Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has advised students to desist from drug abuse, especially the usage of hard drugs as it tends to derail their bright plans. The minister after cautioning students against stereotypes by some bad friends that smoking and using other hard drugs would make them smarter...
The Management of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has held a three-day retreat to develop a strategic medium-term to a long-term plan to enhance the quality of academic programmes. The management through a catch-ball process between leaders of the various faculties, departments, and directorates developed a...
A student of Chemu Senior High School (SHS) in Tema, McKenzie Damprani, has been crowned winner of the 11th edition of The Young Debaters (TYD) 2023 competition. He emerged as overall winner after a stellar performance at the TYD finals held in Accra. His winning speech, “building bridges” - chosen from...
The University for Development Studies (UDS) Old Students’ Association has organised a networking activity to reconnect all alumni groups of the school to deliberate on measures to support their alma mater. The seminar, which was dubbed ‘Developer Speaks’, created the platform for the leadership of the alumni groups to hold...
The Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei-Opoku, has launched the National Financial Education Campaign - aimed at bolstering the financial capability of Ghanaians. The campaign will be conducted in the 16 regions of Ghana, predominantly targetting the informal sector and youth groups. The financial education campaign’s structure is comprehensive, designed to...
Prof. Justice Ofori, Ghana’s Commissioner of Insurance, has admonished all to take insurance education seriously as it is the surest way to ensuring that people willingly purchase insurance and not cajoled into doing so. “It is important that students, especially at the second cycle institutions, imbibe the culture of insurance...
Academic City University College together with partners Deutsche Gesellschaft fürr Internationale Zusammernarbeit, (GIZ), Appointed Time Printing, Ga East Municipal Assembly and Add Pharmacy have taken a significant step towards promoting healthy living within the Haatso environs. The partners organised free medical screening to provide members of the university community and...
Chief Digital Officer for telecommunication giant MTN Ghana, Dario Bianchi, has stressed the need for students and fresh graduates to see Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technology/digital tools as very critical as they enter the job market. According to him, AI, coding, advanced excel, data analytics, presentations, scrum/Agile are the...
High-level stakeholders from industry and academia have expressed concerns about the poor implementation of the Free Senior High School initiative, a significant social intervention programme. According to the stakeholders who turned up in their numbers at the Academy of Arts and Sciences to participate in the annual Achimota Speaks open...
Nobel International Business School (NiBS), the first doctoral business school in the sub-region, has introduced a new professional course in innovative skills development to train experts who will commit their expertise to national development. According to management, the Certified Innovation Professional (CIP) programme will provide a proven process to rapidly...