2008

The Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has announced a temporary suspension of the restriction placed on the importation of African textile prints into the country. The service has, therefore, announced for the  information of…

Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have been seriously disrupted after submarine cables were severed. It is thought the FLAG FEA, SMW4, and SMW3 lines, near the Alexandria cable station in Egypt,…

The MTN Group has won the African Mobile Operator of the Year Award at the Third Annual Comms MEA awards organized by ITP Technology Publishing. The Awards are to celebrate and pay tribute to the telecom industry professionals and…

Conor Cruise O'Brien, a leading Irish author, politician and diplomat who rose to international prominence while leading a United Nations mission in the troubled Congo and remained an independent, often contrarian thinker amid religious…

A World Bank-assisted project to automate the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is nearing completion, with the electronic depository functions becoming operational as the exchange excels amid a crippling global financial market. The GSE is…

India's tourist industry is facing a slump, both due to last month's terror attacks in Mumbai and the global economic slowdown. Two luxury hotels popular with foreigners were among the targets of the terror attacks in the deadly attacks.…

Major Daniel S. Ablorh Quarcoo (Rtd), Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on Saturday announced that the IRS had developed a computerised automated database and management information systems for revenue improvement. He…

US President-elect Barack Obama has welcomed the multi-billion dollar aid package for US carmakers, but said the industry faces some "hard decisions". The US government is to provide $17.4bn (£11.6bn) in loans to help General Motors and…

Meet Gbenga Adeyinka the First, ace Nigerian comedian who is no stranger to the Ghanaian stand up comedy scene. The comedian whose goal in life is to make people happy and enjoy a stress-free life that will make them live longer returns to…

A Colorado based mining interest, Bravo Resource Partners Ltd. has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to enter a partnernership on the Akoon mine in Ghana, a statement from the company has said. The Akoon mine is located at the…