The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is stepping up efforts to address the increasing misinformation and rumours about COVID-19 vaccines and the general management of the pandemic in Ghana.
The spread of misinformation, according to the GHS, …
Chairperson of the Agribusiness Sector at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), and CEO of Africa Brand Warrior, Fatima Alimohamed, says getting a “national branding” strategy remains one of the major hurdles Ghana needs to cross if t…
The Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) have been urged to intensify public education and sensitization on the government's social intervention programmes and educational opportunities for people in the rural areas.
Mr Ernest Yaw …
The lack of prescribed storage facilities for foodstuff, resulting in post-harvest losses remains a barrier to the growth of the agriculture sector, a multi-country study in Ghana and Kenya has revealed.
The study, which sought to analy…
Sudan's foreign minister has written to the UN Security Council to intervene on the row over Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on the Nile River.
Sudan wants the council to meet and discuss the dam's "impact on the safety and secu…
US pop star Britney Spears is set to address a court in Los Angeles about the management of her business and personal affairs.
The singer's career has been in the hands of legal guardians in an arrangement known as a conservatorship sin…
The hubbub surrounding the autonomous vehicle industry often focuses on venture capital rounds, speculation about IPOs and acquisitions. But the industry’s future also hinges on the high-stakes task of proving the technology can operate sa…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has deployed 3,793, made up of 3,151 Enumerators and 642 Supervisors for the 2021 Population and Housing Census Data collection in the 18 districts of the Volta Region.
Mr Chris Amewu, Volta Regional …
More than 1,300 women have been trained in soap production between 2020 and 2021 as a key strategy to gender empowerment and inclusion in communities in the Bono and Bono East Regions.
The training, a support programme, includes a g…
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told visiting junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing that Moscow is committed to strengthening military ties with Myanmar, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
"We are determined to continue our…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the chiefs and people of the Upper East Region for the successful management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area, which has claimed several lives across the world.
He said the chiefs …
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) says its members cannot address the fight against tax avoidance or money laundering and terrorist financing.
Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General of OACPS, …
Services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ could face tighter regulation in the UK under government proposals.
Traditional broadcasters like the BBC and ITV have to comply with regulator Ofcom's code covering issues like harm, offe…
Tinder's signature "swipe left, swipe right" approach to match-making is no longer enough to satisfy singles used to lockdown dating, its CEO has said.
People used to match in order to meet in real life, Jim Lanzone told the BBC - but t…
Ghana is preparing an Adaptation Communication (ADCOM) to inform synthesis reporting for the Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement ahead 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
The ADCOM will enhance the v…
Kumasi, Ghana's second-largest city, has been selected as one of the 50 Champion Cities under the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, a project seeking to reward cities for their innovativeness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The projec…
Australia's largest city of Sydney re-introduced "soft touch" COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday to contain a widening outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant, mandating masks in offices while neighbouring states closed their borders.
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The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) says Ghana is competently managing her radioactive sources and related issues to keep citizens safe.
Professor Benjamin Jabez Nyarko, the Director-General of GAEC, said the Commission had ensure…
The Forestry Industries Association of Ghana (FIAG), a coalition of private operators in the forestry sector, has appealed to government to ensure the rational allocation of resources to make production systems in the sector work efficient…
The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has called on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider all the people living with disability (PWDs) who have applied for the positions of district chief executives in the c…
South Africa opera singer Pretty Yende has thanked fans for their support after being subjected to what she called “outrageous racial discrimination” by French immigration authorities.
In a Facebook post Yende said she was "stripped and…
The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Google is dominating the online-advertising market at the expense of its rivals.
It will examine Google's role in collecting data, selling advertising space and acting as …
The Wa office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Ghana Police Service, has appealed to communities to report domestic violence cases to the police to ensure perpetrators are punished to serve as a deterrent to othe…
The World Bank Migration and Development Report for 2021 has reported an increase of 5 per cent to $3.6 billion in remittances flows to Ghana despite the lockdown in many of the remittances sending countries.
Host countries for Ghanaian…
There is no problem with the Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah filing a disciplinary complaint against legal practitioner and Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine at the General Legal Council (GLC).
…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has described African Education Watch independent assessment report on 2020 WASSCE in the country as misleading.
Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs, WAEC National, at a press confer…
The Ghana Mineworkers' Union has commended government for providing the legislative framework for the sector, but called for its operationalization to address the poor infrastructural development in mining communities.
Ghana has enacted…
Stakeholders at a workshop on post-election violence have called on government to address the high rate of youth unemployment in the Odododiodoo Constituency in Accra to curb political violence in the area.
The constituency was one of t…
When it comes to sound production/engineering, Appiah Dankwah popularly known as Appietus is one of the best in the business and has worked with quite a number of well known artistes.
However, he has not been impressed with the quality …
Facebook is making it even easier to buy stuff while you scroll past photos of your high school lab partner’s dog. Yes, Instagram Shops and Facebook Marketplace are already displayed prominently on the apps’ bottom navigation tabs. But now…
The Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, has rejected claims that the cost of the 2021 Population and Housing Census is bloated.
According to him, the over GHS520 million budget for the exercise is necessary and within al…
The Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awandare, is urging the government to consider the procurement of Pfizer vaccines to combat the new COVID-19 strains.…
The food crisis that hit West Africa in 2008 highlighted the need to strengthen the emergency food security reserves at national and local levels and to create a solidarity mechanism at the regional level.
This led to the creation of th…
Nearly 9 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), 4.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers, and hundreds of thousands of migrants in East and Horn of Africa are suffering some of the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to …
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, today announced the closing of its previously announced transaction with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (“Aramco”), under wh…
South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum (MoP) officially launched the country’s first-ever oil and gas licensing round in Juba on Wednesday; Hosted by the MoP and attended by industry executives and international stakeholders, the event signif…
Nairobi and Kisumu Counties are part of the pilot phase of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s newly launched Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa. The Programme aims to apply innovative solutio…
Absa Bank Ghana has announced a partnership with MoneyGram, a major reliable and trusted brand in the remittance industry, to provide remittance services to Ghanaians.
Through the partnership, both customers and non-customers of Absa Ba…
UNESCO and the World Health Organization today launched the Global Standards for Health-promoting Schools, a resource package for schools to improve the health and well-being of 1.9 billion school-aged children and adolescents. The closur…
Createc, a pioneering UK robotics and computer vision company that provides solutions to the civil nuclear, defence, rail, marine, and security sectors from its bases in Cumbria and Oxford in the UK, will serve as a technical integrator …
On 30 June, live on its social networks, the French-African Foundation will reveal the composition of the 2021 class of its flagship Young Leaders programme. This is a high point of this new edition, which comes at the end of a selection p…
The global population has been growing at a staggering rate. Improvements in healthcare have extended the human lifespan and reduced infant mortality which means more people, living longer. This population weight is drawing ever more heavi…
The Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with Reuters to launch a free online training programme for Journalists, called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course (bit.ly/3qlA8R1).
The Project works with publishers around the world to …
What Lessons Can the World Learn from Iceland is the new podcast from Planet Classroom. Like other immigrant-receiving countries, Iceland has had to grapple with accommodating foreigners. What is the line between embracing globalization an…
Global air transport IT provider SITA has released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report [2], which reveals that, despite the pandemic, the company remains set to become a certified carbon neutral organization by or befor…
Pan African Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Africa has named Alex Okyere as the new Managing Director for its Ghana operation. His appointment is expected to further strengthen the operations in Ghana. He takes over from former Managing Direct…
Ministers of Health from four African countries (Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Cabo Verde), representatives from international organizations, patient groups and the pharmaceutical industry reiterated today at a high-leve…
The former president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been jailed by a judge in charge of a corruption investigation.
He had previously been under house arrest.
Mr Aziz, who led the West African state from 2008 to 2019, ha…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed satisfaction with work so far undertaken on the construction of a GH¢36 million watermelon juice factory, being established in Walewale in the North East Region.
Touring the facility …
US Republicans have torpedoed a Democratic bid to implement nationwide election rules, a cherished priority of President Joe Biden's party.
The huge bill - which sought to make it easier for Americans to vote - ended up deadlocked 50-50…
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