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President Akufo-Addo has unveilled a US$10million Tourism SMEs Grant to empower Small and Medium scale tourism enterprises across the country as part of government’s provision of an additional boost for businesses under the Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP). The grant, according to the president, is expected to help operators in the sector modernise and improve tourist sites, restaurants, tour operations,...
The lead convener of the #Fix The Country group, Oliver Baker Vormawor says the whole country will burst into massive jubilation when Akufo-Addo resigns as President. According to him, that will only become the first thing the President will do in his administration bring some uniform happiness among Ghanaians. Oliver Barker made his assertion via a social media post on Wednesday,...
Mother of celebrated Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale; Madam Elsie Avemegah better known as Shatta Mama has revealed that Shatta Wale can’t prevent her from Marrying legendary actor Kofi Adjorlolo. Kofi Adjorlolo and Shatta Mama took the nation and social media into a state of shock when they announced that they are currently dating and are set to announce the date...
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta says government will not terminate the 1.5% levy on electronic transactions, despite its decision to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help. A statement from the Finance Ministry addressing pertinent questions that have arisen following the IMF announcement indicated that government will add monies from the e-levy to the IMF support to...
The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is expected to speak on Ghana’s engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a public event on 14 July. According to a Facebook post on Tuesday (5 July 2022), his spokesperson Gideon Boako said Bawumia will be speaking to “current national economic developments and government’s engagement with the IMF” at the official launch of...
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has insisted that government’s engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to secure a ‘loan’ and not ‘aid’. On Friday, July 1, 2022, the government in a press release from the Information Ministry announced that it has started engagements to receive support from the IMF in the midst of the dire economic situation of...
Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey has completed his nationality switch to represent Ghana's Black Stars at the international level, Ghana FA President Kurt Okraku has confirmed. Lamptey and his father traveled to Ghana, where they will met Black Stars coach Otto Addo and the rest of the technical staff, which includes former Premier League coach Chris Hughton. The 21-year-old has decided...
MOHAMMED Salisu has reportedly agreed to make himself available for Ghana’s future international fixtures – ending what has been described as a ’30-month chase’ to convince the defender to represent his country of birth on the big stage. It is now confirmed that the 23-year-old has finally agreed to accept call-ups for the first time since November 2019. Whilst still with...
Athletic Bilbao’s star Iñaki Williams has announced that he will be playing international football with the Black Stars of Ghana. The striker made the announcement via his social media channels on Tuesday where he said his decision to play for Ghana was to give back. The 28-year-old was born in Bilbao, Spain to Ghanaian immigrant parents who crossed the Sahara desert...
The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Buaben Asamoa has said the decision to go to the International Monetary Find (IMF) will not lead to cancelation of the e-levy. He said the IMF programme will not replace Ghana’s revenue flows. Following the announcement that Ghana was seeking support from the IMF, some analysts including the Executive Director...

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