Agro Kings Ltd has graduated 15 young women from the Women in Agriculture Mechanisation Programme, a four-week intensive training organised by Agro Kings in partnership with GIZ and the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) programme. The training equipped the young women with the skills and knowledge to pilot commercial drones,...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the floor of parliament in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution - which states that the president shall deliver a SONA at the start of each session and before the dissolution...
The role of women in the Fisheries and Aquaculture sector is vital in providing household nutrition and food security. In terms of livelihoods or labour force, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation’s State of the Worlds Fisheries and Aquaculture Report of 2022 estimated that women accounted...
From the earliest days of computing to the present age of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, women have made untold contributions to the digital world in which we increasingly live. Their accomplishments have been against all odds, in a field that has historically neither welcomed nor appreciated them. Today, a...
Samsung Electronics  recently announced the global availability of its Galaxy S23 smartphones following impressive pre-order results. Pre-orders for the previous year’s Galaxy S22 series had already been a great success, with numbers more than double those of the Galaxy S21 series within the first week. This year, pre-order results were...
The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) on Thursday 23rd February 2023 held discussions on the quality of iron-rods being used in the country. This exercise was in collaboration with Fabrimetal Ghana Limited, a leading local steel manufacturing Company. Stakeholders included Ghana Standard Authority (GSA), Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors,...
To mark the International Women’s Day celebration, Policy Initiative for Economic Development (PIED) Africa will in line with its 'The Africa We Want' series champion conversations on “Empowering Women to Drive the Future of Africa”. Slated for today, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 2 pm on Twitter (https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OdJrzyNQmXJX ), the discussion seeks...
Four new mines are expected to start to come on-stream in the next two and half years, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said in a major boost to efforts at making the country a mining hub on the continent. Ghana is currently Africa’s leading gold...
Dr. Justice Yaw Ofori, Commissioner of Insurance, has re-echoed the need for property owners to take up Fire Insurance policies to protect their buildings. “Fire Insurance gives you much protection against any peril, as well as shields anyone who enters or uses your premises” he said. He noted that some individuals...
GOIL has undertaken a 10-kilometre walk in Accra as part of activities to celebrate Ghana’s 66th Independence Day. It was on the theme ‘Good Energy for a healthy Nation’, and intended to draw awareness on the need to stay fit and meaningfully contribute in national development. The walk was led by...