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:48:25 GMT
Fisheries Ministry Launches Aquaculture Forum
[GhanaToday] The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has launched Aquaculture Forum to bring industry players to share ideas and innovative ways of promoting the aquaculture sub-sector.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:05:12 GMT
Collaborate With Private Sector to Conduct Geological Investigations - Lands Minister Charges GGSA
[GhanaToday] The Minister of Land and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has charged the new Acting Director-General of the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) to collaborate with the private sector to conduct geological investigations.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:05:10 GMT
Health Minister Launches National Health Promotion Strategy 2022 - 2026
[GhanaToday] The Minister for Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has launched the National Health Promotion Strategy 2022-2026 to improve the quality of health promotion services at all levels.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:05:05 GMT
Court Remands Aisha Huang, Three Others for Illegal Mining
[GhanaToday] The 47-year-old Chinese woman, Aisha Huang and three other accomplices have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court to reappear in court on September 14, 2022.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:05:01 GMT
Communications Minister Calls for Collaboration to Curb Cyber-Attacks
[GhanaToday] The Minister for Communication and Digitalisation (MoCD), Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called on cyber security stakeholders to collaborate and expedite information sharing and responses to counter cyber-attacks.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:16 GMT
AfCFTA Implementation - GRA Allays Fears Over Revenue Losses
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Revenue Authority is allaying fears over the projected loss of revenue from tax collection due to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in the short term.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:12 GMT
3rd Techiman Startup for Youth Empowerment Ends
[Ghanaian Times] Techiman -- The third edition of Techiman Startup (TSS) aimed at empowering the youth to create their own businesses was held at Techiman, the Bono East Regional capital.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:10 GMT
House Owners Asked to Include Sanitation in Tenancy Agreements
[Ghanaian Times] The Adentan Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region at the weekend intensified the Operation Clean Your Frontage (OCYF) campaign, with a call on house owners to include sanitation regulations in their tenancy agreements.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:08 GMT
DCE, 3 Others Arrested By Police ... Over Missing Excavators At Ellembelle
[Ghanaian Times] Sekondi -- The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo, was yesterday morning arrested at Ayisakro on the Elubo-Takoradi highway by the police for what they described as an 'obstruction' offence.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:08 GMT
NCCE Admonishes Youth On Peaceful Co-Existence, Nat'l Cohesion
[Ghanaian Times] The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has admonished the youth to support the Commission on community sensitisation programme to educate them on violent extremism, peaceful co-existence, and national cohesion in order t...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:06 GMT
Olympics, Ekumfi United to Entertain Fans in Honour of Ex-Boss Kwamena Biney
[Ghanaian Times] Wonder Club Accra Great Olympics will take on Ekumfi United at Ekumfi Ekrawfo in the Central Region, on Sunday, September 11.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:04 GMT
High Commission in Pretoria Alerts Ghanaians in Over Possible Xenophobic Attacks
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa has warned Ghanaians in the country of a possible xenophobic attack this month.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:56:01 GMT
'Investigate Poor Installation of Vodafone Fiber Broadband'
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Communications has been urged to investigate the poor installation of some Vodafone Ghana fiber broadband in the country.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:55:57 GMT
Liz Truss Elected New British Prime Minister ... President Congratulates Her
[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Liz Truss on her election as the leader of the Conservative Party and as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:55:55 GMT
Kotoko-Kadiogo Champions League Tie Now Moved to Porto-Novo
[Ghanaian Times] Preliminary first round games of the 2022-23 Total Energies CAF Champions League season roar off this weekend, but it would be without Ghana's representatives - Asante Kotoko.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:55:53 GMT
MoE Urged to Intensify Public Education On New Reforms
[Ghanaian Times] The President of the Southern Ghana Union Conference (SGUC) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, Pastor Dr Thomas Techie Ocran, has urged the Ministry of Education to intensify its public education on the new reforms taking pla...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:55:52 GMT
Avoid Issuing Dud Cheques, Securing Loans Will Be Adversely Affected - BoG
[Ghanaian Times] The Bank of Ghana is cautioning customers of banks who issue dud cheques to desist from that since it adversely affects their credit report and chance of securing a credit facility with any financial institution.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:55:50 GMT
SWAG President Calls for More Corporate Support ... At 47th MTN-SWAG Awards Launch
[Ghanaian Times] The 47th MTN Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards has been launched in Accra yesterday on the theme, "Honouring Sports Excellence."

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:37 GMT
Avoid Using Unorthodox Methods in OSP Appointments - Azeem
[Ghanaian Times] Vitus Azeem, Anti-Corruption Campaigner, has admonished Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, to avoid using unorthodox methods to appoint people to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:35 GMT
Premiership Debutants Nsoatreman Inaugurates New Management, Technical Team
[Ghanaian Times] Newly-promoted Ghana Premier League side (GPL), Nsoatreman Football Club, on Tuesday unveiled and inaugurated a five-member Council of Patrons who will spearhead the affairs of the club ahead of the new season.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:34 GMT
Minority Upbeat in Winning Dome-Kwabenya Seat If Declared Vacant
[Ghanaian Times] The Minority Caucus in Parliament is upbeat in gaining an additional seat in the current hung Parliament if the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency seat in the Greater Accra Region is declared vacant and a subsequent by-election is conducted.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:32 GMT
GHS Launches National Health Promotion Strategy 2022 - 2026 in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] The Health Promotion Division of the Ghana Health Service yesterday launched the National Health Promotion Strategy 2022 -2026, aim to improve the quality of health promotion services in the country.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:30 GMT
Let's Deepen Concepts, Values of Good Governance - Atuguba
[Ghanaian Times] The Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond Atuguba, has urged Africans to return to their countries' concepts and values in governance and the rule of law to create a culturally authentic constitution for th...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:23 GMT
La Nkwantanang-Madina MCE Leads Clean-Up Exercise
[Ghanaian Times] The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly, Mrs Jennifer Dede Adjabeng, on Thursday led a clean-up exercise as part of the "Operation Clean Your Frontage Campaign".

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:23 GMT
'Civil, Public Servants Must Be Guided By Honesty, Integrity'
[Ghanaian Times] Civil and public servants have been urged to be guided by honesty, integrity in their daily work to check corruption in the public sector, to help promote the development of the country.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:21 GMT
New IMF Mission Chief for Ghana Arrives in Ghana, Meets Ofori-Atta, 1st Deputy Governor
[Ghanaian Times] The new International Monetary Fund, (IMF) Mission Chief for Ghana, StéphaneRoudet, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta and the first Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Maxwell OpokuAfari.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:21 GMT
6 Districts, Municipalities in Ahafo Region Benefit From 1D1F
[Ghanaian Times] Bechem -- The Tano South Municipality is among the six districts and municipalities in the Ahafo Region to benefit from the One District, One Factory (1D1F) project, Mr Collins Offinam Takyi, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has d...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:52:19 GMT
Ghana Observes International Day of Clear Air
[Ghanaian Times] The third annual celebration of International Day of Clear Air for blue skies was yesterday celebrated in Accra, on the theme "The air we share."



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