The quest by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to fight corruption in the public sector seems to be far from over. This is because some officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) office in Tema have resorted to extorting unauthorized monies from teachers who have gone to submit their filled […]

A new tool offered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) uses real-time satellite data to track water productivity in agriculture, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Thursday. “The WaPOR open-access database has gone live online as of today, tapping satellite data to help farmers achieve more reliable agricultural yields […]

Minister for Communications of Ghana, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful stressed here on Thursday the need for a more compatible cross-border data protection regime to protect privacy and personal data usage in global e-commerce. Opening the second Ghana International Data Protection Conference, organized by the Data Protection Commission, the minister noted that although personal data is the fuel […]

Two persons were shot dead while two others were injured in Ghana following renewed communal clash at Nkonya, a town in the Volta Region located some 226 km east of the national capital, the police said here Thursday. Chief Superintendent Prosper Ahwirigya, Kpando Divisional Police Commander, told the media the incident occurred between 7 and […]

Namibia’s Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration will co-host the 3rd annual government forum on electronic identity management in Africa forum alongside ID4Africa, from April 26-28 in Windhoek, Namibia. Ministry spokesperson, Sacky Sakeus Kadhikwa on Wednesday told Xinhua that over 700 delegates from all over the globe will grace the occasion, where Namibia’s Vice-President Nicky […]

Tanzanian authorities on Wednesday launched an electronic system to verify residence permits for foreigners, in an exercise aimed at facilitating issuance of the permits. Anna Makakala, the Commissioner General for Immigration Department, said the newly launched electronic (E-verification) system will facilitate issuance of residence permits to foreigners. “The new system will also enhance control and […]

Zambia recorded a total of 7,068 road traffic accidents during the first quarter of this year, the police said on Wednesday. The road traffic accidents recorded were, however, a decrease of 636 when compared to the same period of last year, when the country recorded 7,704 accidents, according to police spokesperson Esther Mwaata-Katongo. The accidents […]