The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a week-long celebration to mark International Data Protection Day. International Data Protection Day, also known as Data Privacy Day, is celebrated annually on January 28 by more than 50 countries across the world including Ghana. The purpose of the day is to raise...
The four-year-long wait is over, and the sixth season of the hit popular youthful television show – You Only Lives Once (YOLO), returns to the homes of all the highly anticipating youthful population across the country. The YOLO series, which is a social and behavioural change health campaign, has over...
In the eighth episode of the Vodafone Healthline Spin-Off edition, Dr. Bernard Morton, a urologist, explained that even though men may not have a ‘biological clock’, fertility in men is not eternal. The doctor told the show's host, Frema Asiedu, that the quality of sperm changes with age, certain genetic...
To mark this year’s cervical cancer awareness month, the Medical Women Association of Ghana (MWAG), in partnership with Yazz products, has organised free medical screening on the subject for women across the various regions in the country. With a target to screen about 1,500 women between age 25 to 45...
Vincent Djokoto, an Aŋlɔ royal and business advisor, is on a mission to make the Keta District a location fit for financiers, promising start-ups, and high-value businesses. He argues that if government reduces taxes on small businesses and sets up venture capital funds – which make rural development a...
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Public and private sector stakeholders within the maritime and shipping industry of West and Central Africa during the week assembled in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on best practices in vessel clearance at seaports. The 2-day Global Best Practices in Vessel Clearance Workshop, organised by the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) in...
The National Pensioners Association, a group representing the interests of retirees in the country, has praised the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for increasing monthly pension payments by 25 percent. The increase was announced by SSNIT Director-General Dr. John Ofori Tenkorang, and will be applied to all pensioners...
The country requires over US$562billion to achieve its net zero carbon emission target by 2070, Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, Oscar Amonoo-Neizer, has said. The Energy Commission Chief said the programme was initiated in 2020, and is a long-term framework with an estimated 200 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide...
…as Bongo-Soe Community Mining is launched The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has reiterated the need to ensure responsible exploitation of the country’s mineral resources. The minister, speaking at the Bongo-Soe Community Mining Scheme (CMS) launch at Bongo-Soe, in the Upper East Region, observed that exploiting...