British barrister Martin Hackett has been appointed as The Gambia's first special prosecutor to try those responsible for human rights abuses carried out during the 22-year rule of ex-President Yahya Jammeh, which ended when he went into e…
Good things come to those who wait. But for critics, the new season of "Euphoria" just wasn't worth the holdup.
Sam Levinson's HBO teen drama, which launched show lead Zendaya to superstardom alongside castmates Sydney Sweeney, Jacob El…
Over the past several months, many countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countri…
Madagascar has declared a two?week nationwide state of energy emergency amid severe fuel shortages caused by the US and Israel's war in Iran.
The presidency said the decision was taken following Tuesday's cabinet meeting over fe…
Ghana’s petroleum stock cover has increased to at least seven weeks, the Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has disclosed, while cautioning that global fuel prices remain uncertain despite easing…
Ghana has been chosen as the first country to benefit from France’s National Health Platform after talks between President John Dramani Mahama and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
The decision was announced following a mee…
The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service is intensifying efforts to provide quality and accessible primary healthcare to residents.
“Our mandate extends beyond ending preventable diseases; we aim to move from survi…
Nine months after a New York jury convicted Sean "Diddy" Combs of transporting prostitutes across state lines for drug-fueled sex parties, the hip-hop mogul is set to appear in a federal appeals court on Thursday to challenge his lengthy p…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has secured more than $2.3 million in international funding between November 2025 and March 2026 to support research activities across key sectors.
The funds, obtained through c…
The Majority in Parliament has firmly rejected calls for President John Mahama to apologise over delays in fulfilling his pledge to facilitate the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, widely referred to as the ant…
The President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Donkor, has stated that the bank will allocate at least 63% of its total commitments to private sector development under its new five-year strat…
Canva announced on Wednesday the dual acquisition of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Canva says…
The Lead Convener of the TN Africa Digital Journalism Summit, Senanu Damilola Wemakor, has called for a fundamental shift in climate communication strategies, urging stakeholders to prioritise digital platforms over traditional conferenc…
Economist Professor Peter Quartey is urging renewed investment in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector as the country’s crude oil production falls for a sixth consecutive year, raising concerns over output sustainability.
Latest data f…
THE organisers of the Telecel Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse have officially closed the nominations process for the 27th edition of the awards scheme
.And after reviewing all concerns and petitions, the nominees list remains unch…
Trucks carrying onions and other vegetables from Niger to Ghana, which were recently detained in Nigeria, have now been released, bringing relief to traders and stakeholders involved in the regional agricultural trade.
The trucks, t…
The 2025 Aster Guardians Global Nursing Oncology nurse and Aster Guardians Award winner, Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti, has launched a social intervention initiative aimed at strengthening cancer control systems and reducing disparities in access…
Registrants on the New Patriotic Party’s online system who failed to affirm their names at their respective polling stations will not be allowed to participate in the party’s upcoming polling station elections.
This was one of the k…
Meta released an AI model on Wednesday called Muse Spark, which marks its “first step” toward an “overhaul of [its] AI efforts.”
Muse Spark is the inaugural model to come out of Meta Superintelligence Labs, which was created last year b…
Political parties have been called upon to move beyond acknowledging the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act to actively implementing its provisions.
They have been urged to do this by, among other things, institutionalising gender…
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has urged African governments to prioritise technology-based education in schools for the continent to progress.
He said education systems across Africa had to evolve to reflect the changing…
Heath Goldfields Ltd. has announced a landmark offtake agreement with Trafigura Pte Ltd., one of the world’s largest commodity trading houses, for the purchase of 700,000 ounces of gold doré from the Bogoso-Prestea mine in Ghana’s West…
Africa’s leading beach festival, Tidal Rave Festival, has been named a finalist for the 18th Annual Shorty Awards.
The festival secured a nomination in the Live Events category, placing it on a global platform and highlighting the gro…
Ghana’s crude oil production has extended its downward trajectory for a sixth consecutive year, underscoring deepening structural and operational challenges within the country’s upstream petroleum sector.
Latest data from the Public…
Dr. Stephen Adjei, a veteran finance and accounting professional, has officially entered the race for Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) USA Branch.
A chartered accountant and certified information systems auditor, Dr. Adjei h…
The Administrator of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), Tanko Rashid-Computer, has underscored the critical role of technology in the nation’s preparations for the upcoming World Cup.
He said effective pl…
The 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has opened in Accra, with renewed calls for a reset of development financing to accelerate West Africa’s economic transformation.
The meeti…
President John Dramani Mahama and his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron, yesterday held wide-ranging bilateral talks covering health cooperation, trade, agriculture, infrastructure, artificial intelligence and regional securi…
The Right To Information Commission (RTIC) has been encouraged not to relent on its mandate to ensure that citizens’ right to information is respected and upheld.
Also, the smooth and unimpeded access to information by all citizens an…
Vision FC may sit 13th on the Premier League table, but with just a two-point buffer above the relegation zone and five games remaining, the margin for error is razor-thin.
A run of inconsistent results, one win in their last five, has …
Aduana FC return to Premier League action under pressure after a dip in form that has seen them win just once in their last five matches.
A narrow defeat to Berekum Chelsea last weekend stalled their title momentum, leaving them…
The Black Damsels have booked a place in the final of the CAF African Schools Football Championship after securing a narrow 1:0 victory over Zambia.
The defending champions delivered a disciplined and determined performance, with Blessi…
Are you currently working on any stories regarding the origins and rise of the Afrohouse genre?
In recent years we've seen African music's mainstream moment grow in large part through genres like Amapiano and Afrobeats. What's less know…
The global conversation on AI regulation is moving quickly, but not along a single track and not under the control of any one bloc. What is emerging is a polycentric governance landscape in which different regions are experimenting with di…
StarLife Assurance has honoured 32 of its top-performing Sales Executives with exciting travel experiences under its flagship Sales Incentive Programme, Race of the Champions.
The initiative, designed to motivate excellence and reward o…
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), I am writing to renew our invitation for universities around the world to join a growing network of academic institutions engaged in meaningful, measurable partnerships centere…
Late last month, the industry learned that Anthropic was developing Claude Capybara, also called Mythos, a powerful new AI model with substantially improved capabilities in vulnerability discovery, exploit development, and multi-step attac…
Rising demand for lithium is positioning Africa to attract foreign investment, accelerate local beneficiation and strengthen its role in securing the global battery supply chain. A recent forecast by Wood Mackenzie projects that global…
Boulder Imaging, Inc., a leading provider of ultra-high speed machine vision technologies for wind energy and manufacturing applications, has received a significant growth investment from funds managed by Lime Rock New Energy (“LRNE”), wit…
Invest Africa (www.InvestAfrica.com), the leading platform for pan-African trade and investment, is pleased to announce that H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, will serve as Guest of Honour and deliver th…
Senegalese families remain in limbo in a site called Khar Yalla, a decade after coastal floods destroyed their homes, Human Rights Watch said today. Despite recent progress, the government has not yet provided displaced families wi…
The Government of Uganda, through its Diaspora Services Department in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Tokyo, convened an outreach engagement with members of the Ugandan community in Japan to advance cons…
EXciTEMENT and renewed hope filled the air at Dompoase in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region as dozens of residents gathered to receive broiler chickens under the government’s Nkoko Nketenkete initia…
Stakeholders working in the rice value chain have called for reforms in the sector to boost domestic consumption and exports.
They explained that revamping the seed sector, fertiliser subsidisation, mechanisation facilities, packaging…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) is proud to announce that it is supporting Dangote Group, as it seeks to expand its operations and grow its turnover to US$100 billion by 2030.
The Group’s leadership pr…
Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader, has launched Africa’s first Partner Experience Centre powered by Google Cloud in Johannesburg, South Africa. The state-of-the-art facility is designed to em…
The Kaneshie Market in Accra erupted into cheers and excitement as Telecel Ghana presented a brand-new Hyundai Creta as grand prize to the 14th cycle winner of its SMS-based trivia competition, Dream Car promo.
Kofi Ofosu-Ennin, an arch…
African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or the “Bank”) (www.Afreximbank.com) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) has announced strong results for the year ended 31 December 2025, underscoring sustained financial resilience, increa…
Australian mining company Resolute Mining has approved a $516 million Final Investment Decision (FID) for its Doropo Gold Project in the Ivory Coast. The FID advances the project into the construction phase, with first production o…
As organisations across Africa accelerate their AI-driven digital transformation, cyber attackers are moving even faster, exploiting new AI systems, data pipelines, and autonomous agents that were never designed with security in mind, acco…