NEWS IN GHANA

Airtel, the Smartphone Network and expressPay, Ghana’s leading innovative electronic payments platform have announced a partnership that enables Airtel customers to directly purchase data bundles through the expressPay app. The solution offers Airtel customers a seamless way to purchase data bundles anywhere, anytime through  expressPay’s app or website using their Airtel Money wallets, Visa, MasterCard and GH-Link cards instantly. This partnership adds to the channels available to customers on the Smartphone Network to purchase bundles and make payments for goods and services. The CEO of expressPay Curtis Vanderpuije commented; “We are excited about continuing to create value and to meet the basic payment needs of consumers. Getting data should be a simple and easy process. We are sure consumers will embrace the solution as we continue to make their lives a little easier”. Commenting on the partnership, Rosy Fynn, Marketing Director at Airtel Ghana said “This partnersh...

The Programme Manager in charge of Law, Justice and Human Rights of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Ms Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei has charged all citizens in Ghana and beyond to endeavor to show keen interest and actively participate in running the affairs of governance at all times. According to her, it is the way to go in order to effectively promote social accountability towards achievement of sustainable development in West Africa. Ms Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei made this known in an interview with the news editor of Ghananewsone.com, Joseph Kobla Wemakor in Accra on Monday, February, 2017 on the sideline of an event dubbed "regional learning workshop and study tour on social accountability in West Africa". The event, a 3-day workshop was initiated by the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WASCI) with support from OSIWA and Ford Foundation which brought together 29 Civil Society partners (CSOs) from 9 West African Countries to l...

His candidature was declared unopposed after his nomination to contest the Accra Regional chairmanship slot for the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) was announced, guaranteeing his chances for reelection into office for a second term. The unopposed Ephraim Kodzo Agidi, the former Accra Regional Chairman of ICU was retained in office for a second term by delegates of Accra Regional ICU Council amidst standing ovation and rousing welcome. It was at a   two-day regional conference of the Accra Regional ICU, an event set aside to elect new seven-member executive council to be sworn-in to office for the next four years after the old executives were dissolved. It was held at the ICU’s office building at Kokomlemle in Accra on Friday 17, 2016. Mr. Ephraim Kodzo Agidi, an employee of the bank of Ghana believes he has paid his dues well in the past by adopting the right principles with openness, truthfulness and care for all members paving way for h...

Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana a member of JA Worldwide, one of the largest organizations in the world dedicated to youth entrepreneurship is happy to announce its official re-launch in Ghana after a 2-year period of dormancy. JA Ghana will be re-introducing its world renowned programs that focus on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship.  These programs are aimed at empowering young people to generate and effectively manage wealth, create jobs for themselves and others, as well as apply entrepreneurial thinking in the workplace. At the launch which took place on January 19th 2017 at the premises of the Orios Group, the new board members were named as John Armah (CEO of Orios Group), Russ Farnsworth (Regional Controller Africa - Newmont Mining Corporation), Frances Ofori (Head of Marketing and Communication - Prudential Ghana), Kwadwo Adjei-Barwuah (Associate Director - Abraaj Group), Vera Adu-Amaning (Creative Director of Adu Amani Klodin) and Kenneth Yebo...

Professional journalists working in the media have been asked to kick out charlatans who go around town including events grounds parading themselves as journalists to extort money from people. “If you go to an event and you see non-journalists who are just there for “Soli”, I think you should kick them out. At the Press Centre, we kick some of these people out. So those of us who call ourselves journalists, whenever we see these people who are trying to occupy our space and mess up we should kick them out,” she stressed. The advice came from a renowned media consultant, Dr. Doris Yaa Dartey on the sideline of the commemoration of the World Radio Day 2017. Dr. Doris Dartey who is also a member of the National Media Commission (NMC), the state media regulator, bemoaned the rate at which attitudes of some ‘unscrupulous persons’ parading themselves within the media space as  practitioners or  journalists to extort money from event organizers   has dented  the ...

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The Noble International Business School (NIBS) in Accra has launched a new executive master program designed and customized to prepare business leaders and professionals for an internationally accredited Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree program in affiliation with the Swiss Business School (SBS), Zurich, Switzerland.   The program is sharpened with tools intended to help students  deal with the emerging market focus  to be able to  reach the very top of their career in VUCA environments management as well as  develop students  to be innovative and skillful throughout their careers. Addressing the media in Accra, Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, the President and Executive Dean of NIBS said “the new executive MBA program is the first of its kind in the world to be introduced by NIBS uniquely designed with discovery learning approach style of teaching intended to transform the way students see things, inculcate the d...

Some drones have turned into Father Christmas, distributing amazing souvenirs among huge crowd after successfully invading Kaneshie Central market last Wednesday afternoon at an event organized by Airtel, Ghana’s Smartphone Network to launch its biggest consumer promo which seeks to reward thousands of loyal customers. The Accra- Kaneshie Central market on February 8, 2016 became the center of attraction when beautiful drones with varying colors were spotted from all angles dispensing assorted souvenirs among a large gathering of people.  The beneficiaries were made up of market women, traders including passengers among others who thronged the event ground situated right in front of the market to catch a glimpse of the colorful ceremony that gives birth to a promising promo seeking to compensate customers. The cameras of GhanaNewsOne.com  caught up with four (4) beautiful drones hovering over a massive crowd distributing flyers, airtime recharge cards and brande...

The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) has dared to sue the Ministry of Health if it has failed to halt management of the Korlebu Teaching Hospital including other public hospitals in the country from wanton collection of ‘unproved levies’ from patients upon use of toilet facility in hospitals. Kofi Kapito, CEO OF CPA The Agency has therefore given a -21-day ultimatum period to the newly administration of the Ministry of Health to see to the closure of the “illegal act”.  This follows an attempt by the CPA to stop the Ministry of Health from allowing the Korlebu Teaching Hospital including some government hospitals in the country from charging a sum of GH₵ 50 pesewas from patients as a toilet fees. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Protection Agency, Kofi Kapito, the move has become necessary despite every effort to reach the authorities to put a stop to the ‘dastard act’ which has crippled many patients including pregnant women since las...