Enterprise Computing Limited (ECL) has inaugurated the ECL-UHAS Clinical Research and Treatment Development Centre at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). The partnership marks a pivotal step toward transforming healthcare delivery in Ghana through innovative research and technology. Cionilda Cudjoe, ECL’s Chief Operating Officer, emphasized the company’s dedication...
Social enterprise entity, Techaide, has launched an upgraded offline learning platform to make digital learning content available to teaching and learning, especially those in remote communities with limited access to power and Internet connectivity. The upgraded electronic platform, dubbed ‘ASANKA’, aims to provide students with educational materials such as Ghana...
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has called on future governments to reconsider covering West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) fees for students under the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme. This follows delays in releasing the 2024 WASSCE results, attributed to financial constraints preventing the state...
The Minerals Income Investment Fund has awarded the first batch of beneficiaries of the Women from Mining Communities (WoMCom) Scholarship Scheme, in collaboration with the George Grant University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa. The scholarship scheme is targeted at women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, hailing from mining communities in...
Telecel Ghana Foundation has successfully concluded the first term of its DigiTech Academy for selected pupils at Ho’s St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Volta Region. As the pilot term for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiative, DigiTech Academy equipped young pupils with essential and...
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO Seed for Success Incubation Programme, a flagship initiative of the Food-Agro Business (FAB) Hub, has equipped its first cohort of 13 road-side food entrepreneurs with hands-on skills in best business practices for growth and sustainability. The Seed for Success Incubation Programme is a comprehensive initiative that provides...
In a bid to scale-up and strengthen the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a collaboration between government, private sector and other relevant government agencies. Elaborating on the call for such a collaboration, a Senior Nutrition and...
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO With the understanding that civil society becomes stronger when it come together with a common purpose, education sector-related Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) within the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) region have converged in Accra to brainstorm, build synergy and create a unified voice for...
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) and the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) have officially launched the Professor Douglas Boateng GhIE Engineering Academic Excellence Awards, a transformative initiative aimed at celebrating academic brilliance and inspiring the next generation of engineers. Funded by globally renowned engineer, social entrepreneur, academic and...
Another cohort of 4 young Ghanaian film and television professionals has graduated from the West Africa MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy in Lagos - the region’s premier film-training institution. The multi-disciplinary training programme has already produced hundreds of skilled African storytellers. Every year, sixty (60) students graduate from MTF academies...