The second Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology which seeks to bridge the digital gender gap was launched in Accra on Monday. The three-day programme is a collaboration between the Ministry of Communications, World Wide Web Foundation, Alliance for Affordable Internet, African Development Bank, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Internet Society, Facebook, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic [...] The post Second
Stakeholders have been called upon to protect the mining industry as part of measures to curb illegal mining in the country. “Let’s come together and see the mining industry as ours and as stakeholders we should be interested in knowing what happens to our mining industry, Mr Joseph Bassaw of the Western Region Minerals Commission said. Mr Bassaw said this [...] The post We
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is to commence a registration tour of members under its new insurance scheme, to be operated by SAHAM Life Insurance Ghana Limited (SLIG) on October 15 this year. A statement signed and issued by Linda Asante-Agyei, vice president of GJA, in Accra yesterday, said members at the Ghana News Agency would begin the exercise. Members [...] The post GJA TO IMPLEMENT
Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has announced plans by government to provide small incinerators to selected areas in the country, for waste recycling. She said left over food, plant droppings and other organic materials, often referred to as waste could generate money if recycled and decomposed. The minister, who announced these when she embarked on [...] The post Govt
Government should expedite action on its industrialisation policy agenda and commitment of building industrial parks to expand industrial activities in the country, the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has said. The President of the GNCCI, Nana Dr Appiagyei Dankawoso I, who made the call at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Chamber in Accra yesterday, said [...] The post GNCC
The Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced government’s plans to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to provide power for non-electrified rural communities in the country. To be undertaken under the National Rooftop Solar programme, which was introduced to facilitate the adoption of solar PV systems in homes and businesses, he said it forms part of efforts towards the [...] The post Veep
About 20,000 households in rural and peri-urban communities across the country are to benefit from the provision of Digni-loo latrine facility under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Health Project. Digni-loo latrine is a durable and affordable plastic slab that serves as an alternative basic sanitation option for the households without toilet facilities. Made of sturdy plastic, the facility [...] The post Sanitation
INFORMATION Minister designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has charged the security agencies in the country to bring to book persons involved in political vigilantism to deter others from engaging in same. “There will be no need banning political vigilantism because their actions are already illegal. So it is left with the security agencies to act”, Mr Oppong Nkrumah told journalists in [...] The post Deal
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has rebutted claims by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) that seeds from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) can be planted. The PFAG, in a statement issued in Accra and copied the Ghanaian Times, said Dr Amaning Okoree “misinformed” Ghanaian farmers that GMO seeds can be planted and replanted. “This [...] The post Seeds
The newly enskinned chief of Manyoro in the Kasena-Nakana East Municipality in the Upper East Region, Pe Dr Pakweah Atudiwe Atupare Manchi III has advised indigenes of the area to unite and assiduously seek for its development. He further entreated the kingmakers of Manyoro to bury their individual differences, indicating that unity and development were bed-fellows. Pe Dr Manchi III, [...] The post Manyoro
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is pushing for increased funding from government to advance its health promotion strategies across the country to ensure a healthy population. At a day’s workshop for journalists on a four-year Health Promotion Implementation Policy and Strategic Plan, the Chairman of the Council of the GHS, Dr Yao Yeboah, feared the sharp decline in foreign aid [...] The post GHS
The New Times Corporation’s Eastern Regional Correspondent, Ama Tekyiwaa Ampadu Agyeman has received an award from the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) at a soiree and awards ceremony held for journalists in the region by the university. Other journalists who were rewarded by the university were Anita Kwapong of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC); KojoAnsah, Starr FM and Neil NiiAmarteyKanarku of Citi [...] The post Times
US President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. He told reporters in the Oval Office that she would be leaving the post at the end of the year after doing “an incredible job”. Joined by the former South Carolina governor in the Oval Office, he invited her to come back in a different role. “You [...] The post US ambassador to UN resigns appeared
Hurricane Michael has strengthened to a category two storm, with winds topping 100mph (155km/h) as it churns towards the Florida coast. The storm is expected to reach category three before making landfall on Wednesday. Governor Rick Scott warned residents to evacuate, saying: “It could be the difference between life and death.” At least 13 people have already been reported killed [...] The post ‘Monstrous’
Disaster agency has put the figure of casualties in Indonesia’s multiple strong quakes and an ensuing tsunami on September 28 to 2,010 people with over 5,000 others missing, an official of the agency disclosed here on Tuesday. Most of the victims of the catastrophes striking Central Sulawesi province were retrieved from Palu, the provincial capital, followed by the districts [...] The post 2,010
The Coordinating Director of Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA), Mike Owusu Amoako has enjoined Persons living With Disabilities (PWDs) to invest their share of the District Assembly Common Fund in lucrative ventures in order to improve their livelihood. This, he said would put them on the pedestal to assert their independence and contribute to national development. The 1992 Constitution [...] The post Disabled
The Plant Genetic Resource Research Institute (PGRRI) of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, (CSIR) yesterday held an open- day at Bonsu in the Eastern Region with a call on government to prioritise research findings of state institutions. The Director General of the CSIR, Professor Victor K. Agyeman said this would be the only way to protect strategic research assets [...] The post Govt
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says the Black Stars face a ‘must-win’ situation in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Sierra Leone. The Black Stars fell 1-0 in Nairobi last month to Kenya and want to bounce back against the Leone Stars. Gyan, who has missed the opening two Group H qualifiers, is making a return to captain [...] The post Gyan: S’Leone clash a must-win game
Ghana U-17 coach Abdul Karim Zito is worried at the neglect of the national U-23 team, the Black Meteors, who are set to begin qualifiers for the Africa U-23 championship. The Black Meteors will face neighbours Togo in the first round of the qualifiers for a place in Egypt next year. However, the national U-23 team seems to have [...] The post Starlets Coach Zito worried
The leadership of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has agreed to write to FIFA to temporarily lift the ban on the country to enable them to play Ghana in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The move was meant to allow the feuding parties the time to reach an amicable solution to the crisis bedeviling football without losing [...] The post S’ Leone pleads with FIFA over ban
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