The Right to Information Commission (RTIC), has launched ‘Right to Information Week’ (RTI Week) to create awareness on how the public can best exercise their Right to Information, under the Right to Information Act, 2019 (989).
The Comm…
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Shani Alhassan Shaibu, has stated that the government is determined to enhance the conditions of service for lecturers and other staff of the technical universities.
"Government does appreciate the…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, has called on actors in the housing industry to be innovative and come up with pragmatic solutions to help address challenges in the sector.
He said the major challenges in th…
United States (US) Army General Stephen Townsend, the Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) began a multi-day visit to West Africa which included stops in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire on September 20-21, 2021.
According to a press rel…
The Lands Commission says it will from Friday, October 1, 2021, have a one stop verification system for all land searches conducted at the Commission.
According to the Commission, reports from its all divisions will be put into one sepa…
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout will continue today starting with jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
This phase of the exercise is open to the general public.
“Persons 18 years or older who have never received a vaccine or have received o…
The Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, has assured the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that the United States will soon donate some 1.3 million Pfizer vaccines to Ghana.
This …
Prof Vera A. Essuman, an Associate Professor and Paediatric Ophthalmologist, has urged cancer patients not to lose hope in themselves but continue fighting the disease.
She said cancer treatments were quite tasking on the body and mi…
Following the decline in Out Patients Department (OPD) attendance in various health facilities due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities in Ghana are adopting strategies to create demand for routine services.
It i…
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalisation has charged the newly constituted board of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) to explore new financing mechanism for the agency to enable i…
Mrs Ursula Owusu- Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitilisation says the Ministry is committed to closing the gender gap in the Information Communication (ICT) Technology ecosystem.
She said there was a huge gap in the ICT ecos…
Johnny Depp thinks what happened to him amid his very public battle with Amber Heard is an "injustice." Speaking to press in Spain, the Pirates of the Caribbean star slammed cancel culture and issued a warning that "no one is safe" in our …
The Association of Ghana Industries' Energy Services Center has held a workshop for operators of commercial facilities in the Eastern and Volta Regions on energy efficiency.
Engineers and Facility Managers from industrial and commercial…
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology has met four agencies of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology Innovation (MESTI) to discuss improved ways of financing research and development in Gha…
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has called on the government to institute and develop a national long-term plan to guide the use of oil and petroleum revenues to facilitate the country's developmental process.
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Provisional data on Ghana’s 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) has been released by the Ghana Statistical Office.
The Ghana Statistical Service, the institution mandated to collect and disseminate statistical information on Wednes…
Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, says the issue of rules of origin under the agreement will be concluded in the next couple of weeks.
He stated that “We have made 80 percent progres…
Ghana will continue to defend democracy and constitutional rule, and uphold human rights in the country, and on the wider African continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
He indicated that Ghana would work “to strength…
Lockdown and the limitations on gatherings and events has driven those in the sports marketing and promotional space to have to adapt, digitise, dig deep and be more inventive than ever before.
Covid-19 has cost sport billions of rand i…
The world's leading Africa-focused technology, media and telecommunications event will take place virtually for the second year in a row. Building on the success of its first ever digital event in 2020 (thanks to global lockdowns), Africa…
It is an outrage that rural small-scale farmers in developing countries, who grow a third of our global food, are paid a pittance for their work, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) who today as…
UCT's Vice Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, closed the recent SDGs Africa Summit - aimed at understanding and providing solutions for the UN's sustainable development goals in Africa - with a powerful question:
"How do we see…
Ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit in New York City, Upfield, the world’s leading producer of plant-based butters, margarines, creams and cheeses, has announced its commitment to enhance the livelihoods of 140,000 smallholder farmers and …
The International Advertising Association (IAA) is collaborating with CNN, Brand Finance, Women In Marketing and other supporting brands to host the 4th edition of its “Africa Rising” Leadership Conference to showcase thought-leadership an…
Despite the dual challenges of low internet penetration and a switch to virtual teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers in Ghana have embraced the opportunity to learn 21st century digital teaching skills during this year’s Africa …
The saying ‘Less is more’ was first popularised by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and today minimalism is a movement that extends to many aspects of life, including architecture, lifestyle, home décor and fashion. But Tintri wo…
In celebration of National Recycling Week and Let’s Do It World Clean-up Day 2021, Nestlé East & Southern Africa Region joined forces with Kudoti, a waste tech start-up, to launch its ‘RE-Imagine Tomorrow’ pilot project in Tembisa to demon…
Today is International Day of Peace!
Over the past year, the world has dealt with a pandemic that has deeply affected all aspects of life. The dynamics of world peace have changed as conflicts have decreased in intensity because of a ne…
Achieving “A Shot for All” is not a luxury, but rather an urgent global development priority. Prominent leaders and personalities congregated today on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly to mobilize towards vaccine e…
Transforming global food systems to become more inclusive, fair and sustainable may seem an insurmountable challenge, yet there are concrete actions policymakers can take, according to a new report released by the UN’s International Fund f…
This No Be Art, an Accra based art consultancy founded by Essé Dabla-Attikpo, is proud to present the fifth edition of Asimè Pop-up Art Sale in collaboration with Jamestown Coffee Roasters/Warehouse. The show opens at the café (Nyaniba Est…
Over the years, I have built a store of exciting and relevant health tips from several sources. I believe that if we are able to master a few of them it will go a long way to enrich our lives.
“The doctor of the future will give no medi…
Greater Accra is now the most populous region in Ghana, the provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing (PHC) census has revealed.
It has overtaken the Ashanti Region which used to have more persons in Ghana.
Prior to the …
The provisional results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) indicates that there are more females in the Volta Region than the 15 other regions.
Ghana continues to have more females than males according to the census.
The…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kigsford Bagbin has launched, virtually, in Accra, this year’s Inter Schools Public Speaking Competition, with a call on the contestants to use the platform to influence and change lives positively.
“U…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as an "unfortunate development" the recent decision of some European countries not to recognise the Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India.
According to the P…
Ghana is set to participate in the United Nations Food (UN) Systems Summit to be convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on September 23, 2021, in New York.
The summit is seen as part of urgent efforts by governments to r…
Workers in the informal sector should appreciate the reality of the COVID-19 and strive to abide by the safety protocols, a public health specialist, Dr Joshua Arthur of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has advised.
He said th…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advocated the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20 to redefine global policy co-ordination.
He contended that adding Africa to make it G21 would ensure the emergence of a more prospero…
Professor Mervyn King, a renowned international corporate governance expert, says corporate governance is critical for the future of the African Continent.
“We have a Continent full of resources but one thing that we lack is good govern…
Ghana’s population is now 30.8 million, provisional figures from the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service, have projected.
The figures announced by Professor Samuel K. Annim, the Government…
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has begun a weeklong session with public institutions in the Greater Accra, Volta, Eastern, and Oti Regions.
The five-day sitting at the Volta Serene Hotel, travels through the holiday of…
Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, Head of the Local Government Service, has called on Ghanaian specialists in the Diaspora to begin thinking about home, to help build a desirable Ghana.
"No matter what problems confront us as a nation, the Ghanaian …
Mr Charles Abani, the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Ghana, has advised Ghanaians not to take the peace being enjoyed in the country for granted.
He said there were countries who through complacency had experienced the conseq…
Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, has stated that government will soon weed out or blacklist all non-resourceful contractors in order to sanitize the construction sector and pave way for effective delivery of govern…
Mrs Cynthia Yeboah Mintah, a pharmacist, has urged graduates of Tobinco Pharmaceutical Training Institute (TPTI) to exhibit a high sense of honesty and integrity in the discharge of their duties as Medicine Counter Assistants (MCAs).
Mr…
Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, has reiterated that no reason will be good enough to justify the exclusion of the Sissala area from the 670km European Union (EU) funded farm access roads project in the Upper West …
Justice Yonny Kulendi, a Supreme Court Judge, has lauded the introduction of the Ghana Case Tracking System (CTS) as a tremendously important intervention that would help address some of the key challenges of the nation's justice delivery …
The Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) has expressed worry over the influx of Substandard and Fortified (SF) medicines on the Ghanaian market and had warned that it will not hesitate to seize and safely dispose them.
The Authority has ther…
Mr Grant Shapps, the United Kingdom (UK) Transport Secretary, has announced a simplified system for international travel in light of the success of the UK's domestic vaccine rollout, providing greater stability for industry and passengers.…
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