As the election results continue to trickle in, people around the world are keenly following the happenings in Ghana. People in China are also keeping an eye on the elections, and they are doing so by visiting ghanabusinessnews.com. The statistics …

The Electoral Comission has updated its website with election results from 53 constituencies from around the country. According to these updated figures Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is ahead with 1,081,117 votes that is 45.09% of 2,397,515 …

Less than one hour after Ghana Business News published election results on the Ghana Electoral Commission’s website, the EC has removed the results. The EC had put up elections results from 24 consituencies of the 275. It is not clear …

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Woman casting her vote. The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has published election results from 24 constituencies on its website and according to the results Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is leading with 39.76% of votes. There …

Ghana’s reputation as a maturing democracy is soaring more than 24 hours after the December 7, 2012 general elections. Over 14 million voters were expected to vote. Ghanaians have remained calm as they wait for the results from the 26,000 …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has swept all three Parliamentary Seats in Tema West, East and Central Constituencies. Mrs Irene Naa Torshie Addo, the sitting Member of Parliament, polled 39,950 votes as against 39,005 votes obtained by Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, …

Baba Jamal – Dep. Tourism Minister Mr Mohammed Ahmed Baba Jamal, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Akwatia, on Friday won the seat on his fourth attempt. He polled 20,308 votes to beat the incumbent Member of Parliament …

Ms Samia Nkrumah Wing Commander Francis Anaman, a retired Officer of the Ghana Airforce on Friday re-captured the Jomoro Parliament seat from the Convention Peoples Party for the National Democratic Party. He polled 21,651 votes as against 18,110 by the …

Mr. Kofi Asamoah – TUC Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Asamoah, Secretary-General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, has congratulated the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission for the successful implementation of the Single Spine Pay Policy. “The Commission has proven capable to …

The incumbent Parliamentary Member of the Wa Central, Alhaji Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, has retained the seat for the National Democratic Congress with 28,149 votes. He defeated the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate Tahiru Issahaku Moonin who had 22,304 votes. Mr. …

Mr. Joe Baidoe-Ansah, the incumbent NPP parliamentary Candidate of the Effia-Kwesimintsim constituency retained his seat with 16,179 votes whiles his closest contender  Francis Kassaim Anri of the NDC polled 9,901 votes. Mr. Maxewell Korsah, the PPP candidate gathered 1,138 and …

World seaborne trade, a measure of demand for shipping, port and logistics services, rose by 4% in 2011, reaching a record high of 8.7 billion tons, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said December 4, 2012 in its …

Polling Officials counting ballots. It’s been 24 hours after Ghana’s 2012 general elections, but as certified results trickle in from the 26,000 polling centres of the 275 constituencies there is no clear winner in the Presidential poll which is obviously …

Contrary to fears that the contribution of Ghanaian journalists to the country’s elections this year would be close to negligible because they were not privileged to do early or special voting as has been the case in previous elections, the …