The Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), in its latest WASSCE Ghana Monitoring Report, 2022, has urged the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to thoroughly investigate all incidents of fraud, and prosecute those found culpable in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
According to Eduwatch, not allowing these culprits to...
urges gov’t and unions to dialogue
With almost every teacher union group from basic to tertiary level declaring an industrial strike action for one reason or the other currently, civil society organisations (CSOs) within the education space have indicated that the students are the ultimate losers; hence, the...
Dairy import data from the Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers (GNACAF) indicate that the country imports in excess of US$400million dairy products annually, as demand for fresh milk and other dairy products rise.
Despite this increasing demand, the local dairy industry is stagnating; thereby creating a deficit that can...
The Ghana Alternative Exchange (GAX) is on course to attract additional market listings as managers of the stock exchange have engaged more than 140 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in partnership with the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), as well as Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana.
GAX, a parallel market,...
Government’s ineffective agricultural policies in the area of irrigation are impacting negatively on smallholder farmers - leading to high levels of poverty among them, Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Dr. Charles Nyaaba, has said.
Dr. Nyaaba noted that government’s initiatives aimed at addressing food security...
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriye Akoto, has expressed appreciation for the concerted effort of farmers within Volta Region for sharing knowledge with smallholder farmers.
He gave the commendation on Friday, November 4, 2022 at the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) in the Volta Region, applauding...
Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS) and its Chief Executive Archie Hesse picked up awards at this year’s Ghana Information Technology and Telecoms Awards (GITTA), held in Accra.
Mr. Hesse was named among the Top-20 Tech Leaders in Africa, while GhIPSS was awarded for excellence in promoting financial inclusion.
GITTA,...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) at the recently ended 19th edition of the Ghana Club 100 Awards, ranked Crop Doctor Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of ECOM Ghana, 34th place among the Top 100 private sector businesses in Ghana. The award was in recognition of the business’ successful enterprise...
Efforts are underway to make the Central Region a rice-producing hub.
This, according to the Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Justina Marigold Assan, will enable the region to unleash its full agricultural potential in rice production.
In pursuit of that, she revealed that a strong collaboration was being forged with Korea International...
Ayoba - the all-in-one instant messaging super app that was developed to bridge the digital divide and harness growth in the African economy by breaking barriers to the Internet, digital services and affordability - has now reached two million customers right here in Ghana.
Ayoba is more than a platform...