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Photos: The Ghanaian Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale

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Ghana’s cluster of arts galleries telling the story of Ghana’s Freedom has attracted thousands of visitors to the Venice art Biennale. The Ghanaian national pavilion at the art Biennale was designed by architect David Adjaye. The Ghana Freedom display marked the first time Ghana has presented at the prestigious art event. There were works by six invited artists namely Felicia Abban,… Read More
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Ghana gets new football association President

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Ghanaian football delegates have elected Kurt Okraku, as their new football association president. He beat five other contenders for the highest position in Ghana football on Friday in Ghana’s capital Accra. Okraku was declared winner after three rounds of voting. During the third round of voting, his closest contender, contender George Afriyie withdrew from the contest. The position of the… Read More
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IMF says Ghana’s GDP growth will hit 7% in 2019

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The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said on Thursday that Ghana’s economic growth is expected to rise to around 7% this year. That increase from 6.3% in 2018 to 7% this year according to the IMF is boosted by the country’s extractive industries. In a statement IMF said Ghana’s exports oil, gold and cocoa, maintained macroeconomic stability since the conclusion… Read More
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Ghana loses $190m from the US over cancelled power deal

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Ghana has lost the second tranche of a grant amounting to $190 million provided by the United States to improve its power supply. This is based on a decision by the government of Ghana to terminate an agreement with the Meralco-led Power Distribution Services over invalid demand guarantees. The country’s power distributor, the Electricity Company was taken over by the Philippines Meralco… Read More
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The task of changing the ‘Ghana Man Time’ mind-set

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Ghana is seeking to instill discipline and timekeeping at all places in citizens with the launch of a Punctuality campaign. Spearheaded by the Punctuality Ghana Foundation the campaign is hoping to get citizens to respect time and be punctual at all times especially to work. There have been concerns across Ghana about the disrespect for time, with even government officials… Read More
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Ghana terminates $580m power deal with Filipino company

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Ghana has finally cancelled its power agreement with Philippines Meralco led Power Distribution Services. The country’s power distributor, the Electricity Company was taken over by the Philippines Meralco Consortium. The takeover by the consortium known as Power Distribution Services, PDS Ghana Ltd took effect in March this year. The PDS Ghana Ltd was expected to take charge of power distribution… Read More
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Ghana: 77-year-old marijuana farmer arrested

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Police in Ghana have arrested a 77-year-old man Opanin Kwadwo Sampene for cultivating marijuana farm. The suspect was cultivating a 2-acre marijuana farm at Mem, a suburb of Atebubu in the Bono East region of Ghana. Police say the man arrested has been using marijuana himself for years besides growing the plant. The suspect disclosed that he has been smoking… Read More
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Summit on social media and fake news opens in Accra

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The 2019 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards opened in Ghana’s capital Accra on Thursday. Organized by the Media Foundation for West Africa, it is creating the platform for discussions around social media, fake news and elections in Africa. Discussions at the conference will lead to making key recommendations for good governance and media development. Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director… Read More
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African summit to tackle climate change opens in Ghana

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The 2019 Climate Chance Summit has opened in Ghana’s capital, Accra, hosting hundreds of delegates from around the world. Under the theme, “Towards the institutionalization of Local Climate Action and Access to Finance,” efforts are being made to engage local governments in new initiatives to tackle climate change. Already African countries are reportedly at risk of losing about 1.5 percent… Read More
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Floods kill at least 20 in Ghana after heavy rains

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At least 20 people have been killed by floods in Ghana’s Upper East region following hours of heavy rains. Disaster management officials say over 200 houses have been destroyed with hundreds now displaced and without aid. A senior local official, David Mbah told local radio station Joy FM that “We still need the support of government and other NGOs and… Read More
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