PEN15's second – and final – season brings us eight new episodes to close out the gloriously weird and uncomfortably honest story of 13-year-old besties Maya and Anna, living through the horrors and highs of teenhood in the year 2000. Th…
Created by Phil Augusta Jackson (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Insecure, Key & Peele), Grand Crew follows a group of young Black professionals who gather at their favourite bar to wine down and unpack the ups and downs of life and love in LA, prov…
The Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited (UBA Ghana) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Chris Ofikulu as the new Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of the UBA Ghana.
Mr. Ofikulu replaces Mr. O…
The African Energy Chamber’s Q1 2022 report, The State of African Energy, places capital expenditure increases within Africa’s oil and gas sector at $30 billion in 2022.
Despite global capital expenditure having been on a downward spir…
FAO, the Government of Senegal, ECOWAS, WHO, OIE and their partners in West African countries including Cameroon met in Dakar to take stock of the implementation of the recommendations from the regional meetings and the status of the "One …
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced it is suspending its Russia operations.
Effective immediately, Visa will work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days. Once complete, all transac…
The government of the UAE has worked with the UK government to launch a toolkit to support financial institutions in tackling illicit financial flows in Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).
His Excellency Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, UAE Minis…
Increasing exploration activities in 2022 and onwards is a top priority for African hydrocarbon producers as they seek to expand production and establish the continent as an energy hub.
According to the African Energy Chamber (A…
In the context of 'Terre de Jeux 2024', the French embassy in Mauritius in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Recreation and the Mauritius Sports Council organised, today, a swimming session at the Flic en Fla…
Europe dominates the top spots in the latest Henley & Partners rankings of the most sought-after investment migration programs in the world, with Malta securing 1st place in the Global Citizenship Program Index for the seventh consecutive …
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth believe a strategy used to protect popular surfing spots could now be more widely adopted to help preserve endangered coastal environments.
A new research paper, published this week in Trends …
Saudi-American documentary photographer Tasneem Alsultan is best known for her work on gender and social issues in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. We sat down with her to talk about how she uses her photography to change the narratives t…
Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) today introduces a new web version of ‘PosterArtist’[1], making in-house poster design and print easier. All that’s needed to start poster creation is a compatible Canon printer and access to the PosterArtist site…
Following the escalation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has led to an ongoing and distressing humanitarian crisis, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided – in coordination with UEFA and after consultation with various stakehold…
Six African countries will soon benefit from a grant from the Transitional Support Facility (TSF) of the African Development Fund, through a project designed to strengthen national capacity for governing natural resource outflows in Africa…
Six Sahara Conference Teams Feature 78 Players from 17 Countries Across Africa, Europe and the U.S.; 2022 BAL Season Opener Featured Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) Taking on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) at the Da…
Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huawei Digital Power) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meinergy Technology Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Meinergy), the leading PV developer in Wes…
Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt, closing the global gender gap has increase…
Viva Technology and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced a call for applications for the first edition of the AfricaTech Awards, a pan-African initiative developed to recognize and support the most innovative and imp…
Ahead of International Women’s Day, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Maharashtra in India agreed to invest an additional US $12 million, to socially and economically empower 1 million ru…
The United States and Ghana jointly launched their partnership under the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) program on February 25. U.S. Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan; Ghana’s Se…
Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopardizes their food security and feeds instability and migration, warns the United Nations Wo…
Akwaaba Magic is celebrating its first anniversary in March, a milestone the channel is marking with the return of popular favourites, as well as brilliant new shows for our viewers to fall in love with. The channel which is exclusive to D…
The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) has taken note of Government’s decision to suspend the expansion of the Ghana School Feeding Programme to pave way for clearing debts of the programme. We find this decision ver…
2022 BAL Season Will Reach Fans in 215 Countries and Territories in 14 Languages Through Free-to-Air and Paid TV Broadcast Partnerships with Canal+, ESPN, NBA TV, Tencent Sports, TSN, American Forces Network and Voice of America; All 38 BA…
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and its longstanding customer Ethiopian Airlines today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intent to purchase five 777-8 Freighters, the industry's newest, most capable and most fuel-effi…
West Africa has an opportunity to build an integrated textiles value chain, creating thousands of better jobs and introducing innovative sustainable fabric production technologies, thanks to a new partnership announced today between IFC an…
Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids, announced today that it has been selected by Aker BP, the Norwegian oil and gas exploration and production company, as technology partner for the NOAKA power-from-shor…
To mark this year’s National Chocolate Day, Fidelity Bank Ghana has donated boxes of made in Ghana chocolates and an amount of GHS10,000 to the students and staff of New Horizon Special School in Cantonments, Accra.
The donation was mad…
Africa’s leading creator and producer of children’s educational media, Ubongo (www.Ubongo.org), is delighted to announce the launch of Season 4 of Akili and Me: “Words and Sounds with Akili” to encourage kids and their caregivers to re-dis…
Kenya has signed a deal with US biotechnology company, Moderna Inc, to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in the country.
The facility if expected to produce up to 500 million doses of vaccines annually.
The deal has been hailed …
Dozens of Ethiopian journalists, including those who live abroad, have called on the government to respect media rights amid increasing reports of persecution of reporters in the country.
They condemned ''all persecution of fellow journ…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address British MPs on Tuesday via video link, the Speaker of the House of Commons has announced.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he was pleased to grant Mr Zelensky's "historic" request, w…
They came on foot, in an endless stream - trying to outpace the Russian shells laying waste to their hometown. There were families with children in strollers clutching stuffed toys, young mothers with babes in arms, and the elderly mov…
Russia has said it may close its main gas pipeline to Germany if the West goes ahead with a ban on Russian oil.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a "rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences f…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 7, 2022, led a high-powered government and party delegation to the funeral rites of the late former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Ashitey.
Ishmael Ashitey, who passed on …
A former Finance Minister, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey wants naysayers to cut successive governments some slack.
According to Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, unlike how some present it, the country has made some significant progress after independence.
…
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrews, claims that the party has so far received requests from NPP supporters in 14 constituencies in the region expressing the…
The Ghana-China Business Chamber of Commerce has invested an additional CAD$5 million as a credit line facility to support young Ghanaian business entrepreneurs.
This follows the offer of an earlier CAD$20 million credit facility for yo…
The Commissioner of Insurance, Dr. Justice Ofori, has been inducted into the prestigious Corporate Ghana CEOs Hall of Fame.
The colourful induction ceremony was held on March 4, 2022, at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra.
The inducti…
Fifteen personalities in Ghana’s business community have been inducted into the Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame for their exemplary performances as industry captains.
The inductees included the Board of Trustees of Health Sector Occupation…
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers-Ghana (CCT-GH) have called on the government to immediately sit with the leadership of the various worker unions to work towards increasing sala…
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has donated 100 hospital beds worth GH¢480,000 to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.
The beds will improve the quality of service delivery at the hospital in terms of patients’ acce…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Professor Elvis Asare-Bediako, has called for collaboration between universities and industries for the utilisation of research works to reduce the number of pro…
The Kumasi Technical University ((KsTU) in Kumasi has matriculated 4,488 fresh students to offer various programmes at the university.
The matriculants were selected from 6,771 applicants for university education at the institution.
…
The nation has to be intentional in implementing a sustained national agenda to encourage more women to take up leadership positions in various sectors of the economy, five women leaders have said.
They agreed that there should be a con…
Twenty-six teams of researchers from 13 universities and research institutions in the country have received a GH¢5 million grant from the Jospong Group of Companies’ (JGC) Environmental Sanitation Research Fund (ESRF) to investigate issues…
The Ashanti Regional office of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has intervened to cause the refund of more than GH¢200,000 to 25 customers in the region for "over billing" and other infractions.
The refund of GH¢207,513…
The Electronic Transfer Bill, 2021 (E-Levy) is likely to be considered by Parliament this week, as the House resumes sitting today.
The Deputy Majority Leader, Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, announced this when he presented the Business St…
President Nana Addo DankwaAkufo-Addo, left Ghana on Monday, March 7, 2022, to lead Ghana’s delegation to the Dubai Expo 2020.
The Expo aims to forge new partnerships and inspire ground-breaking solutions across key industries worldwide…
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