The African Progressive Research and Innovations (APRIL-STEM) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Education 4.0 and 5.0 in Ghana, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the CSIR College of Science and Technology…
Geoeconomic confrontation emerges as the top global risk for 2026, climbing eight positions in the two-year outlook, as economic risks rise fastest in the short term – with downturn and inflation both surging eight positions ye…
Foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to be a critical driver of economic growth across Africa. Investors are increasingly discerning, seeking jurisdictions that combine market potential with regulatory clarity, strong governance, and …
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) doing business in South Africa should take note of an aspect of the country's Exchange Control Regulations, 1961, that is frequently overlooked – settling cross-border obligations by way of set-off without …
US$5.9M awarded to 11 organisations and high schools from the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, Uganda and across six sustainability categories
From AI-enabled diagnostics to Cooling-as-a-Service, this year’s winners deliver lo…
The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Africa’s premier international football tournament – is reaching its climax, and the eyes of the entire soccer world are fixed on millions of streams and broadcasts coming out of Morocc…
The Walking Egg Medical and Fertility Centre at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region has delivered a 30-year-old surrogate mother of quadruplets through intrauterine insemination (IUI), a rare occurrence in assisted reproductive technolog…
A nine-member National Timber Monitoring Team was inaugurated in Accra yesterday with a mandate to work to contain illegal logging to sustain the country’s forest resources.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah…
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has withdrawn printed copies of a Senior High School (SHS) teacher manual after acknowledging that certain content on “Gender Identity” in the Year 2 Physical Education and Hea…
The Judicial Service Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has declared an indefinite strike beginning Monday, January 19, 2026, demanding the payment of salary arrears owed to its members.
The decision, according to JUSAG, follows repeated …
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has ordered a comprehensive audit of all health facilities in the Oti Region as part of efforts to strengthen service delivery and safeguard patient safety.
The directive, shared on F…
The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has ordered the reassignment of 41 out of its 103 district managers after they failed to meet revenue mobilisation and loss reduction targets, the Managing Director, Mr Adam Mutawakilu, has disclosed.
Mr …
Owners of vehicles registered before 2023 will have to pay GH¢25 to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) for their records to be updated digitally, the Director of Driver Training, Testing, and Licensing at the DVLA, Prosper…
The Gambia Reparations Commission has begun disbursing payments to victims of human rights violations that occurred between July 1994 and January 2017.
Announcing the milestone on Monday, January 12, 2026, the Commission said the in…
Currently, the Scholarship Authority is in debt of about GH¢834 million, the Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed at the inauguration of a 14-member governing board of the authority.
“I should note that you are coming to t…
The British High Commission in Accra hosted the fourth annual Diaspora New Year Networking Mixer under the theme “London to Accra: Creatives Takeover”. The event took place at the High Commissioner’s Residence and welcomed approximately 60…
A counselling psychologist, Dr Cecelia Tutu-Danquah, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to engage professional counsellors to support pupils and students in basic schools.
She said in spite of the important role of train…
Ghana has signed a bilateral labour agreement with the State of Qatar to facilitate the safe and legally protected deployment of Ghanaian workers to the Middle Eastern country, the Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Abdul-Rashid…
Africa.com announced today a new partnership with Global South World (GSW), the home of voices and reporting from rising nations across the globe. While GSW covers the Global South broadly, with correspondents reporting directly from Afri…
The La Nkwantanang–Madina Municipal Assembly (LaNMMA) in the Greater Accra Region has begun the re-erection of a 500-metre metal wire fence along the Zongo Junction–Redco Flats stretch of the Atomic Junction–Aburi Highway.
Pedestrians…
The Minister for the Interior, Mr Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has reassured of the government’s commitment to fairness and transparency in the ongoing security services recruitment process.
It is against this backdrop that the Minister …
The 77th Annual New Year School (ANYS) and Conference ended on Wednesday with a communiqué calling on the government to introduce targeted measures to sustain Ghana’s socio-economic growth and development across key sectors.
Presentin…
The Northern Regional Minister, Mr Ali Adolf John Mburidiba, has called on members of the National Democratic Party (NDC) to continue praying for the success of the government to implement more projects to benefit them and the entire cou…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is making significant strides in improving child nutrition and learning outcomes by introducing fortified rice into Ghana’s school feeding system.
The intervention is also boosting livelih…
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has underscored the critical role of women in national development, urging greater inclusion, mentorship, and bold participation in policy formulation.
The Vice President made the r…
Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Adam Mutawakilu, has revealed that more than half of the water produced by the company is not accounted for due to infrastructure weaknesses and illegal connections.
Speaking in an…
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The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has issued a second evacuation notice to occupants along the Santasi Roundabout to Asokwa Interchange corridor, urging them to vacate the area by January 20, 2026, to allow ongoing road construction wor…
The Bill, which is to set up specialised courts to handle illegal mining [galamsey] cases is to be laid in Parliament in February 2026, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine has announced.
Speaking …
The Deputy Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, has made a case for facility managers to be integrated into the initial planning stages of building projects.
Speaking at the Ghana chapter of the …
As part of efforts to protect the girl-child and promote their welfare, stakeholders from the Sakai community in the Sissala East Municipality in the Upper West Region have come out with measures aimed at curbing child marriage, elopemen…
Air pollution across major cities in Ghana continues to rise, with new findings showing harmful fine particles far above safe health limits.
Researchers warned that the trend posed a growing threat to public health, especially in de…
Renowned Surgeon and former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has called for Ghana to match global standards in surgical operations, citing inadequate facilities, equipment…
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States has disclosed that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement medically cleared former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta for detention before admitting him into custody.
Speaking on Joy New…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has advocated a government-to-government framework for the protection and improved conditions of Ghanaian health practitioners who work and aspire to work in the United K…
The Ministry of Education has convened a high-level stakeholder meeting to address the ongoing dispute over recent fee increases at the University of Ghana (UG), amid students' disapproval and regulatory intervention.
The meeting, h…
Teacher deployment to underserved schools must be a top priority within the first quarter of this year, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has advocated.
That, it said, was to prevent further learning disruptions and reduce the risk …
The Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Kow Entsua-Mensah, has advocated collaboration and resource sharing among existing cardiothoracic centres in Ghana to improve service delivery and p…
In the run-up to the 2024 general election, the NDC and its flag bearer placed agriculture at the centre of their campaign and, indeed, prioritised it in government.
This has been seen in the launch of several interventions aimed a…
A civil society organisation, Arise Ghana, has stressed the need to strengthen institutions to deliver on their mandates.
It has also called for a broad national conversation on the country’s progress over the past year and its futur…
THE Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to the proposed Gomoa Central Special Economic Zone, describing it as a project that fits squarely into Ghana’s 24-hour economy.
During a …
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has cut sod to commence six development projects spanning the education, health, roads and water sectors across the Ashiedu Keteke, Ablekuma South and Okaikoi South Sub-Metropolitan Districts, as par…
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) (https://MeltWater.Org); the continent’s launchpad for tech entrepreneurs has released ‘the MEST Africa AgriTech Report’, highlighting the technologies, startups and…
The Chamber of Cannabis Industry Ghana has called for a careful and coordinated implementation of Ghana’s medicinal and industrial cannabis policy in 2026 to maximise economic benefits while safeguarding the public interest.
Dr …
The Director-General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Professor Samuel Boakye Dampare, has raised alarm over illegal developments around the National Radioactive Waste Management Centre, warning that human settlements close …
The Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Reverend Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, has blamed Ghana’s challenges on mismanagement and the stealing of the country’s resources by selfish leaders.
He said Gh…
President John Dramani Mahama has presented 100 Nissan Navara pickup trucks to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to enhance its operational capacity and ensure more effective policing across the country.
The move forms part of the gov…
President John Dramani Mahama has left Ghana for a working visit to the United Kingdom and Switzerland, where he will attend high-level meetings and a major global forum.
According to an official communication from the Presidency re…
The government has cleared outstanding energy-sector debts totalling $1.470 billion in the 2025 fiscal year, effectively rescuing the sector and ridding it of crippling debt.
The payments include repaying the depleted $500 million W…
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