Inflation for July drops to 20.9%
Consumer inflation in Ghana has been declining for the past four months, with a year-over-year reduction to 20.9% in July. As compared to June’s 23.0%, this is a 2.1 percentage point drop, indicating a slow reduction in the economic pressures that were harsher in 2023. Food inflation was 21.5% in July, compared to a slightly […]
Election 2024: Teachers in private schools vow to abstain from voting in December
If the issues facing the education sector are not addressed by the government, the National Council of Private Teachers has threatened to abstain from the general elections in 2024. The Council is bemoaning the multitude of problems that beset private educators, such as the government’s refusal to include private schools in STEM education programs and […]
Dr Bawumia is never corrupt – NAPO
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) running partner, has come to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s defense, saying that the party’s flagbearer is not and never will be corrupt. Following the delivery of a copy of Manasseh Azure Awuni’s most recent book, Dr. Opoku Prempeh commended Dr. Bawumia as a man of integrity who […]
Kumasi Kejetia Market plunged into darkness as ECG disconnects power over GH¢7m debt
The ultramodern Kejetia Market located in the Ashanti region capital Kumasi, has been disconnected from the national power grid for the second time due to a Ghc7million debt owed to the electricity distribution company, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This happened after the Electricity Company (ECG) cut off the electricity because of an unpaid debt […]
Teachers Grab 300,000 Laptops
More than 300,000 teachers in Ghana now have computers thanks to the Akufo-Addo administration’s One Teacher, One Laptop initiative, which has reached important milestones. The project, which was introduced in September 2021, is to improve learning and teaching results in institutions of pre-tertiary education. Ten of the sixteen areas had finished distributing laptops as of […]