Tag: TRANSPARENCY
Five more Presidential Aspirants commend EC for ensuring transparency
Five Presidential Aspirants who filed their nomination to contest for the December Elections have commended the Electoral Commission (EC) for putting in place the...
DPC launches new regulation and compliance software to increase transparency
Data Protection Commission under the auspices of the ministry of Communications has launched a new Regulation and Compliance Software to increase transparency, Build Trust...
Penplusbytes validates citizens’ reports on government’s assurances for fishing landing sites and the railway...
Access to information is a key necessity for citizens to demand transparency and responsiveness from government and at the same time hold government to...
We will live up to values of fairness, transparency and integrity – EC
Mrs Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) has given the assurance of the Commission’s commitment to fairness, transparency and integrity ahead...
African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index.
The Index is...
Rising Nigeria’s Debt Profile Worries CNPP
…Tasks Buhari Administration on More Transparency
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration to show responsibility by improving on...
Zimbabwe urges transparency in tendering process for COVID-19 materials
The Zimbabwe government on Tuesday urged transparency in the tendering process for COVID-19 supplies.
It said it was concerned with the mushrooming...
OBS indicates Ghana’s performance has improved from 50 in 2017 to 54 in 2019
SEND GHANA, taken the opportunity to join civil society groups and like-minded institutions and citizens alike, in calling on government to ensure that there...
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Reports launched
The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday launched the 2017/2018 Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) reports on mining, oil and gas in Accra.
...
Ghana ranks 117 on financial secrecy index
Ghana is ranked 117th out of 133 countries on the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), garnering a score of 52 and accounting for 0.01...
Expert urges Zambia to ensure transparency in trading of popular timber species
A Zambian local think-tank expert said on Tuesday more transparency needed in the trading of Mukula, one of popular timber species, in order to...
Investor urges SMEs to use transparency to unlock financing schemes
A three-day Project Finance 2019 Conference, an event to help private sector mobilise funds, has commenced in Accra with a call on businesses...
GII holds durbar to empower women on corruption
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has held a community durbar at Gushegu in the Northern Region to empower women to make their voices heard...
Transparency pays despite its high cost – GNPC
Mr Dennis Baidoo, the Marketing Manager of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), a strategic commercial vehicle marketing the nation’s oil, said transparency, although...
NCCE asks citizens to demand transparency and accountability
Citizens have been called to act swiftly by demanding greater transparency and accountability from duty-bearers as part of the effort to promote economic development.
“By...
Set Up Agriculture Fund To Support Ghana’s Agricultural Sector – SEND GHANA Calls
SEND GHANA, with funding support from Trust Africa, is implementing a project dubbed,“Promoting Smallholder Farmers’ Inclusion in Agricultural Modernization (PSFAM)”, aimed at promoting smallholder...
Ghana’s Fishing Net Could Be Mended Through Transparency
Kweku Mensah, a 43-year-old fisherman from Axim has been fishing off Ghana’s coast since the age of 15.
Over the past 30 years, he has...
E-procurement System will to lead transparency
Mr Raymond Ahiadorme, Network Manager Ghana, Alliance for Integrity, has urged African countries to design a comprehensive e-procurement system to ensure transparency and accountability.
He...
Ghana’s parliament advised to pass RTI Bill
A University lecturer has tasked parliament to pass the Right to Information (RTI) Bill as an ideal way of demonstrating its commitment towards transparency...
Transparency and truthfulness a necessary tool for businesses – Nti
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Mr. Kofi Nti, has called for businesses to ensure transparency and truthfulness in their dealings with revenue...
Ghana’s Performance On Transparency Remains Stagnant – SEND-GHANA’s 2017 OBS Reports
Ghana scored 50 out of 100 in the 2017 Open Budget Index (OBI), which indicates a fall in scores as compared to 51 out...
Agyekum Kufuor gives inside view of Freemasonry craft
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, a Freemason and Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England, says the Craft of Freemasonry is...
Audit Committee asked to discharge duties with professionalism
The Upper West Regional Audit Committee has been inaugurated with a call on members to discharge their duties with professionalism to ensure the implementation...
Stakeholders Review Local Content Oil and Gas
Dr Juliette Twumasi-Anokye, a consultant has urged Ghanaian entrepreneurs to get involved in the implementation of the oil and gas local content policy for...
Production Of Newmont Ghana expected to jump by 2018
Africa is one of the four operating regions of Newmont Mining Corporation, the world’s second leading gold mining company.
Newmont Ahafo Mine, located at Kenyasi...
Corporate Social Responsibility Secretariat Inaugurated
The Ministry of Trade and Industry can now guarantee that programmes and projects designed for the country will reflect relevant issues bothering communities and...
Civil society seethes over African leaders’ lip-service to transparency in extractive sector
African leaders are quick to ratify international transparency provisions for the extractive industry but are shy to implement them, civil society players attending the...
Ghana wins global extractive industry award in transparency
Ghana and four other implementing countries have been awarded for steps taken to ensure transparency in their extractive industries, a release received here on...
Special Delegates Throw More Light on China’s Transparency
A special “delegates’ passage” was set up by the ongoing 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the representatives to...
PPP Respects The Rule of Law
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is the only party that can boast of upholding the tenets of rule of law, transparency and accountability, Mr...