2014Miss Malaika Queen, Eirene Binabiba has officially launched the ENB foundation, a non-profit organization that is focused on conducting sustainable development projects in deprived communities to promote development as well as tackle issues relating to women and children. According to the 2015 Ghana Labour Force survey report, commissioned by …
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Construction of a new bridge over the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor road will begin next year, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Tsutomu Himeno, has assured. Japan has provided funding for the 540-metre bridge, which will link Asutsuare Junction and Asikuma Junction. In December 2016, Parliament approved a loan …
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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has extended the Ghana card registration exercise in the Volta Region by three weeks. The exercise which ended in the region on August 14 will commence again on August 29 until September 18. The Corporate Communications Director at the NIA, Francis Pamdetti told Citi Newsthat …
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The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah, has asked the Attorney General’s Department to help him retrieve a $39million debt owed his firm by Horizon Royal Diamond in Dubai. According to him, retrieving the amount is one of the reasons that will help settle his numerous …
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Huawei is gearing up to take on Google Maps. The Chinese giant is developing its own mapping service called Map Kit, state-owned outlet China Daily reports. There’s a catch, though: the service is not exactly meant for consumers. Instead, the idea is to give developers tools to build new applications …
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A new competitor enters the crowded African money transfer market. Xoom, the money transfer company bought in 2015 for $890m by the American leader in online payments, Paypal, now serves 33 African countries from about 30 European markets. Through partnerships with Ria Money Transfer and African banks, Xoom allows people …
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Authorities in Tanzania are considering publishing the identities of all married men on a website run by a state agency as part of efforts to curb cheating and protect young women from “unnecessary heartbreaks.” Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, Paul Makonda, who disclosed this on Monday, August 12, said: “I …
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Authorities in Tanzania are considering publishing the identities of all married men on a website run by a state agency as part of efforts to curb cheating and protect young women from “unnecessary heartbreaks.” Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, Paul Makonda, who disclosed this on Monday, August 12, said: “I …
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) is trending in the news for a not so good reason. An obviously peeved teacher took to social media to express her disgust at the GES for serving them with refreshment that was not worth their status. According to the teacher, they were served with …
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Tumblr, the onetime darling of social media, sold for a whopping $1.1 billion in 2013. On Monday, in perhaps the latest mark of its decline, the site was reportedlybought for just $3 million. Twitter didn’t miss a beat in pointing outthat Tumblr’s reported sales price was less than that of …
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