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Source: Ghana| Adomonline.com The maiden edition of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA), has been launched at a very colourful ceremony in Accra. The awards night billed for November 30, 2018, would confer honours on Ghanaian women, who have impacted the growth of the country in areas such as politics, health, education, sports and showbiz. Afua Asantewaa Aduonum, founding President of GOWA, said at the launch of the event that, women have played a significant role in nation-building, but their efforts have been downplayed with little or no recognition. “Women play vital roles in our socio-economic setting yet the society, especially Ghana has to a large extent failed to recognize their efforts. Founding President of GOWA, Afua Asantewaa Aduonum “However, GOWA has a strong conviction that the time has come for women who are doing great exploits in their respective endeavours should be accorded the honour they deserve,” Mrs Adounum noted. Francisca D...

Source: CNN When Wang Yijun put Ethiopia’s most expensive real estate project on the market, he experienced a strange phenomenon. People preferred the lowest floors over those with panoramic city views. “Power cuts mean elevators in this city often don’t work,” explains Wang, the site manager. “So the bottom-floor flats became the most valuable. You won’t see this pricing in any Chinese city.” Replicating China’s urban model in Africa has its challenges, but with limited developable space in Addis Ababa — the capital is surrounded by protected farmland — Wang believes high-rise living, such as Tsehay Real Estate’s $60 million Poli Lotus development, is inevitable. Theodros Amdeberhan, an Ethiopian lawyer, last year bought a three-bedroom, fifth-floor apartment here for about 3.5 million birr ($127,000). “Local developers never deliver on time,” says Amdeberhan. The complex opened in 2016, and so far 70% of lots have sold. “When Mr Wang offered me a good price, I didn’t ...

Lucky Raymond least, would have something to smile about now as he says the donation is a critical lifeline for his new business. Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | JTM Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise, so are believers of the Christian faith taught and for Raymond Dankwa, losing his job as a manager in 2017, came with a lot of desperation. The former Deputy Manager in charge of online banking of the defunct Capital Bank until he was hit with the bad news, had a happy home and had a positive outlook for his future so long as he remained in the job. But in 2017, he was rendered redundant due to the insolvency of Capital Bank- terrible news. But the reality of a desperate life dawned on him upon realising that his rent is due this year and his wife is due for delivery- bad luck. He is part the 700 workers who lost their jobs as a result of the Bank of Ghana’s decision to dissolve cash strapped the banks. Capital Bank and UT Bank collapsed in August 2017 d...

Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | JTM The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has received 10 Toyota Hilux pickups from the National Service Scheme (NSS) on behalf of the Ghana Education Service (GES). Mr. Mustapha Ussif, Executive Secretary of the NSS, who presented the pickups to the Minister, stated that the donation was a collaboration between the NSS and GES on the School Farms Project and the Farmer Feeds School Project. Receiving the keys to the pickups, the Minister, lauded the Scheme on the good works being done in promoting national development and expressed the hope that GES, who were being given the cars, will put them to good use. “It is our desire that this donation to GES will in turn, play a role that will lead to increased agricultural productivity in the country,” he added. Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director-General of GES, expressed appreciation for the gesture and noted that the donation fed into the agricultur...

Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | EDA Caroline Esinam Adzogble, 26, will sponsor 100 African students will full scholarship to study in some international universities. Ms Adzogble, one of Africa’s fastest rising female icons in education and technology, is hoping to use the scheme to help shape the future of students on the continent. One of the most celebrated young entrepreneurs in Africa, she has launched the initiative through her Mercy Heart Foundation. The Caroline Excellence Awards, according to a press statement, is committed to awarding $1M worth of partial and full scholarships to 100 well deserving and brilliant but needy African students each year. The Caroline Excellence Awards will be awarded to meritorious students in Africa who have demonstrated a strong academic track record but have no financial backing to further their education at tertiary level. Scholarships can be redeemed for Spring, Summer and Fall enrollment seasons each year and are open...

Source: Ghana|Myjoyonline.com|Nathan Gadugah At a time when the ruling government is grappling to tame its violent vigilante groups who have held the country hostage at different times, a former Ashanti Region Minister is grooming a new breed of venomous vigilante group- the hawks. Joseph Yamin has defended why he stormed the venue of the party’s regional elections Saturday, with stoutly built men in black t-shirts with the inscription “The hawks” written behind it. The hawks, numbering about 30, stormed the voting centre and instructed the police personnel providing security at the venue to give way. Joseph Yamin who contested the position of the Regional NDC chairman lost narrowly to Nana Akwasi who polled 699 votes. Yamin polled 611. However, it is not the winner of the elections that made the headlines. It is the new hawks that did. Shortly after the Akufo-Addo led government won power, the insurgence of vigilante groups has been a source of worry to many Ghan...

President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom Source: Citinewsroom The President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has admonished Ghanaians to be circumspect in their condemnation of Ghanaian financial institutions. “With regards to the financial industry, we must be careful not to capsize the ship. We must gently but urgently put it on the right course and make change happen. The sooner the better. We can do this,” Dr. Nduom gave the caution in a post on his Facebook wall. And though he agreed that those alleged to have been involved in criminal activities should be made to face the full rigors of the law, he bemoaned what he described as the “overwhelming attack” on all indigenous financial institutions. Dr. Nduom, who was worried over the situation, indicated that all professionals and industries in the country were littered with their own problems. “All professions and industries in Ghana have problems and many are unde...