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Study examines impact of Ghana's local content policy on sustainable development goals
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (312+ words) The research, conducted by Frank Yao Gbadago of the Department of Accounting Studies Education at Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, examined whether local content outcomes in Ghana's oil and gas industry align with resource use theories…...
Government intensifies flood response as heavy rains wreak havoc in Accra, Tema
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (223+ words) The government has intensified its response to widespread flooding in Accra, Tema, and surrounding areas following sustained heavy rains that have affected homes, businesses, and public infrastructure since June 27, the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources has announced. In…...
Eighty years on the stool: The enduring legacy of Omanhemaa Nana Afia Abrafi II
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (827+ words) This year marks eighty years since Omanhemaa Nana Afia Abrafi II ascended the stool as Queenmother of the Takyiman Traditional Area. Next year, God willing, she will celebrate her one hundredth birthday. These two milestones, taken together, present a rare…...
President Mahama calls for new devt compact at Civil Society Forum
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (653+ words) President John Dramani Mahama has called for a fundamental reimagining of the country's development partnerships, urging a shift from dependency on external aid to domestic resource mobilisation and national ownership. He consequently outlined a new development compact grounded in four…...
ECOWAS Court dismisses Torkornoo's human rights claims against Ghana
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1149+ words) Former Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo has lost her legal action at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) challenging her removal from office by the state. The court yesterday dismissed all seven claims of human rights violations by Justice…...
Enough of excuses: It's time to solve Accra's flooding crisis
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (982+ words) Every year, when the rains arrive, Ghanaians brace themselves for the inevitable. Families lose their belongings, and in some tragic cases, lives are lost. Then comes the familiar cycle. Government officials, city authorities, engineers, environmentalists and citizens engage in endless…...
EDITORIAL: We must "Shine Your Eyes" to digital fraud
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (754+ words) Yesterday, the Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting put one blunt warning on the table: financial fraud is now one of the most pressing threats to Ghana's digital economy." Mobile money scams, identity theft, SIM swap fraud, fake investment platforms,…...
Graphic/Stanbic Breakfast Meeting: Banking, cybersecurity experts discuss digital fraud tomorrow
2+ week, 2+ day ago (516+ words) Experts from the banking sector, law enforcement agencies, regulators and cybersecurity institutions will converge on Accra tomorrow to confront the growing threat of financial fraud at the second quarter Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting. The event, scheduled for the…...
Accra's flooding crisis: A city that cannot continue to drown
2+ week, 2+ day ago (772+ words) When I started journalism more than 20 years ago in 2004, one story I knew would return every year was flooding. But the story remained painfully familiar " heavy rains, flooded roads, stranded commuters, damaged homes and repeated promises that "this will never…...
Floods, waterways, "culture" of indiscipline
2+ week, 5+ day ago (954+ words) A few days ago, the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, toured some flood-prone communities in Accra. One of the areas he visited was Weija, where the spillage of the Weija Dam by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)…...