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…
Cybele Energy Limited says its immediate focus following the award of a Petroleum Sharing Agreement (PSA) for an oil block in Guyana will be the assessment and interpretation of existing seismic data, as it prepares to advance explorat…
The king of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin, has appealed to the government to increase investment in rural healthcare delivery to help address persistent health challenges in underserved communities.
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FIFA has announced cheaper World Cup tickets for the most loyal fans of national teams following widespread criticism over pricing last week.
The move comes after fans participating in national team travel clubs and loyalty schemes …
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged all parties involved in the protracted Bawku conflict to commit themselves to, and abide by, the findings of the mediation report he has submitted to President John Dramani Mahama, stressin…
The National Insurance Commission has announced that the Ghana Card will become a mandatory requirement for the purchase or renewal of all motor insurance policies from January 1, 2026, as part of measures to strengthen regulation and cu…
The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development, Ghana (VAST-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation, has called on stakeholders in health and education to ban alcohol industry sponsorship of school-based and community activities.
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THE Minister of Education, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has made a case for Parliament to cater for the needs of learners with special needs by creating a special account within the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) formula when it is brought t…
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has held a commemorative symposium to honour the 75th birthday of Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, celebrating his decades of service to peace, security, and diplomacy across Afr…
Participants at the maiden data forum, organised by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), have called for the establishment of a National Data Fund to finance data production.
According to the participants, Ghana could no longer rely…
The Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) has advised the public to buy meat and other animal products only from approved and hygienic sources ahead of the Christmas festivities.
According to the Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Emmanue…
Dr John Kpikpi, the 2024 presidential candidate of the Progressive Alliance of Ghana (PAG), has called on Ghanaians to take ownership and control of the country’s natural resources to secure lasting economic benefits from mineral exploit…
Domestic travel in Ghana generated an estimated GH?6.6 billion in expenditure from over 15 million trips undertaken in 2023, according to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).
The first Domestic Visitors’ Survey high…
President John Dramani Mahama has been installed as the Aare Atayeto Oodua of the Source by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.
Yesterday’s event at the ancient palace in Ile-Ife in N…
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has officially launched a Chinese language curriculum for basic, junior high and senior high schools in Ghana, as the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) ce…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ghana has handed over a set of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to the Forestry Commission (FC) under the Green Commodities Programme Phase III (GCP III) funded by the…
The National Service Authority (NSA) has revealed that its recent internal investigations uncovered irregularities in the system, resulting in the flagging of 8,105 personnel on the national service payroll.
According to the Authori…
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