The Ministry of Trade and Industry with support from Google, the has launched an “Innovation Ghana”, an initiative to get Ghanaians to appreciate the use of the internet and its impact on the Ghanaian economy. Innovation Ghana is aimed at strengthening and encouraging local products and services created by Ghanaians for Ghanaians. The launching...
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The New fixed broadband packages of Vodafone Ghana. From 17th March, 2013, Vodafone will have four broadband packages available for fixed broadband users. Each package is designed to suit every lifestyle including those who need more from the Internet for either business or personal use. Following the introduction of these revised packages, all existing...
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President John Mahama will today, Thursday May 9, 2013 inaugurate Ghana’s first solar power plant in Navrongo in the Upper East Region. A statement issued from the presidency said: “Thursday’s inauguration of the 2MW solar power plant is however the first large scale power plant, constructed by the VRA to be fed into the...
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“Tonaton” meaning “Buy and Sell” in Twi. Tonaton.com is a website where you can buy and sell almost everything. The best deals are often done with people who live in your own city or on your own street, so on Tonaton.com it’s easy to buy and sell locally. All you have to do is...
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Kwabla Dogbe Senanu, the intriguing lawyer who made headlines for sleeping and snoring aloud at the Supreme Court during one of the sittings in the ongoing Presidential Election petition, over the weekend stormed the Nigerian-based Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) of Prophet T.B. Joshua where he made some jaw-dropping revelations. Lawyer Senanu, during...
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There are two prevailing and conflicting views of progress in Africa: the ‘incrementalists’ and the ‘cyclicalists’. The incrementalists say Africa is ‘catching up’; the cyclicalists say it is ‘not catching up fast enough’ because it is locked in a ‘two steps forward one step backward’ rhythm. My opinion is that both views are muddled....
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My first day in secondary school, I didn’t cry. I had heard horror stories of how the seniors and sixth formers would punish us severely just for being Form 1 students and just because they could. I don’t know why I didn’t shed unsightly tears when I was asked to kneel down either during...
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The management of the Accra Mall has decided to prosecute all offenders who come to their toilet to wash their kitchen items, change their clothes, buy and sell, stand on the toilet bowl, brush their teeth, smoke and have sex. Below is the warning sign: What is Ghana turning into? A sex haven?
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A columnist of The Ghanaian Times, Mr. Collins Essamuah, has stated that ethnocentrism in Ghanaian politics is real but not dangerous to the country’s democracy. He said though the Volta Regions and the Ashanti Regions remain the political “world banks” of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) respectively, they...
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