Government has received US$150million in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project 2 (GPSNP 2). The funding, according to a statement released in Washington by the World Bank, will expand and enhance social safety nets and provide access to productive income-generating opportunities...
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has handed over a six-unit classroom block to Atobiase community, a farming town in the Wassa East district of the Western Region. Ernestina Winful, District Director of Education, speaking at a brief handing over ceremony expressed gratitude to the GNPC Foundation, saying: “You...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) operating within the education sector, in collaboration with pre-tertiary level teacher groups, have issued a clarion call for government to painstakingly safeguard the entire education sector’s funding streams and revenue allocations against International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity measures. They are concerned about how government is significantly...
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has presented an amount of GH₵250,000 to the College of Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The gesture is to help convert the Levine Hall - which has been out of use due to disrepair - into an ultramodern conference...
The West Africa Vehicle Academy (WAVA) has officially opened to serve as a one-stop-shop for training and skills development of mechanics to address these skills-gaps. The €1.8million investment is a joint venture of Bosch Automotive Aftermarket, Rana Motors, and German Development Cooperation GIZ aimed at developing the skills and knowledge...
Huawei Technologies Ghana, in partnership with the Rebecca Foundation and the Ghana Education Service (GES), has successfully engaged over 7,000 young girls and traders in its 2022 Digital Technologies training. The initiative, which comes as part of Huawei's Women in Tech programme, saw the training of 6,678 girls in Basic...
In a groundbreaking moment, Mrs. Adelaide Siaw Agyepong, CEO-American International School, has achieved yet another milestone by being crowned ‘Icon of Inspiration and Impact for the Year 2023’. The crowning achievement took place in Accra, where Mrs. Siaw Agyepong surpassed contemporaries to clinch this prestigious title at the 5th Anniversary...
In COVID-19 times such as these, it is prudent for parents and guardians to strongly consider education and life insurance policies to secure the long term educational future of their wards and children. With the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo giving the green to reopen schools, parents and guardians, especially...
Seventy-five students from the operational Area of Aboso GoldFields Limited (AGL) in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region have been awarded scholarships under Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF). Under the scholarship, each beneficiary is expected to receive GH¢6000 annually, totaling $240,000. So far, 749 students from the...
Ghanaian Youth Leader and Physician, Mr. Patrick Fynn, has been selected as fellow of the 2020 Yunus&Youth fellowship. Founded with the support of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Yunus & Youth (Y&Y), combines social entrepreneurship training with technology to remove educational barriers between countries and generations. Since 2014, Y&Y...