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Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has indicated that Ghana topped the list of countries in Africa in terms of access to financial inclusion. Speaking at the media launch of the 3i Africa Summit 2024 in Accra, Dr. Bawumia attributed the achievement to the successful implementation of the government’s digitalisation agenda. …

Data available from the National Road Safety Authority has shown that between 2019 and 2021, 952 children died from road crashes. The data covers children who were both pedestrians and vehicle occupants, with 188 of the children between 0-3 years, 166 between ages four and six, 164 between seven and …

Economic and social activities in Bompieso, in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, came to a standstill on Friday, 1st March 2024 when the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Mines, Hon. George Mireku Duker led a delegation to officially launch the Bompieso Community Mining …

The Deputy Upper West Regional Director of Public Health, Dr. Collins Boateng Danquah, who confirmed the incident, said the deaths occurred between January to February 2024. According to him, the Upper West Region has recorded a total of 18 suspected cases and out of which 11 cases came out positive. …

The Northern Region chapter of Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association (GUNMA) have hit the streets of Tamale to demand their immediate employment. They want government to approve clearance for them to be employed. They number over 7,500 made up of 2020, 2021 and 2022 batches who are yet to …

A young man believed to be a final year student of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has allegedly committed suicide in his private hostel at West Tanokrom a suburb of the Effia-Kwesiminstim Municipality of the Western Region. The deceased, whose name has only been given as Derick, is alleged to …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES), in its first pricing-window for March 2024, has projected marginal price hikes for gasoil, gasoline, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), largely due to the worsened Ghana Cedi. “Following the continuous price hikes recorded by all refined petroleum products under consideration on the world fuels …

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has urged the government at all levels to desist from taking citizens for a fool so as to bridge the gap between leaders and the led. Soyinka, who was a guest speaker at the Punch’s 50th-anniversary lecture themed ‘Recovering the Narrative,’ insisted that the government …

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana First Coalition (GFC) have appealed to the President to assent to the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill passed by Parliament into law. The request by the two bodies is a major support the passage of the …

MTN Ghana, the country’s leading mobile money (MoMo) service provider, has implemented changes to fees and transaction limits that go into effect on March 1, 2024. These changes will impact how much you pay for certain MoMo services. According to the circular shared by the company, the daily limit for …