TheNewsGh.Com has chanced on a video of Guinean President Alpha Conde allegedly fighting with his Chief of Staff. In the video, the two well-dressed government officials are seen exchanging blows in public with on-lookers staring at them and not trying to separate The Chief of Staff probably because of the …

The headline data concerning Ghana’s capital market does not look particularly enticing as the Ghana Stock Exchange is in its third consecutive year of a bear market. But look beyond those headlines and one sees one of the most vibrant securitized debt markets in Africa. This should not be particularly …

Commercial banks deferred a little over GH¢3bn in loan repayments for customers as they battled the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ghana Bankers Association has said. The Deputy Chief Executive of the Association, John Awuah, in remarks captured in the PwC 2020 Ghana Banking Survey report, said the banks …

Accra Mall Tenants Association has expressed its displeasure over what it describes as huge rent which is priced in dollars. The Registered Tenants Association of Accra Mall is accusing management of the mall of acting against the Bank of Ghana law which mandates businesses to charge in cedis. The shop …

Popular Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas popularly known as “Hushpuppi“ has been arraigned in a court in California, United States, ahead of his trial on October 13. Hushpuppi is accused of being the leader of a group that facilitates computer intrusion, business email compromise (BEC) fraud and money laundering pleaded not …

A US$115m facility from the International Development Association, a subsidiary of the World Bank, that will part-finance the digitisation of archives and other public records to facilitate online searches has been approved by Parliament. The demand for digitisation in the development field has grown significantly over the last few years, …

Activists in Tanzania say new rules that restrict online content are infringing on people’s freedom of expression. Under the new legislation, organising, planning or even supporting any form of demonstration online is now illegal. The new rules have also banned sharing of information about an infectious disease outbreak without government …

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long, with some countries requiring a reset of strategy. More than 18.14 million people around the world are …

Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID-19, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday, as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection. “WHO recommends that mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should be encouraged the same as all other mothers to initiate or continue breastfeeding,” …

Health experts are warning Ghana could see a spike in Covid- 19 cases if measures are not taken to halt the flagrant disregard for social distancing and other protocols especially following the reopening of open-air bars. Over the weekend, it was a free-for-all party at some pubs in Accra. 3news.com’s …

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana has announced the appointment of Kweku Andoh Awotwi as its Board Chairman, following approval by the Bank of Ghana. Mr. Kweku Awotwi is the immediate past Managing Director of Tullow Oil Ghana Ltd and Executive Vice President of Tullow Oil Plc. He has over …

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development says it has invested over $300-million into Ghana’s economy. Areas of investment, the bank said to include, Energy, Trade, Technology, Tourism and hospitality industry. Dr George Nana Agyekum Donkor, the President of the Bank, made this known when he and other staff of the …

Chief Executive of the Private Enterprises Federation, Nana Osei Bonsu says government has not done enough to help lessen the impact of COVID-19 on private businesses. Nana Osei Bonsu who was speaking on the Townhall Talk Show on Asaase Radio99.5 argued that businesses in Ghana have not received adequate support …

Oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum Corp is in talks to sell $4.5 billion worth of energy assets in Africa and the middle east to Indonesia’s PT Pertamina in a bid to ease its debt load, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Pertamina is negotiating the acquisition of oil and gas …

Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa will be buried later Wednesday at his home village in southern Tanzania. Mr Mkapa died of a cardiac arrest in the early hours of Friday, his family said. Some Tanzanians believe President Mkapa will be remembered as the founder of a modern Tanzania, because …

A guild consisting of medical doctors of private hospitals has said that the claim by US-based physician, Stella Emmanuel, that hydroxylcholoroquine cures COVID-19 is unproven. A video that went viral yesterday showed a group of doctors addressing newsmen in Washington. Emmanuel who was one of them revealed that she has …

The US government has summoned Zimbabwe’s ambassador to explain comments made about its envoy by the country’s ruling party. A spokesperson of Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF, had on Monday accused the US of sponsoring anti-government protests in the country and called the US ambassador Brian Nichols a “thug”. The Assistant …

The diversity of Ghanaian music is what makes it appealing to music lovers but trust them any day to ‘bash’ you for your lyrics if it makes very little or no sense. The irony however is in the fact that such songs have over time, become hits because of their …

The Accra Regional Police Command on Tuesday night arrested the leadership and some members of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in Accra. The arrest follows the decision by the Association to shut all retail shops belonging to foreigners in the enclave. The operation to shut foreign retail businesses …

Over a period, fraudsters and scammers have often used sophisticated means and tactics to exploit unsuspecting victims to get them to part with their hard-earned investments. These schemes, one of which is mobile money related, have taken different shades and caught the attention of the central bank; the Bank of …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has enumerated some 82 licensed financial institutions that collapsed due to what he terms as former President John Dramani Mahama’s remarkable ineptitude. In a post on his official Facebook page, Dr. Bawumia mentioned that Mr. Mahama’s track record as president stinks hence has no moral …

The implementation of government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) has increased jobs creation by over 2.28 million in the agricultural value chain, between 2017 and 2019, Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said. According to him, available data collated on the PFJ, based on “empirical estimation” from the …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced the planned establishment of an Automobile Industry Development Centre to coordinate licensing of vehicle assemblers and manufacturers, and monitor their compliance with industry regulations. With the expected implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) once the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that most of the collapsed banks and financial institutions that became insolvent due to the financial sector clean-up exercise by the Bank of Ghana in 2017, were found to be ‘ponzi schemes.’ According to him, before the take over of the collapsed banks …

Hichem Mechichi, who until now has served as Tunisia’s interior minister, has been appointed to form the next government, the president’s office said Saturday. The 46-year-old lawyer succeeds Elyes Fakhfakh, who resigned earlier this month — but Mechichi was not one of the names proposed by the ruling political parties …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Amosu Funso, over the death of his girlfriend, Precious Udochi, in Ogombo, Ajah area of the state. Funso had gone to the Ogombo Police Division on July 18 to report that Udochi died after complaining of stomach pains and the police …

A Tunisian man has pieced together bits of a local secret linked to ancient emperors: how to make a prized purple dye using the guts of a sea snail. “At the beginning, I didn’t know where to start,” said Mohamed Ghassen Nouira, who heads a consulting firm. “I would crush …

Insurance companies must diversify their businesses to still remain in business despite the bite of COVID-19 on the Ghanaian and global economy, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GLICO Group, Mr Edward Forkuo Kyei, has said. Speaking at the 4th Webinar series on the effect of COVID-19 on Corporate Ghana …

The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) has called off their nationwide strike which was supposed to take effect Wednesday, July 29, 2020. President of the Association, Dr Obeng, explained that the cancellation of the exercise comes after the Trade Ministry met with the national executives to find a lasting …

According to a report from a local radio station called Bon Déjeuner! Radio based in Haiti, the young Haitian political leader Werley Nortreus (also known as Prince Werley Nortreus) said the Haitian Revolution must continue so Haiti can become free and independent again. For the first time, Haiti will exit …