MARGINS Group has urged Ghanaians to place greater trust in local expertise and strengthen support for home-grown solutions to accelerate national development. The call came as the firm marked its 35th anniversary in Accra on Tuesday, hi…
The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) has celebrated its fifth anniversary, to highlight its commitment to nurturing the next generation of environmental leaders as it promotes sustainability and community develo…
Professor Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Acting Vice-Chancellor of UCC, has recommended distance education as a credible learning mode with the same quality and standards as traditional campus-based education.
Speaking at the first session of th…
Chance for Childhood (CfC), a child-centred NGO promoting safe and inclusive learning environments, has launched a Livelihood Empowerment Initiative to support parents of children with disabilities participating in CfC’s Inclusive Educatio…
Commissioner of Police (COP) Ms Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has opened a three day INTERPOL Regional Training for Data Protection Officers in Accra.
The training, set for December 1…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has announced that it will, from Thursday, December 18, 2025, begin a nationwide vehicle fire extinguisher compliance exercise to ensure that all vehicles on the road are equipped with functional …
The government has completely revoked the Legislative Instrument L.I 2462 which granted power to the President to authorise mining in forest reserves in the country.
This comes after the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Re…
The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) Accra West Region and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have committed to strengthening collaboration to ensure that functioning hydrants are strategically positioned to allow quick response times durin…
Lawyer, entrepreneur and higher-education leader, Irene Ansa-Asare Horsham, has urged founders and business leaders across Africa to focus on building institutions that can outlive them.
She said leadership should be measured by ho…
Statesman and business mogul, Sir Dr Sam Jonah, has petitioned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to intervene in what he describes as the unlawful attempt to deprive him of his investment in a housing project in N…
Parliament has passed the long-awaited Ghana Sports Fund Bill, unlocking a new era of structured financing for sports development in Ghana.
This landmark legislation, which has undergone extensive scrutiny and inter-agency collaborat…
Residents and businesses across more than twenty communities in Accra are set to face significant water supply disruption this Friday as the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) undertakes critical maintenance at the Wejia Water Treatment …
The Young Urban Women Movement (YUWM) and women leaders in the Bono Region have called for urgent national action to end the “persistent and unacceptable rise” in gender-based violence.
The movement, including civil society actors, bemo…
The Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has underscored the government’s commitment to fund research, offer incentives for green technologies and foster collaboration between academia and industry to drive national devel…
The Ghana High Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to staff welfare by partnering the Ghanaian Doctors and Dentists Association UK to organise a health workshop aimed at promoting physical and mental wellbeing among its personnel.
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The Inspector General of Police has deployed reinforcement teams and armoured vehicles to Nalerigu and surrounding communities in the North East Region after two houses were set ablaze by some youth in the regional capital.
The action…
Academic City University has been recognised as the Tech-driven Education Institution of the Year 2025 at the Technovation Awards. The award confirms the university’s disruptive approach to higher education, through technology, innovation …
Demand for Rokbak's robust and reliable articulated haulers remained strong in 2025 despite the challenging market conditions seen in the construction equipment industry. The company celebrated milestones, new dealers and lots of Rokbak tr…
China on Thursday launched island-wide special customs operations in south China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world's largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, and expanded zero-tariff coverage and more business…
A project aimed at training 12,000 farmers and out-of-school youth is in the offing in the Central Region.
Dubbed: “The Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa's Growth and Development (TAGD…
The Tree for Life (T4L) initiative introduced by the government this year has led to the restoration of 65,964 hectares of the country’s landscape, figures from the Forestry Commission have shown.
The policy, which was launched by Pre…
The Board Chair of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo, has advised journalists to prioritise fact-checking and verification over speed in human rights reporting.
She noted that while speed i…
Ghana has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum (BHPF).
The Biomedical HIV Prevention Forum (BHPF), an official ICASA pre-conference event, focuses mainly on HIV findings.
The BHPF is a key gat…
The Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAND) has announced a major national initiative to set standardised portion sizes for popular indigenous foods, like waakye and kenkey.
This move responds directly to increasing public and pro…
The government of Ghana has deployed a contingent of engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to Jamaica to support repair and reconstruction efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
The 54 soldiers, drawn f…
Ghana’s unemployment rate averaged 12.8 per cent across the first three quarters of 2025, underscoring persistent labour market pressures despite marginal improvements earlier in the year.
This is according to the latest Labour …
The Economic and Organised Crime Office recorded recoveries totalling $336.6 million in 2025, exceeding its annual target by $133.4 million, as victims of a Chinese-Malaysian cryptocurrency fraud are set to receive compensation from a se…
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his commitment to the rule of law and democratic tenets.
“As a firm believer in democratic tenets, Nana Akufo-Addo's fidelity to the rule of law has never been in questio…
Parliament has approved a concession agreement for the construction of the Accra–Kumasi Expressway, with the Ministry of Roads and Highways serving as the Contracting Authority and Accra–Kumasi Expressway Limited named as the c…
Madam Diana Obuobi Sakyibea, the Bono Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission, has expressed appreciation to the Bui Power Authority (BPA) for their contribution to farmers and processors.
She was speaking at the regional edit…
Legal practitioner Kwame Boafo Akuffo has welcomed two significant decisions of the Supreme Court in family law, saying the legal doctrines in those judgments provide clarity to addressing the complex dynamics of property ownership durin…
Africa Education Watch (EduWATCH) has proposed the introduction of a skills development levy as part of government plans to legislate and operationalise a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Fund to strengthen skills…
The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ghana have co-hosted the African Development Fund 17th Replenishment (ADF-17) Pledging Conference in London, rallying global development partners to mobilise resources for Africa’s most vulnerable…
The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has paid the delayed allowances of education sector workers, alongside their December 2025 salaries.
Although the department had earlier indicated that the outstanding allowanc…
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday, December 17, cut the sod for the multi-million-dollar Oxygen City housing project at Agbokope, near Ho, saying it demonstrates the government’s commitment to ensuring that every region receives…
Ghana’s quest to attain vaccine self-sufficiency by 2030 has received a major boost with the launch of the “Vax and Pharm” project in Accra yesterday.
The one-million-euro European Union (EU)-funded project seeks to strengthen local p…
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has held a crunch meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to discuss Ghana’s lithium agreement, which has now been withdrawn from Parliament.
In a fruitful…
The Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI) has established trial fields to test the efficacy of ComCat, a bio-stimulant, on the performance of rice, maize, soybean and tomato.
The tri…
The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Prof. Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, has raised concerns about the growing reliance on fee-paying programmes in Ghana’s public universities, warning that this trend threat…
The week-long series of activities to mark the 41st National Farmers’ Day celebration has been described as the best since its introduction.
Dubbed “Agrifair”, the five-day exhibition preceding the climax of the national event was o…
A fire outbreak involving a cargo truck at Budumburam in the Central Region on Saturday evening was successfully brought under control by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), with no casualties recorded.
According to the GNFS, a …
The Government of Ghana has announced a GHC1 billion Bawku Revitalisation Fund to drive post-conflict reconstruction and development in the Bawku area of the Upper East Region.
The initiative follows the endorsement of the Bawku…
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that the United States has exempted Ghana from its latest visa restrictions, announced on Tuesday, December 16.
The Donald Trump administration revealed plans to exp…
When women arrive at the IMAGINE empowerment workshop, many carry grief, self-doubt, or the quiet belief that their dreams are meant to stay small. Through HAF’s trained facilitators and more than 230 IMAGINE workshops across Morocco, some…
Initiative to Leverage Article 6 Frameworks to De-risk Gender-smart Green SMEs and Unlock Access to Global Carbon Markets
ShEquity Partners (“ShEquity”), in partnership with the Agency for Business and Economic Development (AWE) and Gre…
Responding to the European Parliament's rubber-stamping of the second one-year postponement of the EUDR to December 30, 2026, Isabel Fernandez, Senior Consultant at Mighty Earth said:
"The clock has paused again on the EUDR, but the c…
Climate change is increasingly evident in Kashmir, a Himalayan region of India, where rising summer temperatures and growing water scarcity are emerging as major challenges for agriculture.
Early this year, ICRISAT and the Sher-e-Kashmi…
Don’t we all dream of a life that is filled with laughter especially at Christmas; that magical time of the year. Not everyone may have the perfect story for this festive season but we shouldn’t allow the struggles of life including severe…
The St. Mary’s Old Girls’ Association (SMOGA) has donated medical and hygiene supplies valued at GH¢500,000 to the children’s departments of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) as part of its 2025 Feast Day celebration.
Items dona…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has given an assurance that it has taken steps to ensure consistent and stable power supply for consumers within its operational areas during the Christmas season.
It said it was aware of the hig…
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