Ashesi Design Lab, the design thinking and innovation hub of the Ashesi University, on Monday announced the start of Future Learning Virtual Hackathon 2 of 3, the second of three Hackathons to be organized by the Design Lab. The Future Learning Virtual Hackathon 2 of 3 is an opportunity for designers, students, ed-tech start-ups, schools, […]

Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew has been named as the club’s Player of the Year for the 2019/2020 season. He pulled a whopping 37% of votes from 6,000 fans. The Ghana international has been superb for the Eagles this season as his nine goals fetched his team 14 points. He also won 10 Man of […]

Ghana’s longest serving finance minister and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Kwesi Botchwey, has explained why he did not partner John Mahama as his running mate for the upcoming elections. Even though the respected economist was tipped to be one of the ideal persons for the NDC’s vice presidential candidate ticket, it […]

Malaria prevalence among children has declined over time, but areas for improvement remain in malaria prevention, according to the newly released 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey (GMIS). The 2019 GMIS is the second MIS survey implemented in Ghana. The previous GMIS was implemented in 2016. The survey results, released Tuesday in a virtual dissemination webinar […]

Hi! I am Akorfa. Most of you know me by the name MzAk but now call me Akorfa. My journey on radio started at Ghana Institute of Journalism, GIJ when I was hosting the campus midmorning show. When you are in school and trying out things like this (radio) it usually starts out as a […]

Ghana’s coronavirus cases since Thursday, March 12, 2020 when the first two index cases were confirmed are now 34,406. This was confirmed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the Minister of Information’s bi-weekly press update on Tuesday, July 28. He added that recoveries-cum-discharges have now gone beyond 30,000. […]

Road Transport Operators has issued a directive to all drivers, of taxis, trotros and buses, to with effect from Saturday, August 1, reduce the recently adjusted fares. Fares were increased by 15 per cent across board on Saturday, July 11. According to drivers, the increase then was due to the restrictions placed on transport operators […]

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former president John Dramani Mahama for his recent pronouncement against the Akufo-Addo-led administration. The former president, at the unveiling of his running mate Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Monday, July 27, said the December 7 elections “will be a referendum on the term of […]

A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Kobby Mensah, has said John Mahama’s running mate, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was inspirational in her acceptance speech during her inauguration on Monday at the University of Professional Study, Accra (UPSA) auditorium. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise, Dr Mensah told host Alfred Ocansey that the […]

Chief of the Kafaba community Seidu Yahaya has been arrested by the Savannah Regional Police Command. The chief, who presented himself to the police upon invitation, was arrested upon arrival at Damongo. He is being interrogated by a four-member panel in Damongo. The chief first reported to the Salaga District Police Command before proceeding to […]

Head coach of the Black Princesses, Yusif Basigi, has welcomed the decision for the Black Princesses to start camping ahead of the U-20 World Cup qualifiers. After months of no sporting activities due to the Coronavirus, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced that the U-17 and U-20 women national teams have been cleared to […]

STAR-Ghana Foundation has called on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as not only President of Ghana but also the Gender Champion of the Africa Union to “act swiftly and decisively” on the issue of the lynching of Akua Denteh, 90, accused of witchcraft in Kafaba in the Savannah Region. The non-governmental organisation claims the practice has […]

The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Henry Asante Twum, has said the two female national teams who have been given all clear to train, will strictly observe all protocols. The assurance comes on the back of a decision by the President of Ghana, Nana Akuffo Addo to allow the Black Princesses and Black […]

Tension is building up in Adiewoso, a farming community in the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly of the Western Region, as hundreds of illegal small scale miners have refused to move out of a concession belonging to the Ghana Rubber Estates Limited GREL. The irate illegal miners, numbering over 200, insist their operation is under government’s […]

Vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was Monday outdoored at a ceremony hosted at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) auditorium as running mate to former president, John Dramani Mahama. Here are some of the highlights of her speech: 1. All-inclusive governance: “It will be my mission to ensure that the […]

This year’s summer window promises to be one of the biggest in a while, with clubs slashing down on prices for their players due to the coronavirus pandemic. European Giants such as Chelsea and Bayern Munich have already made massive statements in the transfer window with the signings of Timo Werner and Leroy Sane respectively, […]

Former president, John Dramani Mahama, Monday evening outdoored his running mate for the 2020 general elections, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) auditorium in Accra. In his address, the former president made some commitments to the people of Ghana which can be classified as promises. Below are bullet points of […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed revulsion at the gruesome murder of 90-year-old Denteh Akua at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. He is hopeful the quick response of the police will lead to the rapid administration of justice in the matter. He said such an act should not happen […]

Chief of the Kafaba community Seidu Yahaya has honoured an invitation to the Salaga District Police Command as part of investigations into the lynching of a 90-year-old woman. The chief was at the police station together with some youth of the community. It is still unclear what transpired between the chief and the police but […]

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the University of Ghana Dr. Kodzovi Akpabli-Honu has called on government to push formal education to all corners of the country to develop minds scientifically. He says education is one of the sentiments of the solution to some barbaric traditional beliefs. He made this known in the […]