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Anonymous writes "Tullow Oil has warned that a delay in a planned sale of its important Ugandan oil blocks could create cash-flow problems.

Tullow has paid Heritage $1.5bn (£971m) for a stake in the development of the Lake Albert oilfields, on the border between Congo and Uganda – a purchase approved by the Ugandan government last month."

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, August 25 @ 20:12:09 BST (6 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Produce Buying Co., Ghana’s biggest purchaser of cocoa beans, will begin processing shea nuts into butter at its factory next year as the West African nation plans to boost collection of the commodity used in food and cosmetics.

The $10 million plant at Buipe, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from the Northern region capital, Tamale, will have a capacity of 40,000 metric tons and will be in operation by February, Deputy Managing Director George Kwadwo Boateng said in an interview in the capital, Accra, yesterday."

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, August 25 @ 20:11:41 BST (6 reads)

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Anonymous writes "On 28 July a big majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing “safe and clean drinking water and sanitation” as a human right. Considering that some 2,5 billion people lack sanitation and 900 million people do not have access to safe drinking water this might seem like a welcome development. But turning water and sanitation into a human right is a threat to the poor and to law."

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, August 04 @ 22:10:03 BST (36 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Accra — Students of Pong-Tamale Senior High School (PONTASS) in the Northern Region are making do with free-range (open defecation) because of lack of toilet facilities at the school.

Most of the over 800 students have deserted the only toilet in the school which is near the boys' dormitory because it is but a harvest of maggots.. What is curious is the fact that the school authorities are aware that particular toilet cannot meet the demands of the student population."

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, August 04 @ 19:38:40 BST (19 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Are we creating the perfect ecology for nurturing militants and gangsters in our towns and neighborhoods? It’s mind-boggling! "

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, August 04 @ 19:29:51 BST (18 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Much of the acute water shortages experienced in some parts of Accra in the last couple of weeks can be blamed on road contractors, says Dr Hannah Louisa Bisiw, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing.

According to her, some road contractors had broken several pipelines, including ten-inch pipes, but had failed to make contact with the Ministry's engineers to restore the lines. She, however, failed to name the particular road contractors whose activities had interrupted water supply."

Posted by gmiservices on Friday, July 30 @ 16:25:05 BST (24 reads)

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Anonymous writes "What is the current disposition of Ghana's oil? Would it come on stream in December as promised? Are there any reasons why it may delay? Are there any conflict of interest problems? These and other questions are currently agitating the minds of many Ghanaians, especially as Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, a close advisor to Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills is being mentioned in all manner of accusations regarding the project."

Posted by gmiservices on Friday, July 30 @ 16:19:34 BST (24 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Can our aging and ‘talibanized’ chieftaincy institution be fine-tuned to salvage its reputation, responsibilities and relevance? "

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 26 @ 07:31:47 BST (30 reads)

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Anonymous writes "In his address to this week’s international AIDS conference in Vienna, Bill Clinton told some home truths about aid for HIV: “In too many countries, too much money pays for too many people to go to too many meetings and get on too many airplanes to do too much technical assistance.” A good start to cutting the waste derided by the former US president would be to close down UNAIDS, the UN’s lobbying organization that costs tax-payers the best part of a billion dollars a year."

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, July 22 @ 21:37:22 BST (56 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Not often do ruling governments in Africa get praised for listening to voices of reason on important national issues. Contrition on the part of most African and particularly Ghanaian politicians is a rare commodity indeed. So, for the ruling Ghanaian government to have mustered courage to withdraw from Parliament, a draft loan agreement on the largest state-sponsored housing project in the history of Ghana (worth US $10 billion), even for all its gaping flaws deserves attention and applause."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 19 @ 22:09:39 BST (46 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Ghana has discovered oil but who is going to mine the gate? Please, don’t bother to count on our cybergeneration!

The long- vacation for Ghanaian students is around the corner .And, just like every year, the Ghanaian children and youths are going to roam about aimlessly in the streets of Ghana; with nothing else to do to occupy their time. There is no employment or recreational activity for them."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 19 @ 21:53:30 BST (48 reads)

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Anonymous writes "The Ahanta West Constituency Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwesi Tawiah has reportedly advised Messrs Alan Kyerematen, Kwame Kodua, Prof. Frimpong Boateng and Isaac Osei, who are all aspiring to become the flag bearer of the party to throw in the towel, because the delegates in the constituency have decided to vote for Nana Akuffo-Addo."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 19 @ 21:53:09 BST (45 reads)

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Anonymous writes ""This, he said, was because the government alone could not control large stakes in the sector as other oil producing countries were doing," Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Energy, Daily Graphic 24th July 2009."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 19 @ 21:52:50 BST (46 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Barely a fortnight after Public Agenda published a story about the incompetence and unprofessional behaviour of officials of Ghana's Passport Office in Accra, the paper's office has been inundated with calls from several Ghanaians who have suffered various forms of ill-treatment by that outfit.

They have implored government to turn its attention to the passport office immediately and to rid the place of the extortionists, rude and incompetent management and staff who, by their actions are tarnishing the image of the NDC government."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, July 19 @ 21:52:17 BST (58 reads)

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Anonymous writes "I boarded a trotro from Dansoman to Circle one early morning to work and there was a radio discussion on inflation. As we moved at a snail's pace in the usual early morning traffic, some of the passengers joined in the discussion expressing their views on the decline in inflation. A middle-aged woman said "they say inflation has come down but we do not see it, we don't feel it, when we go to the market, prices are still increasing and yet they claim inflation is coming down"."

Posted by gmiservices on Saturday, July 17 @ 12:38:00 BST (67 reads)

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Anonymous writes "The Land Administration Project (LAP) of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources has embarked on a systematic land title registration process in order to help reduce the cost and stress land owners encounter when registering their land."

Posted by gmiservices on Saturday, July 17 @ 12:37:35 BST (60 reads)

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Anonymous writes "With Ghana on the verge of officially producing large commercial quantities of oil, this is a legitimate question to pose. Many ordinary Ghanaians have placed their trust in its leadership that oil revenue will rejuvenate the country's fortunes like never before.

Again many see this as an opportunity for Ghana to transform into a first world type economy."

Posted by gmiservices on Saturday, July 17 @ 12:36:18 BST (61 reads)

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Anonymous writes "The World Cup Soccerscape was more than vuvuzela “witless “honking moments!

The heart of Africa was crudely broken by cold-blooded Uruguay because the entire continent’s hopes, its players and its soul were put on the game. But that is about to change because the game is more than winning the CUP. It’s about winning the respect. It’s about showcasing the beauty of Africa. It’s about proving to the world that we can and did protect our guests. So we deserve to celebrate."

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, July 08 @ 22:24:09 BST (68 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Save 50 pesewas on ten fake friendships--- limited bargain offer, hurry!!

Yes there is a nation-wide clearance sale on friendship at ‘donkomi’ prices, thanks in part to our fixation on instant –gratification and the rise of facebook and other social networking sites. Now “a-friend –in- need has turned into an ex-friend- indeed”."

Posted by gmiservices on Wednesday, June 30 @ 20:02:03 BST (70 reads)

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Anonymous writes "In 2006 Ghana made their first appearance in the World Cup. In their maiden appearance Ghana did not disappoint Africa. Ghana was the sole African team to qualify into the second round. History has repeated itself and in South Africa 2010 Ghana again is the only of the five African representatives to advance in this year’s event. It is proper to congratulate the Ghana Black Stars for making Africa proud again. Bravo!

In the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany Ghana’s victory over the USA earned the Stars the ticket to advance to the 16th round. Once again I believe Ghana Black Stars has what it takes to go far in the competition by beating USA again. On Saturday June 27, 2010 Ghana is dubbed to beat USA again to advance further to 8th round."

Posted by gmiservices on Friday, June 25 @ 09:51:39 BST (82 reads)

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Anonymous writes "On June 9th this year, a certain Daniel Fisher, a Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine specialising in macroeconomic and legal issues, wrote an article in which he “showcased” Ghana as the 9th “worst-managed country” in the world."

Posted by gmiservices on Monday, June 21 @ 12:06:13 BST (93 reads)

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Anonymous writes "It was my greatest pleasure and honor to visit Ghana for a few days, after nearly two decades. I was impressed with the hard working people of Ghana, especially the youth. Almost everyone that I met was trying to sell something as means of making a living. However, I was saddened at the fact that the time and energy of the youth is rather being channeled in the wrong direction. I asked myself this, “If all these young boys and girls have to work that hard on the streets of Ghana to make ends meet, what time is left for them to study or do their home work from school?” Somehow I think these future assets of Ghana are gradually wasting away due to the lack of opportunities, direction and leadership. If the leadership will permit this mismanagement of the nation’s assets then what does the future hold for Ghana?"

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, June 17 @ 07:35:30 BST (88 reads)

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Anonymous writes "If Africa is the rainbow nation, then Australia is black and blue after that clinical pummeling from three-time world champion Germany.
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Posted by gmiservices on Tuesday, June 15 @ 19:28:57 BST (70 reads)

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Anonymous writes "Lagos — Over the better part of the last decade-and-half, experts have adjudged Ghana to be the fastest growing economy in the West African sub region. Apart from Liberia, Ghana ranks as the first country on the west coast of Africa to have gained its independence. That was in 1957."

Posted by gmiservices on Tuesday, June 15 @ 19:25:14 BST (71 reads)

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Anonymous writes "WALLDORF, Germany and ACCRA, Ghana, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, acting on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have announced a development partnership to support Ghana in meeting the global standard for transparency in the oil and mining industries as set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). SAP is donating an enterprise performance management (EPM) solution from its SAP® BusinessObjects™ portfolio, which the Ghanaian Ministry of Finance will use to monitor and analyze payments and revenue flows from its hard minerals industry as well as from future oil and gas production. The solution will enable Ghana to efficiently quantify revenue flows to government and other stakeholders, identifying reasons for any shortfalls or overshoots.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050310/SFTH009LOGO-a)

SAP and GTZ took part in a two-day workshop in Accra on May 19 and 20 with the Ghana EITI National Steering Committee, a multi-stakeholder group that comprises representatives of the Ghanaian Ministries of Finance and Economic Planning, Lands and Natural Resources, and Energy, together with revenue agencies, mining companies, the Minerals Commission and representatives of Ghanaian civil society. The workshop agreed on project scope, governance and the implementation timeline, and nominated representative team members who will drive implementation over the next four months."

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, June 10 @ 13:54:31 BST (72 reads)

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Anonymous writes "PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Perseus Mining has been given the green light for the development of its flagship Central Ashanti gold project, in Ghana, with the environmental protection agency (EPA) issuing a construction and mining permit.

The mining lease and other permits that were required to start construction were already in place, Perseus said in a statement on Thursday.

“Now that the EPA approval is in hand, its all systems go at the Central Ashanti gold project,” said MD Mark Calderwood."

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, June 10 @ 12:57:17 BST (69 reads)

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Anonymous writes "TULLOW Oil, the biggest explorer listed in Dublin and London, said it found signs of oil in a fourth well off Ghana's coast and close to the company's existing Jubilee field.

The explorer's Mahogany-5 appraisal well is the fifth and final well drilled by the company as it extends its search for oil off Ghana. The well is 4km deep and under 1,149 metres of water. Three of the other wells in the area also showed signs of oil."

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, June 10 @ 12:55:00 BST (74 reads)

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Anonymous writes "By Nasreen Seria

June 10 (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund approved a $119 million loan to Ghana to help support the economy, while warning that the government must rein in public spending.

The loan will bring Ghana’s total disbursements under the Extended Credit Facility to $218 million, the Washington-based lender said in a statement on its website.

Ghana, which is set to become Africa’s newest oil exporter later this year, is aiming to cut its budget deficit to 7.5 percent of gross domestic product this year from about 10.2 percent in 2009.

Reducing the deficit “will require tight controls over spending, including public administration costs, and strengthening revenue mobilization,” the IMF said. “The government should stand ready to tighten fiscal policies promptly, if the need arises.”

Source IMF"

Posted by gmiservices on Thursday, June 10 @ 12:51:18 BST (62 reads)

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Anonymous writes "A continent’s passion is heightened

Ask an African to name one thing that most Africans – young and old, male or female – are most passionate about; and you are likely to get two answers. One will be religion, in particular Christianity. It is no secret that sub-Saharan Africans (SSAs) take their religious faith very seriously, with at least three-quarters of the population in the typical city or village attending a church service on a Sunday or an all-night prayer session on Friday to the early hours of Saturday.
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