Funds transfer and electronic payment in Ghana is expected to be enhanced soon when the Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure project takes off. Interoperability from a financial perspective involves the ability of a computer system to run application programs from different vendors and to interact with other computers across local or wide-area networks regardless of their physical architecture and operating systems….
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday laid a wreath to mark the 52 anniversary of the death of Dr JB Danquah at a ceremony at the Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. An emotional President Akufo-Addo who joined family, friends and well-wishers at the ceremony, eulogised the Statesman, Pan-Africanist, Lawyer and Historian, saying: “We came…
Ghana will miss its 2016 targets on growth, fiscal deficit reduction and its primary balance. It, however, intends to restore fiscal discipline and eliminate over expenditure, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said. The new government said this week it inherited debt from state-owned enterprises and government ministries of at least 7 billion cedis ($1.6 billion) and a budget deficit…
Ghana’s debt bailout program with the International Monetary Fund may require “tweaking” after the nation’s new administration revealed that 7 billion cedi ($1.6 billion) in expenses were not accounted for by the previous government, the finance minister said. The country is in talks with the IMF and will seek to finalize an audit of the undisclosed spending by Feb….
Ghana’s new government will seek to enhance its relationship with China in order to help develop its economy, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta told reporters on Sunday. He said the ministry would on Monday hold its second meeting with the Chinese embassy since President Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Jan. 7, noting that loans would be on the agenda….
Pastor O. Jermaine Simmons stood before his congregation and asked for forgiveness. But he also tried to reconcile the man his parishioners had known for a decade with the adulterer being laughed at in church circles and the media. Since he took over as pastor in 2005, more than 4,000 people had joined Jacob Chapel Baptist Church in Tallahassee….
Pope Francis condemned the hypocrisy from Christians who are merciless to refugees and people of other faiths, addressing a gathering of a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, reports Catholic News Service. Francis rebuked “the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity in the West, and, on the other hand, are against refugees and other religions.” “This is…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked for the sittings of the ad hoc committee of Parliament constituted to investigate the allegation of bribery made against some Members of Parliament (MPs) to be televised. The Commissioner of CHRAJ, Mr Joseph Whittal, who made the call in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday…
The Basare and the Konkomba ethnic groups in Tatale in the Tatale-Sangule District in the Northern Region have agreed to bury their differences and live together in peace in order to promote development of the area. This understanding was reached at a District Security Committee (DISEC) meeting in Yendi, where leaders of the two ethnic groups pledged their commitment…
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan looks ready to start against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun when the two sides clash in the second semi-finals game of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament at the Stade de Franceville in Gabon. It is perhaps the most anticipated clash at the penultimate stage of the competition as it pits two of the competition’s…
