Celebrated Ghanaian boxing official, Ataa Eddie Pappoe, has been promoted by the World Boxing Council (WBC) as one of the two top boxing judges and referees on the continent.
This follows his 95 per cent score, the second best in the WB…
The Ghana Premier League continued over the weekend with match-day 9 fixtures, and leaders Ashantigold continued with their remarkable form, while Asante Kotoko returned to winning ways.
At the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Saturday, Ashan…
Day 11 of the Ghana Premier League will be played on Wednesday across the respective match venues across the country.
Below are the match officials for day 11:
MATCH; Ashantigold vs Eleven Wonders
VENUE; Len Clay
REF; Solomon…
208 Room Hotel Brings Modern, Elegant Design, And an Elevated Guest Experience to The Progressive Capital City
Marriott Hotels (www.MarriottHotels.com), part of Marriott International, today announced its debut in West Africa, with the …
2nd Edition of the African Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes targeting Local and Regional Governments: The Network of Human Resources Managers of African Local and Regional Governments (Local Africa HR-Net) is now set u…
Smart City and tech hub investment to leverage growth across Emerging World, say Government advisers
Over 150 international speakers and 4,000 delegates, representing leading technology investors, Founders and CEOs, as well as Governmen…
Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest give Members More Points Earning Opportunities with New Promotions
These rewarding offers allow members to explore and accrue points within each program’s extensive portfolio of hotels total…
Hand in hand with the Jordanian Food Bank, the initiative transforms water saved into much needed food parcels
GROHE (www.GROHE.com), the world’s leading German manufacturer in sanitary fittings, in collaboration with the Jordanian…
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive has inaugurated the Accra Metropolitan Census of Agriculture Management team to undertake collection of data on agriculture in the area.
The team would collect process and …
Market Women’s Day Celebration-Ghana (MWDC-GH), the foundation responsible for organising the very successful Market Women’s Day Celebrations on Republic Day of 2017 has successfully launched this year’s event at a colourful ceremony held …
Ben Affleck made sure that Matt Damon took part in Old Headshot Day, whether his pal liked it or not.
Though the hashtag was trending on social media on Friday, Affleck took to Instagram on Saturday with a trio of throwbacks -- just not…
Newater Technology, Inc. Announces Plans and Partial Completion of New Manufacturing Facility in Yantai, China.
Newater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWA) ("NEWA", "we", "our" or the "Company"), a developer and manufacturer of membr…
Company's innovative thin-film solar powered "Humbrella" to help increase access to clean and free electricity
Hanergy, a pioneering multinational clean energy company, today announced the launch of its "Lighting Africa" Proj…
The plenary session of the Council of Administration wrapped up on April 27, sending forward several proposals to be decided at the Extraordinary Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this September.
UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein …
Azar Chemicals Ltd., has relaunched one of its products, Savana Paints, with a float in Kasoa, in the Awutu Senya East Municipality. The relaunch was to engage directly with their numerous customers and to remind them of the quality and af…
Professor Ibok Oduro, Provost of the College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for strong public-private partnership to advance female science education.
She said it would be appropriate …
Professor Isaac Abeiku Blankson, Vice President of the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), has called on government to expedite action on the formation of the University's Council.
He said since the dissolution of the last GTUC …
Square Inc, the payments company led by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, will acquire website building startup Weebly, the company said on Thursday.
Square will pay about $365 million in a mix of cash and stock for Weebl…
Algeria plans to lift a ban on imports of cell phones, household appliances and food and bring in high customs duties instead, its trade minister said on Monday, a new attempt to generate more tax revenue to ease pressure on state finances…
Nana Opanbour Bonsu II, President, Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for the cultivation of rubber in cocoa communities in the Eastern Region.
He said the situation was…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has awarded Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInBev), the world’s largest brewer, a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification at a ceremony held on AB…
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education has said that negative attitudes from mainstream teachers and pupils towards children with special needs inhibit the full realisation of the inclusive education policy.
He acknowledged that…
Turns out that dinner Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen were planning was actually Teigen's baby shower!
The 32-year-old model -- who tweeted Kardashian on Thursday confirming their plans were still on after their husbands' political d…
Katy Perry took her "darling" on a very special date.
Just days after confirming to ET that she was "spoken for," the 33-year-old singer headed to Rome, where she was booked as a speaker at the Vatican's United to Cure event, an intern…
KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department
The lorry blockade on a major South African route between its two largest cities of Johannesburg and Durban seems to have been caused by anger at trucking firms reportedly employing foreigners as cheap…
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co said on Friday it has teamed up with Tokyo-based online games developer Cygames Inc, aiming to step up the mobile gaming business and reduce reliance on volatile console sales.
The Kyoto-based co…
The UK government has unveiled plans to crack down on a business scheme which it says has been used to launder dirty foreign money.
It follows a review of Scottish limited partnerships (SLPs) by the Department for Business, Energy and I…
The Paramount Chief of Tefle Traditional Area, Togbui Nukaku Dugbaza, has called on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and commercial banks, especially GCB Bank, to work together to reduce the cost of credit in the country.
He said the prevailing …
Ethiopia’s former prime minister urged South Sudan’s leaders to resign for the sake of peace, the Sudan Tribune reports.
According to the Paris-based paper, Hailermarian Desalegn, who resigned in February, made his remarks at a conferen…
Mr Robert Ahomkah-Lindsay, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry has reiterated government’s commitment to delivering on its one district one factory promise, by the close of 2020.
He said the "One District, One Factory" also known as "…
A Transformers-style, humanoid robot that can shape shift into a sports car in about 60 seconds was unveiled in Japan on Wednesday.
The “J-deite RIDE” robot is the brainchild of Kenji Ishida, CEO of Brave Robotics and a fan of anime mov…
The Nkwanta South Municipal Assembly has secured a 20,000 hectare land area to host Volta Regional Industrial Park, Mr John Thasun, Nkwanta South Municipal Chief Executive told a business forum for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs…
Conditions for the supply of subsidized fertilizers under the government’s signature ‘Planting for food and jobs” programme has been revised due to abuse by beneficiary farmers.
The government has absorbed 50 per cent of the cost and th…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned that Pharmaceutical shops and Over the Counter Medicine Sellers (OCMSs) are not supposed to sell unregistered Tramadol because that is a criminal offence.
Mr. Matthew Gyan Nkum, the Brong…
The University of Ghana (UG) has started planning to absorb the anticipated surge in prospective students in 2020 when the first beneficiaries of free Senior High School (SHS) programme complete their education.
Currently, it is develop…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Works and Housing has urged the Northern Regional Coordinating Council and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to find ways to protect the river at Nawuni from sand winning activities.
Nana Amoak…
A research conducted by Dr Georgina Oduro, a Senior Lecture at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast (UCC) has revealed a worrying trend of a high prevalence of child prostitution in Ghana.
The research,…
Ride-hailing service Uber has resumed operations in Vienna after a two-day suspension to comply with an injunction pending a ruling in a local taxi firm’s lawsuit.
A spokesman for the court in the Austrian capital had said that the inju…
Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet, a BBC investigation has found.
BBC 5 live Investigates was able to buy a false, five-star recommendation placed on one of the world's leading review websites, Trustpilot.
I…
Facebook is now testing its "downvote" button in New Zealand, following a similar trial which took place in the US in February.
The tool, which appears on some public posts, will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them.…
Kanye West posted a photo of Florida shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez on Twitter and called her his "hero".
The teen activist responded with her own hero - a man who is credited with saving lives in a shooting in a Waffle House in Nashvi…
Avengers: Infinity War made history by earning an estimated $630m (£457m) worldwide on its opening weekend.
That's way ahead of the previous first weekend record of $542m set by The Fate of the Furious last year.
And the new Avengers…
Dozens of migrants travelling in a caravan to seek asylum in the US have been stopped at the border.
US border officials told some 150 people, many travelling with children, that the Mexico-US border crossing near San Diego was already …
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.
Sajid Javid, the s…
Sainsbury's has confirmed plans to merge with Asda, which is currently owned by US supermarket giant Walmart.
The supermarkets said that grocery prices would fall in both chains as a result of the merger.
Sainsbury's chief executive …
The Berekum East Municipal Assembly has vowed to go after anybody who defaults in the payment of their rates and levies to the assembly. Mr. Kofi Agyei, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said offenders would be prosecuted.
He was add…
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has launched its Business Incubator Centre; to assist young professionals to generate, develop, co-develop, re-develop, and hone business ideas into viable ventures.
The Centre would…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has stated that the government is working assiduously to translate the improvement in the macroeconomic fundamentals into the creation of jobs.
“We appreciate the concerns of the people that t…
Banks have been asked to adhere strictly to their good corporate governance practices in order to avert their collapse.They have also been asked to ensure that their laid down credit policies were devoid of favouritism, nepotism and cronyi…
Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings is congratulating newly crowned World Boxing Organisation Bantamweight Champion. Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe for winning the belt at the weekend.
Dogboe, in a steely display of guts and resili…
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