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The proliferation of drones and their unreg­ulated use within the country’s airspace poses a threat to the safety and se­curity of airlines and pas­sengers, the Director-General (D-G) of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of Ghana, Mr Charles Kraikue has said. He said the operation of these drones did not only …

It has emerged that the about 200 drones purchased to fight illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in March 2017, is allegedly missing. According to reports, the $3 million drones purchased under former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu is nowhere to be found. President of the …

Management of the Ghana Water Company Ltd has introduced an electronic billing system to tackle challenges such as delays in billing, non-billing, non-reflection of bill payments, and difficulty in monitoring meter readers among others. The Managing Director of Ghana Water Company, Ing. Dr. Clifford Abdallah Braimah, indicated that as part …

Man-to-man marking will be paired with drone versus drone security at this winter’s Fifa World Cup in Qatar. Unmanned aerial vehicles that shoot nets to bring down small “rogue” drones will help defend venues. Fortem Technologies will provide the interceptor drones, following an agreement with Qatar’s interior ministry. It says …

Ghanaians are most likely to go to the polls on December 7 with the country’s borders still closed. The entry points into the country were closed as part of measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has hinted that drones …

Ghana’ innovative decision to use drones to deliver PPEs and samples for testing in the fight against the Coronavirus is fast getting international recognition as Britain has announced it will use drones for COVID-19 medical deliveries from next week. Government has employed the services of the Zipline Drones to deliver …

The government has begun the use of drones to transport samples taken for the novel coronavirus from distant locations to the various testing centres. This is according to President Nana Akufo-Addo. He disclosed this while delivering his seventh national address to update Ghanaians on the current steps taken in the …

Some senior military officers have called for security presence to be maintained in mining communities affected by illegal mining (galamsey). They expressed fear that the possible withdrawal of the military and other security members of the Operation Vanguard task force from communities plagued with illegal mining could have dire security …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later Wednesday, April 24, witness the first medical supply via drone at the New Tafo Government Hospital in the Eastern Region. This will follow the first official launch of a drug-carrying drone from a launch site at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern Region. …