Largest individual donation in INSEAD history establishes new global institute for business and society
INSEAD, The Business School for the World, has received a €40 million commitment from André Hoffmann and his wife Rosalie.
This l…
The National Chief Imam, Sheik Usmanu Nuhu Shaributu, has lauded the National Population Council (NPC) for daring into population issues, a move he said is very important if Ghana wants to see measurable growth and sustainable development.…
Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research.
The researchers said childhood passive smoking was "likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 …
Dr Winfred Ofosu, Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, has lauded the contributions of the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) in their health delivery efforts.
Dr Ofosu said the region recorded a significant reduction in materna…
Dr Steve Manteaw, Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, over the weekend said compared to other African countries, Ghana is more capable of funding the free senior high school programme.
He said for instance when…
The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has stated that the double track policy is meant to rescue some 180,000 students whose educational future could have been curtailed or jeopardised.
“The gove…
Ghana will host the Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) 16th Conference in Accra from October 24th to 26th.
The Conference would be hosted by the Council for Industrial an…
The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), has called on government through the National Pension Regulatory Authority to release the tier two pension fund to the Ghana Education Service Occupational Pension Scheme Board for inves…
Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by your liver and obtained by eating animal products such as meat, dairy and eggs.
Your liver will produce less cholesterol if you consume a lot of this substance from food, so dietary cholestero…
Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director- General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has expressed worry about the inequitable distribution of health workers which was skewed towards urban areas to the detriment of rural and deprived communiti…
Beginning October 1 to December 31, this year, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) will embark on a new electronic vehicle registration and documentation system.
The 90-day exercise would begin with vehicles with customi…
The unexpected infusion of funds and aggressive marketing by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in the last one and a half years has begun to pay off.
Among the returns made on these investments is Ghana winning the right to host…
The government’s quest to secure a viable investor to finance the development of the Boankra Inland Port project in the Ashanti Region is progressing steadily.
So far, seven out of 29 investors that showed interest in the project have b…
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI) has unveiled Dr Wilhelmina Quaye as its first woman director for a five-year term.
She takes over from Dr George Owusu…
Mr Antonio Guterres, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, says the late Kofi Annan was an embodiment of the UN, and has expressed profound sadness at the news of his passing.
“In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose t…
About 48 hours after the death of global icon, Kofi Annan, following a short illness, world leaders continue to celebrate his contribution to humanity.
His death has attracted comments on both traditional and social media platforms.
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Hundreds of farmers in parts of the Eastern Region have been educated on the concept of genetically modified organisms (GMO) at a forum organised for stakeholders in the agricultural sector.
The forum, held at Somanya, was to demystify …
In 2015, a young software engineer named Faten Ghriss went to the U.S. on an exchange programme and left as a young entrepreneur. She was inspired to build something that would affect real change in her home country of Tunisia when she saw…
Ninety-seven people including six children below 15 years were killed by the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease in the Central Region in 2017.
Five teenage pregnant girls also tested HIV positive and were put under stric…
Cervical cancer is one of the easiest to prevent with a routine Pap smear and regular gynecological exams. But about 13,000 new cases will still be diagnosed this year. See your doctor if you notice any of these potential symptoms of cervi…
