Kofi Ahovi

  The Vice President of Ghana, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has extended best wishes to thousands of students sitting for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), encouraging them to approach the exams with confidence and honesty. In a statement issued by the Office of the Vice President on Monday, May 4, the Vice President expressed confidence in the preparedness of candidates, noting that their years of effort, discipline, and study would reflect in their performance. She urged candidates to remain focused and uphold integrity throughout the examination period, stressing the importance of determination and self-belief. The Vice President also commended the Ghana Education Service, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders for their role in preparing students for the exams. At the same time, she reminded supervisors, invigilators, and school authorities to maintain the highest standards of fairness and transparency to ensure a credible examination process. The statem...

 Lawyer for one of the accused persons dragged to court by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for allegedly failing to declare his assets, and the prosecutor today traded various allegations at the Accra High Court. The lawyer - Nana Asare - accused the Special Prosecutor of allegedly coming into a purely civil matter due to his ties to a party in the case. According to counsel, his client - Issah Seidu (the first accused person) had sued the petitioner over the ownership of some imported rice. He said while the case was ongoing, the petitioner allegedly reported the matter to the OSP for the anti-graft body to harass his client because he (petitioner) had a personal relationship with the Special Prosecutor. Counsel made the claims as he was applying to the court to grant his client bail. Response In response, the prosecutor from the OSP, Emmanuel Basintale, refuted the claims from counsel and said the OSP ventured into the matter due to a petition about an alleged act of c...

  The 2021 edition of the African Cashless Payment Systems (ACPS) Conference is set to be held in Accra and the occasion will also be used to honor Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and other captain of the cashless and tech industry for their contribution to Ghana’s digital transformation. The theme for this year’s African Cashless Payment Systems Conference will be centered on ”Building a Cashless Africa.” Ghana has been on a digital transformation journey dubbed The Digital Ghana Agenda since 2017 and the Vice President has firmly been in the driving seat of that journey. The award will therefore be in recognition of that. The most recent edition of the Bawumia Speaks Lecture Series, was focused on digital economy, and he laid out a myriad of initiatives, systems and infrastructure put in place since 2017 to put Ghana well on the path to become a digital and cashless economy. Chief among the digital infrastructure put in place by the government under the watch of the Vice Pres...