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Legendary Accra Hearts of Oak SC striker, Ishmael Addo waxes lyrically about general captain of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan. Addo, revered for his goal scoring prowess during his time with the Phobians praised Gyan, describing him as one of the ‘deadliest’ strikers he has seen in the game. Asamoah Gyan holds the record as Ghana’s leading scorer with 51 goals, and has since ...

Former Ghana and Chelsea coach Avram Grant reckons Asamoah Gyan’s famous 2011 transfer from English Premier League side Sunderland to Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates greatly hampered the striker’s progress. After hitting 10 league goals in his first season with The Black Cats, Gyan promptly pursued a move away, originally joining the Arabian club on loan which was ...

Young Collins Amankwah, who happens to be a street boy in the busy city of Accra as a result of a broken home and its bizarre consequences, has narrated his rather sad and risky experience on the streets. In an interview with Benabi Discovery, Collins made a shocking revelation that, in carrying out his means of livelihood on the streets, ...

President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Roland Affail Monney, has strongly admonished political parties to demonstrably restrain their followers from touching any journalist before, during, and after the 2020 general elections.He also called on the security agencies to spare journalists any brutalities and rather work with them collaboratively.Speaking to Ghanaweb at Aburi on the sidelines of an Editors’ ...

After the 2008 financial crisis, global regulators required banks to increase their prudential buffers of high-quality capital and liquidity. That significantly strengthened the resilience of the financial system. Many observers now cite those buffers as a bulwark against the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. But as we brace ourselves for a deep recession in 2020, and only partial recovery ...

Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has asked world economies to prepare for  deep rescission this year following the impact of the COVID-19 on the economy. In an article, she suggested that having in place strong capital and liquidity positions to support fresh credit will be essential part of the economic recovery process. “After the ...

Today in history, exactly 57 years ago, on 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in which President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana played a prominent role. Kwame Nkrumah‘s speech at the founding of the OAU has since become a classic, even iconic. In front of 31 other African ...

Today in history, exactly 57 years ago, on 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in which President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia played prominent roles. On 25 May, 1963, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie invited the heads of the 32 independent African nations ...

Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, the Dean of Academic Affairs, Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, has urged the Africa Union (AU) to prioritise the engagement and integration of ordinary citizens to successfully drive the socio-economic advancement of the continent. “Look, one of the biggest problems of the integration of Africa is the neglect of the socio-economic partners of development, who ...

Teachers in South Africa want the planned reopening of schools on 1 June halted, Independent Online news website reports. Educators Union of SA (Eusa) general secretary Siphiwe Mpungose is quoted as saying that they will file a court application on Monday against the Department of Basic Education (DBE). The DBE had announced that Grade 7 and Grade 12 will reopen ...