The working environment has been irrevocably changed over the past two years, and the debate rages on as to whether we’ll ever go back to a pre-COVID setup.
Certain organisations like PwC have made decisive moves, with the accounting an…
Let’s answer the million-dollar question - Why is photography important?
Because it speaks, it communicates, it educates and it cultivates change. I am often asked this question and my answer remains the same always. Photography is …
Dr Tedros and Dr John Nkengasong will speak alongside the CEOs of Gavi and the Serum Institute of India today at the Davos Agenda from 14:30 CET; 14:30 West Africa Standard Time; 15:30 Central Africa Time; 15:30 South Africa Standard Time;…
The growing problem of cybercrime requires countries to build effective laws, policies, and international cooperation frameworks, said Dr Tawanda Hondora, Head of the Rule of Law at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Commonwealth Secreta…
It was all joy and excitement when Management and Staff of SIC Insurance PLC, Ghana’s largest general insurer, held a thanksgiving service at its Ring Road West Office for a successful 2021 and to commit its operations this year and beyond…
The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Joseph Cudjoe, has charged the management of state enterprises to run their entities efficiently to make them profitable and pay dividends to the government.
He said it was only when that was achie…
The outgoing Deputy Director-General of Prisons (DDGP) in charge of Finance and Administration, Mrs Josephine Fredua-Agyemang, has called on officers to strive for success in their work.
“It is not enough to limit yourselves within the …
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has charged the newly appointed Board of Directors of the Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC) to come up with a plan to improve on the fortunes of the company.
He…
A renowned crisis management company,the LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited last Sunday fumigated shops at Abossey Okai and other market centres within the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise, which was executed in collaboration with the Ghana …
Medical drone delivery giant, Zipline, has announced the delivery of over 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines to dosing centres, mostly within hard-to-reach areas around all four of its distribution centres in Ghana.
This has come at a time when …
The leadership of the Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana says they will join a meeting scheduled for today, Tuesday, by the Coalition of Transport Operators with regard to their next line of action following the recent …
Four teacher unions have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw the entire semester system at the pre-tertiary level for wider consultations with stakeholders before it is implemented.
According to the unions, the unila…
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has directed its members to proceed on an indefinite nationwide strike beginning January 20, 2022.
The strike action is to back demands by the association for better co…
The University of Ghana has outlined six key strategic objectives to help the institution attain the status of a 21st century world-class, research-intensive university.
They include the reinvigoration of impactful research in (applied)…
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, DVLA, has intensified its operations to bring its services across the country to ensure that Ghanaians drive with valid documents.
In an interview with GBC News, Public Relations Officers at D…
The Government through the Ministry of Education has since December 2021 released a total of Gh154, 892, 836.00 to Senior High Schools across the country towards the smooth running of schools.
Out of the amount, Gh94, 394, 436.00 went t…
CDD-Ghana has called on the Ghana Police Service and the Office of the Attorney General to expedite action on the cases of violence recorded in the December 2020 polls currently under investigation.
The call is among o…
The Ghana Lab Tech on Friday held a local startup summit for a young group of digital entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas on mobile apps before experienced industrial players as judges, after the skills training offered them.
…
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, on Thursday inaugurated the governing councils of three technical universities in the country with a call on them to strive to make their institutions one of competitive choice.
They inc…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, is urging both continuing and newly admitted students to ensure they vaccinate against COVID-19 before returning to campus to start the academic year.
Speaking …
Ghana has recorded 508 more cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID -19), shooting up the country’s case count to 153,514 as at last Saturday.
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) website monitored by the Ghanaian Times y…
The launch of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), will help boost the various currencies in Africa.
That, he said, would facilitate the move towards the adoption of a common currency in Africa.
For example, there…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to begin administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days to improve immunity of persons who are fully vaccinated across the country.
A policy to that effect that among others o…
Robotic Research, a global leader in autonomous mobility and robotics solutions, today announced a $228 million funding round—the first outside capital the company has raised. This funding will drive further innovation and expansion of Rob…
Rapid growth of the global hydrogen economy can bring significant geoeconomic and geopolitical shifts giving rise to a wave of new interdependencies, according to new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). "Geopolit…
The New York-based The Africa Center, narrative change organisation Africa No Filter, Media Monitoring Africa and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have joined forces to develop the Global Media Index that will track and measure the way Af…
The GOS (Groupement Orange Services) is a resource-pooling entity for the 18 Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) subsidiaries (www.Orange.com), which provides pooled hosting and infrastructure operation services, service platforms and IT …
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for concerted international action to end armed conflict in Africa’s Central Sahel region, which has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes in the last decade.
Internal d…
Over $138 million in urgent funding is needed to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people in rural communities in the Horn of Africa whose fields and pastures have been hard hit by an extended drought, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …
Ghanaian police have rescued a baby trapped in a vehicle that was stolen by gunmen from a church in Kumasi in Asanti region.
They are hunting for the suspected thieves who later abandoned the car and escaped after a police patrol team c…
A total of 9,617 undergraduate students of the University of Ghana graduated in a series of virtual graduation sessions over the course of one week from Tuesday, January 11 to Friday, January 14, 2022 with an in-person ceremony for the gra…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it is engaging various transport operators on their next line of action due to the government’s failure in stabilising fuel prices in the country.
Fuel prices have hit the projected GH…
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has declared war on illegal logging and chainsaw operations in forest reserves across the country.
Consequently, a team of security persons, forest guards and rangers are to be deployed to for…
A Ghanaian non-governmental organisation (NGO), Cool Friends Charitable Foundation, has been officially launched at Koko Junction, near Ampedwe in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The NGO, founded by Mr Charles Nana Amankwa…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has urged the aged to help shape the mindset of the youth to maintain a peaceful and stable nation.
Nobody, she said, shoul…
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) says it will call off its industrial action only after meeting its their rank and file to seen their views on the assurance given by government to pay members before making a …
The Ghana Police Service has indicated that its officers will remain committed to their mandate despite the increasing cases of attacks on some police officers in their line of duty.
The comments were made when a ceremony was held to re…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said contracting the Omicron variant of the COVID-19, which is milder, can lead to reinfections with dire complications.
The complications include damage to the brain and internal organs, such as the p…
UN-Habitat, in collaboration with the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy and Critical Mass Nairobi recently organised a bicycle ride for government officials in Kenya.
The event was aimed at inspiring the officials to re…
All school girls in Seychelles, will at the start of the academic school year January 2022 have access to sanitary pads free of charge in all state and private schools as well as in professional centres across the island. This was made for…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that its life-saving food assistance operations in northern Ethiopia are about to grind to a halt because intense fighting has blocked the passage of fuel and food.
The escalati…
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) announces nominations are open for the 2022 Women Building Peace Award. This prestigious annual award honors women who are building peace in countries impacted by violent conflict.
The nominations peri…
The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) announced the winners of its fourth cycle grant during a ceremony held at Expo 2020 Dubai under patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime M…
Let me take a few moments of your precious time to spell out my vision for this great country.
It is a very simple one: To identify with the important changes that the average Ghanaian yearns to see in Ghana, make those changes the hall…
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)?are undertaking the first-ever actual corruption survey to provide the right information on the levels of corruption in the country.
…
A Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has reiterated that the nation's education sector has seen a massive boost in diverse ways within the past five years.
He explained that the massive infrastructural development by…
GoFundMe announced today that it will acquire Classy, a nonprofit fundraising software company. This is an all equity deal, though the company did not disclose the financials.
Anyone can make a GoFundMe, from a local food pantry to a …
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kintampo North Constituency, Mr Joseph Kwame Kumah, has appealed to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts and the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), to fully harness the various tourism potentials in the…
A Senior Lecturer in the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged the government to implement pragmatic policies to curb the continuous hike in fuel prices in the country.
According to h…
The Avian Influenza H5N1 (Bird flu) has killed about 1,015 birds in a single poultry farm at Bethlehem, a community at the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Kpone, Dr…
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