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GFA President congratulates 2023 CAF Awards nominees
President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has extended a congratulatory message to all nine nominees of the 2023 CAF Awards Gala scheduled for December this year.
Black Stars Deputy captain Thomas Partey, midfielder Mohammed Kudus and Black Queens Evelyn Badu lead the list of nine Ghanaian footballers who have been nominated in various categories of the awards event that is set to take place in Morocco.
‘’I am truly proud of them and wants to send them a big, big congratulations on their nominations’’ President Simeon-Okraku told ghanafa.org.
‘’They are all winners and should keep their heads up for a bigger and brighter future’’ he added.
Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League Champions Ampem Darkoa Ladies earned five nominations with coach of the side Joe Nana Adarkwa making the list in the Coach of the year category. Full back Comfort Yeboah who scored a brace against AS FAR in the ongoing Women’s Champions League in Cote D’Ivoire has been nominated for the young player and CAF Interclub player of year while Tracy Twum and Mary Amponsah compete in the InterClub player of the year and Young Player of the year categories.
Former Hasaacas Ladies and Black Queens midfielder Evelyn Badu has also been nominated for the Women player of the year award after scooping the CAF Interclub and young player of the year awards in 2022.
Also in the list are midfielders Thomas Partey and Mohammed Kudus who both have been nominated for the player of year award with winger Ernest Nuamah gunning for the young player of the year award in the male category.
Finally, Ghana’s senior Women’s national team – Black Queens have also been nominated for the national team of the year following their resurgence in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers.
The 2023 CAF Awards Gala is to be graced by the crème de la crème of African football on Monday, December 11, 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco.
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GEXIM deepens relations with US EXIM Bank
A management team of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) led by the Acting Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah met with the leadership of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) on Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Washington DC, United States of America.
The Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM, Mr. James C. Cruse and Vice President, International Relations, Ms. Isabel Galdiz received the GEXIM delegation, which included Deputy CEO for Banking, Mr. Moses Klu Mensah and Head of International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney at the headquarters of US EXIM.
The meeting offered the GEXIM team the opportunity to share the strategic direction of the Bank in line with the resetting agenda of the President of the Republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the repositioning of the Ghanaian economy into an export-led one by providing the requisite investment to Ghanaian businesses.
Mr. James C. Cruse expressed US EXIM’s eagerness to deepen its existing relations with GEXIM and proposed the signing of a new Cooperative Framework Agreement following the expiration of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 to utilize US EXIM’s medium term loan guarantees to procure machinery by GEXIM for qualified Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr.Sylvester Mensah thanked the Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM for hosting the GEXIM delegation and reaffirmed the Ghanaian government’s commitment to strengthening trade and investment between Ghana and its global partners for economic transformation of Ghana with GEXIM playing a pivotal role.
The two teams will be meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 US EXIM Annual Conference on 29th and April 30, 2025 to explore possible areas of collaboration and matching Ghanaian businesses to American companies. The meeting ended with an exchange of gifts.
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Many SOEs have been used as mere instruments for personal wealth accumulation –Pres.Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern over the misuse of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for personal financial gain by individuals in leadership positions.
Speaking during a meeting with Chief Executives of specified entities under the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) on Thursday, March 13, the President directly attributed the dire state of SOEs to their leadership, accusing chief executives, management teams, and governing boards of prioritising personal enrichment over organisational efficiency.
He pointed to bloated budgets, unjustified allowances, and unnecessary expenditures as factors draining public funds while SOEs continue to rely on government bailouts.
“Many SOEs have been used as mere instruments for personal wealth accumulation by appointees. The chief executives, management, and boards of these enterprises are responsible for this situation. Some SOEs have become perennial loss-makers, draining public funds with bloated budgets, unjustified allowances, and unnecessary expenditures while relying on government bailouts as if entitled to them. Many of these entities are at their lowest point in the entire history of the Fourth Republic,” he said.
President Mahama further noted that many SOEs have been plagued by inefficiencies, corruption, and mismanagement, leading to consistent financial losses. He cited the 2023 State Ownership Report by the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), which highlighted systemic inefficiencies and wasteful expenditures within these entities.
He therefore reaffirmed his commitment to reforming under-performing SOEs and ensuring they serve national interests.
He warned that loss-making SOEs will no longer be tolerated and will either be merged, privatised, or closed.
“I will assess you based on your performance. If you do not align with the pace of the reset agenda, you may be asked to step aside. If that adds to the horror movie, so be it,” he added.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
