On Sunday 12th March 2023, Professor Enyonam Yao Kwawukume, who together with his wife Dr Susu Bridget Kwawukume, founded Ghana’s premier private Medical School, the Family Health University Medical School, Teshie, Accra turned seventy (70…
Child Rights International (CRI) in partnership with Mondelez International Cocoa Life (MICL) has launched a mobility project for school children in Nwamase, in the West Akim Municipal Area.
The project, which is to be piloted in three …
Stakeholder institutions in the management of water, sanitation and environmental sustainability have expressed displeasure with the government’s over-reliance on the security services as its truimph-card to remedy the menace of illegal mi…
The Home Economics Teachers Association of Ghana (HETAG), an Association formed to offer proper training to Home Economics teachers across the country, has been inaugurated in Accra.
The inauguration, on the theme: “Empowering livelihoo…
The Ghana Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed the need for households to institute practices that encouraged efficient use of water at home.
According to the UNDP, it was important households to make e…
Hypertension and diabetes were theleading cause of deaths recorded in the Greater Accra Region, last year.
Likewise, malaria continues to top the list of out-patient department (OPD) admissions in the region despite an increase intotala…
Government is developing a national strategy, to develop all commercially viable tourist sites in the country, for development, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Mohammed Awal, has disclosed.
“The World Bank funded Tourism D…
THE Namibian High Commission in Ghana has donated a high Independence-performance ventilator to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital as part of its 33rd Day activities.
The GH¢300,000 equipment …
Residents of Kasoa and adjoining communities have urged the government to add the collection of tolls to its flagship digitalisation projects.
That, they said, would help ease the burden of vehicular congestion and traffic at the variou…
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it has recorded a reduction in road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths from 2022 through to the beginning of 2023.
According to NRSA, provisional figures gathered from the Mot…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is warning the general public against the use of two brands of contaminated eye drops on the market.
The products are ‘Ezricare artificial tears’ and ‘Delsam Pharma’s artificial tears’ prod…
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has confirmed that the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has begun disbursing student loans.
It comes after months of delays, with the National Union of Ghana Students and the University Students…
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) and the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that seeks to, among other things, increase the number of mining companies listed on the local bourse.
In sp…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), with support from the government, has invested $700 million in nine water projects throughout the country in the last five years as part of efforts to deliver safer water to consumers.
The devel…
The One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative, launched by FAO in 2021, aims to promote agricultural development by identifying and prioritizing one essential agricultural product per country that has the potential to increase far…
Incessant hunger and chronic insecurity forced Rukia Yaroow Ali and her nine children to abandon their home in Jilib, Somalia, to seek shelter at the Hagadera refugee camp in northern Kenya.
“My husband was a successful farmer, …
A new line has been added to the Moscow Subway, which opened in 1935 as the Soviet Union's first underground system. Designed to relieve traffic congestion in Koltsevaya and to reduce traffic congestion in Moscow in general, the new circle…
As leaders gather in New York for the milestone UN Water Conference, Nigeria has taken a decisive step for cooperative water action by officially becoming the 48th Party to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercou…
The African region is recording around 4% annual decline rate in tuberculosis (TB) cases. Although the rate is double the global pace, the region risks missing major milestones and targets to end the disease if efforts are not scaled up ra…
Ten Ministries of Health with country, regional and global partners have resolved to strengthen collaboration towards improving maternal, newborn and child health through sustained quality of care at all levels of the health system.
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Vaccines for routine immunisation, including new deliveries received last week, risk going waste at the Keta Municipal Health Directorate because the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power supply to the facility for the …
Women and girls have been encouraged to access Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) to tap into the economic potentials of the sector.
The advent of innovation and technology had made the field less labour intensive and friendly fo…
Four Early Childhood Education (ECE) facilities (kindergarten blocks) have been constructed at four basic schools in the West, and East Mamprusi Municipalities to ensure quality teaching and learning experiences for children.
They will …
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding’s (WANEP) 2023 General Assembly, Fellows Conference and Partners Forum is underway in Accra.
The three events are being organised from March 20 to 23, on the theme, “ECOWAS Vision 2050: Towards …
A nine-member delegation drawn from Namibian government institutions is in Ghana to understudy the country’s Carbon Market project.
Ghana is one of the few countries in Africa to develop a comprehensive Carbon Market Framework – an init…
The 2023 World Water Day (WWD) has been marked by the Media Coalition Against Open Defecation (M-CODe) in collaboration with the Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office and the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Pro…
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) and Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA), civil society organisations have celebrated the World Water Day with the people of Opah in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Reg…
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, says the Government is providing boarding facilities for some selected community Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country.
He made the revelation on the floor of Parliament in his response…
Mr. George Sarpong, the Executive Secretary of the National Media Commission (NMC), has called for stricter legislation to check the rising spate of misinformation in the country.
He said this was necessary to protect the right to freed…
Professor Samuel Ato Duncan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Centre for Global Peace Missions, has said water security for the future generation required concerted efforts by all stakeholders for accelerated change.
He said stakeho…
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister for Education, Wednesday, said the Ministry has no plans to change the current trimester system at the basic education level to a semester system.
He explained that in 2022, the Ghana Education Service …
Mr Stanley Martey, Communications Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says, tap water which flows from various water dissemination facilities to homes is safe and healthy for consumption.
He said the GWCL has subscribed t…
Former head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas has urged African countries to promote the free movement of persons in addition to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has taken delivery of an additional 500,000 doses of the Measles-Rubella vaccine, one of the three routine childhood vaccines that were in short supply.
The MoH said by the close of the month, it would recei…
It's all-systems-go for the upcoming SAPHILA 2023 conference, hosted by the African SAP User Group (AFSUG), as high profile local and international speakers have been confirmed for the event's ASPIRE-themed agenda.
The first post-pande…
Weija Farms Limited is a fish farm and hatchery in Accra that seeks to train young people who have an interest in fish farming.
Wilfred Agbi is a young farmer and owner of Weija Farms. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource …
Addressing grid constraints will clear the way for an influx in new solar and alternative energy projects in South Africa, says Dinesh Buldoo, Managing Director, Power, WSP in Africa.
The tax incentives for solar and other green energy …
Oral health is the foundation of our life. It enables us to perform essential functions and impacts our self-confidence, well-being, and ability to socialize and work without pain, discomfort, and embarrassment from early life to old age. …
Sido Ide (Niger) is a UN Volunteer Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist. At 63 years of age, he serves with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Chad. "This was my chance to serve as a global citizen and make a positive impact on th…
The United Kingdom has announced a new 5-year programme to improve access to safe, reliable and affordable water supplies and sanitation services, benefitting millions in Asia and Africa;UK Climate and Environment minister Lord Goldsmith a…
World TB Day is marked every 24th day of March through sharing of success stories and challenges faced in the elimination of TB. This year's theme, "Yes! We can end TB!" draws attention to the disease and our collective power to eliminate …
The Government will provide a sound and predictable investor environment in the country.
President William Ruto said a more impartial and transparent regulatory framework will help inspire investor confidence.
He said he will…
Water is an essential resource with direct impact on Africa’s economic potential: inadequate access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services reduces economic opportunities.
One in three Africans are affected by water scarcity. Acc…
How can we ensure more people enjoy safe and clean water? A team from Xylem (www.Xylem.com) Kenya pondered this question as they climbed Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest mountain.
Xylem, the world's leading water solutions provider,…
Digital Industries (DI) (www.DigitalIndustries.co.za) through its business unit Industry Software Solutions and Support (IS³), announced that it has become an AVEVA Select (https://apo-opa.info/40uonZj) partner for the East and West Afric…
Tenders are complex and competitive with multiple, highly-skilled organisations vying for the same projects and opportunities. This makes it key that companies stand out, showcasing their expertise and offerings in ways that underscore the…
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) and Author of A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix.
Climate activists are making more than noise about 3D seismi…
Many of us have already packed our holiday season with so much work and back-to-back programmes we hardly have time to breathe. The little time we can squeeze out is used to stuff ourselves with food and drinks, but for this season and bey…
In an unprecedented political push for cross-border water cooperation, Ministers from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East have declared at the UN Water Conference their country’s resolve to join a key United Nations accord known as t…
Today, Amazon Web Services’ Startup Loft Accelerator team announced the inaugural launch of its AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator.
Pre-seed and seed stage fintech founders operating in Africa and building companies to solve fundamental is…