[allAfrica]In Ghana most girls are expected to go to a decent school, find a well-paying job, then seek out a husband - not many women pursue careers in male-dominated fields like computer science and information technology. Social entrepreneur and winner of an Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellowship, Regina Ayare, hopes to change that. After graduating from Ghana's Ashesi University at the top of her class, Ayare immediately advanced to a well-paying position at a renowned international bank
[allAfrica]The market for children's books in Africa is dominated by literature from outside the continent, much of which does not relate to the realities of African readers. This has inspired Aspen Institute 2013 New Voices Fellow Deborah Ahenkorah to start Golden Baobab, an organization that has fostered the creation of more than 850 stories for children and young adults since its inception five years ago and is now renowned for its annual Golden Baobab Literary Prize. Ahenkorah was identified
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Wa -The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Ephraim Avea Nsoh, has stressed the need to exploit the Regional Coordinating Council's (RCC's) website to derive the greatest opportunities to improve the administration of the region and enhance the lot of the people to bridge the development gap in the region.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE SEKYERE South and Asante Akim South Assemblies have confirmed the President's nominees for the position of District Chief Executives. The re-appointment of Messrs Mr. Edward Kussi Ayarkwah and De-graft Forkuo has thus been confirmed as the DCE's for Sekyere South and Asante Akim South respectively.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE MAYOR of Kumasi, Mr. Michael Kojo Bonsu says he is not arrogant, as his detractors have claimed.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -There was drama at the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) yesterday, when cured lepers staged a demonstration in demand for a 33-seater bus donated to them by the Local Government Ministry, which was later taken away by the management of the Ho Polyclinic.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]At the behest of the government, Parliament has approved a regime of five taxes from which the government hopes to raise GH¢371 million to fund development projects. They include levies on outboard motors, fishing nets, cutlasses and mobile handsets.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ms. Lydia Lariba Bawa has been appointed as the Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission by the President John Dramani Mahama.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]China Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Gong Jianzhong, has called for a new chapter in Ghana-China relations to rekindle the fruitful and mutually beneficial partnership which exist between the two countries.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -Even before the whistle is blown for the commencement of campaigning for the national executive positions of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr. Kofi Portuphy, appears to have found favour with the youth wing of the ruling party in the Ashanti Region.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]THE JUSTICES sitting on the 2012 election petition filed by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have demonstrated to the whole Globe that they are on top of judicial issues in the country, that is according to Mr. Alagskomah Asakeya Noble, an Advocate for Social Justice based in Bolgatanga.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) has identified some electoral polling station result sheets (Pink sheets) in the December 2012 presidential election, having the same serial number.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -The death is reported last week Saturday of Mr. Joseph Boakye-Kwakwa, former Editor of the Kumasi Mail and journalism lecturer at Koforidua in the Eastern Region, after a short illness, according to family sources.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]As if more evidence were needed about the tragedy of black education, Rachel Jeantel, a witness for the prosecution in the George Zimmerman murder trial, put a face on it for the nation to see. Some of that evidence unfolded when Zimmerman's defense attorney asked 19-year-old Jeantel to read a letter she allegedly had written to Trayvon Martin's mother. She responded that she doesn't read cursive, and that's in addition to her poor grammar, syntax and communication skills.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]Ho -The Volta Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has called on citizens of the Volta Region not to distance themselves from the various development activities in the region, but rather lend a helping hand to the government's rolled out programs.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Maranatha Power Ministry has received a pontoon for out-reach programmes in villages along the Volta lake.
[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Musicians Union of Ghana has issued a statement to clear the air on the state of troubled hiplife star, Okomfo Kwadee.
[Ghana Govt.]Hon Alhaji Inusah Fuseini (MP) sector Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has observed that beside the huge contribution the mining industry makes to national income, the sector has the potential to catalyse broad based national development when it is effectively integrated into the Ghanaian economy.
[Ghana Govt.]His Excellency Gong Jianzhong China Ambassador to Ghana has called for a new chapter in Ghana-China relations to rekindle the fruitful and mutually beneficial partnership which exist between the two countries.
[Ghana Govt.]Hon Alhaji Inusah Fuseini (MP) Sector Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has given assurance that the government of Ghana will deal fairly with all mining companies and will not nationalise or unilaterally abrogate the agreement of any mining company.
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