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Profile of - Nana Kwesi Coomson
An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.
GRA collects GH¢51.5bn, pledges to seal all loopholes
Add CommentTotal tax revenue collected by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the first nine months of 2022 amounted to GH¢51.5 billion (GH¢51,580.17 million).0.9% negative deviationThe Authority therefore fell short of its target for the period by GH¢466.61 million representing negative … Read more →
IMF cuts global growth forecast for 2023, warns ‘worst is yet to come’
Add CommentThe International Monetary Fund predicts global growth will slow to 2.7% next year, 0.2 percentage point lower than its July forecast, and anticipates 2023 will feel like a recession for millions around the world. Aside from the global financial crisis … Read more →
Nation loses 7% GDP to psychological distress
Add CommentPsychological distress, a mental health condition, costs the country about seven per cent (GH¢8.6 billion) of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a clinical psychologist, Professor Angela Ofori-Atta, has disclosed. She attributed the loss of national revenue to the many hours … Read more →
GRA locks up China, Palace Malls for non-compliance
Add CommentEnforcement Officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have closed four branches of the China Mall shopping centres in Accra. Similar action was taken against some branches of Palace Mall in Accra. They shopping centres said to have failed to … Read more →
Food insecurity looms over galamsey– Occupyghana
Add CommentPressure Group, OccupyGhana believes Ghana could be heading towards food insecurity as a result of the devastating effect of illegal mining commonly known as galamsey. The Pressure Group in another reminder to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo dated October 10 … Read more →
Over 79,000 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 married or living with a man – GSS
Add CommentThe 2021 Population and Housing Census revealed that 79,733 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 have been married or living with a man. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, 25,999 are girls aged 12 to 14 years. The regions … Read more →
Direct aid to education by bilateral donors fell by $359m – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Add CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has revealed that direct aid to education by bilateral donors fell by some three hundred and fifty-nine million dollars ($359 million) in countries due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He also said countries reduced their spending … Read more →
Forex bureaus sell a dollar for ¢11.2
Add CommentSome forex bureaus are selling the dollar at ¢11.2 to $1 as at Saturday, October 8, 2022. Some forex bureau operators expressed hope the the government and the the Bank of Ghana will institute strong measures to curtail the fall of … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo receives honorary doctorate degree from Sorbonne University
Add CommentThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 10th October 2022, was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Sorbonne, in Paris, France, one of the most prestigious universities in Europe and the world. … Read more →
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