The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned government against its over reliance on foreign partners in providing skills and technology needed to extract the country’s natural mineral resources. The energy think tank bemoans what it describes as the huge sums of monies spent to import such skills and technology. ACEP argues this is ...

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has warned government against its over reliance on foreign partners in providing skills and technology needed to extract the country’s natural mineral resources. The energy think tank bemoans what it describes as the huge sums of monies spent to import such skills and technology. ACEP argues this is ...

A group of Ghanaians comprising IT and health professionals have developed an Artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare system. The system known as minoHealth is able to predict and diagnose medical conditions of patients. MinoHealth is said to be able to outperform human doctors and predict accurately medical conditions. MinoHealth currently has three AI healthcare systems; the ...

Officials in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia have declared a state of emergency ahead of a large march by white nationalists. The move allows local authorities to request additional resources if needed, the police department says. Thousands of people are expected to join the “Unite the Right” rally against plans to remove a ...

Justin Bieber was rejected by a gym employee he spotted on Instagram. The ‘Sorry’ hitmaker was so impressed by health and fitness coach Jessica Gober when he saw her on a video on Fitness on Broughton’s Instagram page, that he messaged the gym directly asking who she was. Jessica shared a screenshot of Justin’s direct ...

Champions Chelsea suffered a nightmare start to their Premier League title defence, having two men sent off as a Burnley claimed a superb win at Stamford Bridge. It would be easy but misleading to lay the blame for the Blues’ defeat on the decision to show a red card to new club captain Gary Cahill ...

A member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford has said Prof. Kwesi Botchwey was the wrong person to chair the National Democratic Congress’ committee charged to probe the party’s defeat at the December 7, 2016 general elections. Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday, Casely-Hayford insisted that Mr. Botchwey’s ...

The Lebanese Community in Ghana has awarded scholarships to twelve law students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The scholarship scheme is part of some schemes that have been put together by the community to make secondary and tertiary education more accessible to young Ghanaians. It will cover the full tuition ...

Usain Bolt will appear for the last time at a major championships in London on Saturday after Jamaica qualified for the men’s 4x100m relay final at the World Championships. Bolt anchored the quartet to victory in 37.95 seconds in their heat at London Stadium. The final takes place at 21:50 BST. Both Great Britain’s men’s ...

The people of Ga Mashie in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday celebrated their annual Homowo festival in grand style. The festival which means “hooting at hunger” was characterised by several activities such as the pouring of libation by the traditional authorities and the sprinkling of their traditional food; “Kpokpoe” amidst gunshots, singing and drumming. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has admonished young doctors to accept postings in rural communities in the country. He said they shouldn’t see that as a punishment but a way of contributing their quota to the development of Ghana. Ghana’s doctor to patient ratio currently stands at one doctor to 8,000 patients a situation the president described ...

The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) says the popular “Kiosk Estate” and other slums within the Sakumo Wetlands will soon be demolished to save human lives as well as regenerate the bio-diversity of the area. Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annan-La made this known during a visit to some slums within the Tema Metropolis to assess ...

Miguel Britos scored a dramatic 93rd-minute equaliser for Watford as Liverpool were held in a thrilling game at Vicarage Road. The Reds, without Barcelona target Philippe Coutinho due to a back injury, fell behind to Stefano Okaka’s header. Sadio Mane equalised with a clinical finish only for Abdoulaye Doucoure to restore the lead from close ...

Two men arrested over the theft of gold valued at GH¢174,116.00 from a shrine at Wiamoase, in the Sekyere South District, have been ordered by the Nsuta Circuit Court to be held in prison custody. Kwabena Mensah, and Akwasi Agyei, are facing separate charges of stealing and dishonestly receiving, respectively. The former pleaded guilty while ...

Music streaming service Soundcloud will live on after securing a reported $170m (£135m) in investment. The platform, popular with emerging artists, faced closure if the new funding was not approved by Friday. “Soundcloud is here to stay,” wrote Alexander Ljung, the company’s chairman, who as part of the deal is stepping down as the firm’s ...

African leaders have sent congratulatory messages to President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election for a second term in office. Rwanda’s Paul Kagame who was also re-elected a week ago congratulated President Kenyatta for a successful election and the trust Kenyans have placed on him. “Congratulations my brother @UKenyatta for a successful election and the trust ...

The Moroccan Football Federation has announced it will bid to host the 2026 World Cup. Fifa confirmed it received an expression of interest in bidding to host the tournament from the African country by Friday’s deadline. The United States, Canada and Mexico had already announced in April that they intend to put forward a joint ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s oil revenue will be used to fund the Free Senior High School (SHS) program when it takes off next academic year. He stated that so long as he remained as the President, funds from the oil production would not go into few individual pockets, but it ...

Investors are optimistic government will be able to clear its huge energy sector debt within the next five years. They attribute this to the positive key indicators that are playing in the sector. This, however, comes at a time that majority of businesses are complaining about the high power charges in the country. President Akufo-Addo has ...

Deficiencies in the operations of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) created avenues for some officials of the assemblies to mismanage funds and resources valued at approximately GH¢ 70.1 million, the 2016 Auditor-General’s Report on the assemblies has revealed. The amount shows a 32 per cent (almost GH¢17 million) increase in the 2015 financial irregularities ...