President Akufo-Addo through the Ministry of Youth and Sports has fulfilled a promise made to the victorious Under- 20 male national football team, the Black Satellites for winning the 2021 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament played in Mauritania. In a short ceremony organised on Tuesday at the Conference Room of the Ministry, the Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif presented the cedi equivalent of individual cheques worth US$5,000 to each player on behalf of the P
Press highlights arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines, others Ghana-Press-Review May 06, 2021 to 10:00 134 APA – Accra (Ghana) The planned arrival of 350,000 doses of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines on Friday and injection of new capital by the shareholders of Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited to improve its financial position are the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
The Graphic reports that after weeks of apprehension over the fate of Ghana s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the exercise looks set to resume soon.
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), 350,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines would arrive in Ghana Friday, May 7, 2021 aboard a Turkish Airline fight to kick-start the second phase of the nationwide vaccination.
Ghana Life Insurance gets $2.25 million capital injection
May 5, 2021 Dr Chief Ajagu (third from right) with Dr Okocha (second left) with other senior management staff of the company
The shareholders of Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited have injected new capital into the company to improve its financial position.
The injection of $2.25 million into the company brings the minimum capital of the company to GHC27.9 million, well above the current regulatory requirement of GHC15 million.
Dr Chief Cyril Ajagu, Core Investor of African Alliance PLC (the parent company of Ghana Life Insurance) disclosed this to journalists in Accra last week.
Dr Ajagu, who is also the Board Chairman of Ghana Life Insurance, said “The fresh capital injected into Ghana Life will help it to settle all outstanding claims.”