Vodafone Ghana, in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service, has held the first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Teachers Awards to recognise exceptional STEM educators across Ghana’s 16 regions.
The award ceremony was held over the weekend at the Academic City University College in Haatso, Accra, and brought together...
With Breast Cancer Awareness Month underway, Delta Air Lines and Breast Care International (BCI) have joined forces to offer a screening programme for women in Ghana.
The ‘Kick Out Cancer’ Campaign provides breast cancer education and screening to women aged 20 and over in communities across the country. Those who...
The IMF at its annual meetings in Washington this week indicated incrased support for economic recovery in Africa. The IMF wants to speed up long-delayed debt restructurings for Zambia and Chad to institute by year-end. In Zambia, a combination of tighter monetary and fiscal policies and the elimination of...
Ghana is hosting the first Business and Human Rights Forum to popularise and build support for the African Union (AU) Draft Policy on Business and Human Rights.
It is recalled that on June 16, 2011, the Human Rights Council, through Resolution 17/4 (Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business...
Access Bank Ghana has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Finance to support government’s entrepreneurial initiative, YouStart. This is in line with the bank’s commitment to see Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) thrive, and position them to continually support Ghana’s economy.
The YouStart programme is a vehicle through...
Access to affordable housing remains one of the critical socio-economic challenges facing many developing countries. A huge gap between housing demand and supply of affordable housing units persists, compounded further by ever-increasing home prices beyond the reach of workers’ wages.
The homeownership journey for many is long, complicated, and sometimes...
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana has launched the 9th edition of the UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition in Accra.
The Managing Director and CEO of UBA Ghana, Chris Ofikulu, stated that the competition which started in 2014 is a follow-up on the Read Africa project. Read Africa gives...
Given that the media even in Africa seems to focus on negativity, especially when it comes to Africa, the continent is looked at with the wrong glasses on - thus feeding stereotypes and myths. As a result, success stories and growth in African nations are not given much relevance.
This...
15 students from the Zambian Defence Services Command and Staff College have visited the Port of Tema as part of a study tour to familiarise themselves with the socio-political, economic and military institutions of Ghana.
These included students from Zambia, Rwanda, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and Sri Lanka.
They were received...
The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje, has confirmed the authority’s support when it comes implementing government’s strategy to block any revenue leakage at the ports of Ghana.
He revealed that the modern conveyor system being installed at the Dry Bulk Terminal will do away with...