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Akon Lights Up Gambian Village

Popular American musician, Akon, has provided public lighting to the Sareh Pateh village located a few kilometres from...

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Full Steam Ahead For South Africa’s Clinic-On-Rails

South Africa's Phelophepa train draws a crowd wherever it goes. The sound of the lumbering 19-car clinic-on-rails...

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Rapper Akon Lights Up Two More African Nations

Cliched rappers spend money on bling and cars, but Senegalese-American artist Akon is looking skywards to splash his...

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IS Imposes ‘Afghan Dress’ In Syria’s Raqa

The Islamic State group has imposed an "Afghan-style" dress code on men in its Syrian stronghold Raqa to help its...

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Government To Add 1227MW Power

Government has indicated that it will add a total of 1,227MW of installed power capacity to the national grid to meet...

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Quantum Power To Help Solve Energy Crisis – MD

Managing Director of Quantum Power Ghana Gas, Ruben Atekpe says their project takes off Ghana’s burden of dependence...

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Minority Flays Government Over Tax Cuts, Abolition

The Minority in Parliament has acknowledged the effort of the government to remove a number of taxes to create space...

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Awuni Justifies Insults In Kumawood Movies

Ghanaian actress Christiana Awuni has defended the use of abusive language in Kumawood movies, saying “it is part of...

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Electricity VAT Must Go

Although the government of Ghana has scrapped some taxes and reduced others as a way of bringing down the cost of doing...

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Fred Oware Appointed Acting Bui Power Authority CEO

The former first Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fred Oware has been appointed as the Chief Executive...

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AGI Disappointed In Government For Not Reducing Electricity Tariff

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is not happy that the government’s 2017 budget was silent on realistic...

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2017 ‘Asempa’ Budget

Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to...

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Gov’t To Add 1,207MW To Power Generation In 2017

The Akufo-Addo-led government has outlined plans to increase the country’s power generation capacity in 2017....

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Hungry and Afraid, Mosul Civilians Flee

The gunshot rang out as civilians tried to escape the west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling jihadists, killing...

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What the 2017(q2-Q4) Budget Must Address

Bankruptcy arises when creditors are reluctant to lend or give credit to you mainly because of the fact that you can...

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Quantum Power Cut Sod For First FSRU In Tema

As part of efforts to provide Ghana with the option of a reliable and cheaper power to power its thermal plants for the...

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A Dumb Generation of Social Media Experts

So yesterday I saw a video of a man ranting so furiously about the Ghanaian educational system and the...

Business

Scrap Energy Levy, I’ll Walk Barefooted To the Flagstaff House

Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has promised to walk barefooted from parliament to the presidency to...

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‘Dumsor’ Wouldn’t Have Returned Under NDC – John Jinapor

A former Deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor, has said the current incessant power cuts  in most parts of the...