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Access to internet: GRICO, CSquared sign pact April 20, 2021 Officials of the two institutions signing the agreement Efforts to deepen internet penetration and bring broadband services to the doorstep of Ghanaians has received a boost with the signing of a partnership agreement between the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and CSquared, Africa’s wholesale open-access broadband infrastructure provider. Under the partnership, GRIDCo is leasing its excess fibre capacity to mobile network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Ghana. GRIDCo’s operations involve the use of...

Graphic Online BY: Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 30.5k Shares 705 Discussions have reached an advanced stage to secure a strategic partner for the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, said the partnership was seeking to leverage TOR's competent workforce, technical expertise and vast infrastructure to operate profitably. Dr Opoku Prempeh told the workers of TOR during a familiarisation visit to the refinery last Thursday that the fortunes of the company would be turned around once the discussions were concluded and the company recapitalised. The minister sai...

Parliamentary committees work as watch-dogs, ensure executive accountability: RS Deputy Chairman ANI | Updated: Mar 14, 2021 21:52 IST New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Parliamentary committees work as watch-dog and as an instrument of ensuring executive accountability, said Deputy Rajya Sabha Chairperson Harivansh on Sunday. "Parliamentary committees work as watch-dogs and instruments of ensuring the executive's accountability. Committees work in non-partisan manners where Members express their opinions freely, objectively and independently and the deci...

705 Heads of companies in the power generation and distribution sector have assured the nation of reliable power supply to meet its demands. They have also stressed that the recent power outages and the total blackout experienced last Sunday were not a return to the regime of irregular power supply, popularly known as ‘dumsor’. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Grid Company Ltd (GRIDCo), Mr Jonathan Amoako-Baah; the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Kwame Agyeman-Budu, and the CEO of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, at a m...

The vetting of the Minister designate for Public Enterprises, Mr Joseph Cudjoe, was briefly put on hold yesterday after the Minority Leader questioned the legality of the portfolio the nominee would occupy.