World Vision Ghana, a Christian relief and development agency, has handed over a Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound to the people of Ahwerewa, a farming community in the Sekyere East District.
It comes wi…
Some 200 people, including Americans, have flown out of Kabul in the first such operation since US forces left the country.
The Qatar Airways charter flight is now en route to the Qatari capital Doha, with a second flight due on Friday.…
Earlier this year, Apple officially discontinued Music Memos, an iPhone app that allowed musicians to quickly record audio and develop new song ideas. Now, a new startup called Tape It is stepping in to fill the void with an app that impro…
The leadership of Ghana International Trade and Finance conference (GITFIC) took advantage of the visit of Mr Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Economic Development,Trade, Industry and Mining - African Union to discuss pertinent issues o…
The Ho Node Hub, a digital skills training initiative, has held the second edition of its Digital Jobs Fair in Ho.
The fair was established to help develop a network of employers and jobseekers within the digital workspace, and fea…
Mr Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister has inaugurated a 10-member Health Committee for the Region with a call on them to work towards resolving land issues the Regional Hospital was going through.
Members of the Committee …
Ghana remains a favourite destination for investment in Africa, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has assured Mr Irchad Razaaly, Ambassador-Designate of the European Union (EU) to Ghana.
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is determined to deepen its ties with Ethiopia to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation.
He said this on Wednesday when the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Ebiy Ahmed, who is in Ghana on a t…
acebook has been accused of breaking equality law in the way it handles job adverts.
Campaign group Global Witness said it failed to prevent discriminatory targeting of ads and its algorithm was biased in choosing who would see them.
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The Year-on-year inflation rate for August stood at 9.7 per cent compared to 9.0 per cent in July, the Government Statistician Professor Samuel Kobina Annim said on Wednesday.
The month-on month inflation between July, 2021 and August,…
The Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAKKS), a world-renowned accreditation body, has renewed the accreditation of the Fish Inspection Department (FID) of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to inspect and certify fish and fish product…
Government is spending over 1.4 billion dollars in expanding access to safe water across the country, Madam Cecilia Dapaah, Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, has revealed.
She said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, in 2…
The quality of air in Ghana's capital, Accra, remains poor and high above national standards and World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements, Dr Henry K. Kokofu, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said.
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The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has warned that any private property developer or contractor who leaves construction equipment and materials on a road while undertaking a project will be arrested and prosecuted i…
An emergency meeting to decide the fate of Black Stars coach, Charles Kwablan Akonnor, is scheduled to be convened on Friday by the Executive Committee Members of the Ghana Football Association.
The Ghana gaffer has come under intense c…
A fleeting thought of suicide is not an uncommon experience for quite a number of people, especially during moments of stress or strife. Sadly, for some, their surrounding circumstances or confronting situations seem so insurmountable that…
CineFAM Film Festival celebrates its 5th year October 23rd-24th, 2021. The number 5 represents curiosity, freedom, and change. The festival theme, ”5 Years of Limitless Imagination'' embodies this. CineFAM was established in 2016 by awar…
Basketmouth, Falz and Kwabena Kwabena drop ‘Ghana Jollof’, music video
The track is off the soundtrack of upcoming Showmax Original comedy series, Ghana Jollof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5siT6O-O3Q&t=105s [1].
Ladies and gen…
Nigeria’s NITDA bill, which has been discussed across social media and in a CIO Africa article, as well within as many op-ed pages, has been offered up with a handful of regulations, including registration and compliance measures, whilst b…
An outbreak of meningitis has been declared in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
So far, more than 120 people have died from the disease.
The first cases in the DR Congo were reported in July. More than 10…
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared the drought affecting parts of the country a national disaster.
The drought has affected 10 out of 47 counties. At least two million Kenyans are affected.
The president directed the treas…
The rift between Somalia's prime minister and president is intensifying with the latest sacking of security minister.
Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the minister late Wednesday but President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" rejected the…
North Korea has held a military parade to mark the communist state's 73rd founding anniversary, but did not display any major ballistic missiles.
State media photos of the night-time parade showed marching soldiers and workers in hazmat…
Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates.
"Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life," he said, adding that he was sorry he …
Boats carrying migrants across the English Channel could be turned back from the UK, if personally approved by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The government has authorised Border Force officials to use the new tactic - but only in limited …
The phrases have tripped off the tongues of Taliban for quite some time.
"We're working to establish an inclusive government that represents all the people of Afghanistan," promised Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar when he rece…
The Presidency has rejected a report released by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) which says 62 percent of Ghanaians do not trust President Akufo-Addo to fight corruption.
A survey conducted by CDD-Ghana revealed …
The Chief Executive Officer for the John Kufuor Foundation, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has condemned the execution of Ghana’s former head of state, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
Prof. Agyeman-Duah posited that there was no evidence backing…
Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will not retract his “do or die” comment, which has drawn widespread controversy insisting that it’s an “idiomatic expression”.
Mahama explained that the comment was meant to be a piece of ad…
The West Gonja Municipal Assembly in the Savannah Region, as at June 30, 2021, collected GH¢141,754.89 as internally generated funds falling short of meeting its half-year revenue target of 667,845.
The revenue represents 21.25 per cent…
Russian energy company, Lukoil, has expressed some misgivings about the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s (GNPC) planned acquisition of stakes in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana.
In a letter to the Energy Minister, Lukoil said …
Insurance company Enterprise Life has launched its 20th anniversary at a short ceremony at the Advantage Place in Accra.
The anniversary is being celebrated under the theme, ‘Impacting Lives 20 years and Beyond’. It will be held to com…
The Upper West Region has recorded its first case of Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu.
This came to the fore after bird carcasses from a commercial poultry farm in Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality tested positive for the inf…
Former President John Mahama is calling for a National Summit on youth employment to share ideas on how to tackle youth unemployment in the country.
Mr. Mahama said this while addressing members of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs as p…
The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have suspended Guinea “from all ECOWAS governing bodies with immediate effect.”
The suspension takes mmediate effect and will remain so until further notice.
This…
The Chief Executive Officer of the John Kufuor Foundation, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has emphasized the need for Ghana’s democratic institutions to be strengthened in the wake of the recent uprising in Guinea.
Prof. Agyeman Duah argue…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will today, Thursday, September 9, 2021, begin a two-day working visit to the Oti and Volta Regions.
President Akufo-Addo is expected to interact with chiefs and people of the two regions, cut…
The Ghana Publishers Association Wednesday called on government to review its literacy promotion activities to facilitate reading and literacy experience and introduce the appropriate digital innovations for optimum effects.
It also urg…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Wednesday gave a firm assurance that it is working with the Nuclear Regulatory Authority to ensure all safety procedures are followed for a successful national nuclear programme.
The nuclear pow…
This flagship project is part of Senegal’s national electricity company Senelec’s (www.Senelec.sn) transmission and distribution grid expansion, reinforcement and reliability enhancement program to be completed by VINCI Energies West Afric…
Denk Pharma Ghana have gifted amateur boxer, Samuel Takyi, $1000 for winning a bronze medal at the just ended Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.
Takyi emerged a bronze medalist in the men’s featherweight division at the 2020 summer Game…
Legendary Ghanaian footballer Mohammed Polo says Black Stars' dwindling form is not solely technical but players selected do not put out their maximum best for the country.
His assertion follows Ghana's Black Stars recent outing in the …
Kylie Jenner confirmed what's been speculated for weeks: She's pregnant with baby No. 2.
The Kylie Cosmetics mogul documented her pregnancy journey thus far in a moving video she shared on social media on Tuesday. The clip starts off w…
Welcome back to the Matrix. It's been nearly 18 years since the last time we plugged into that simulated reality from the Wachowski siblings, and now fans are invited to once again take the red pill through a unique and personalized first …
Forty-one prisoners have died after a fire swept through an overcrowded jail near Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
The blaze at Tangerang prison broke out on Wednesday as most of the inmates slept. Guards unlocked some cells but had to lea…
Mr Joe Danquah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Middle Belt Development Authority (MBDA) has inaugurated a newly-constructed GHC1 million worth Health Centre at Asiri, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region.
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In Nigeria, there are more than 40 million micro-businesses underserved in some form or another regarding banking services. Although some of these businesses have registered bank accounts, gaps exist in how banks use the data available to …
Russia's Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev has died in an accident during a big Arctic civil defence exercise.
The ministry said Zinichev, 55, had died in the Norilsk area while trying to save someone's life.
A cameraman had fall…
A historic trial has started in France over the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.
The shooting and bombing assault by Islamist State (IS) group extremists was the worst post-World War Two attack in France.
The only survi…
Ethiopian Airlines Group has transported over 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more than 28 countries across the globe.
The Airline became the only African carrier to reach such a milestone playing a crucial role during the diffi…
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