65-year-old Ajara Mensah is battling for her life as her 25-year-old daughter, Rose Mensah struggles to pay for the treatment of kidney complications, which is dragging her slowly to her grave. Studies show that about 13% of Ghanaians have chronic kidney disease and many are dying on daily basis from …
Read More »Has Twitter found a new home in Ghana?
The social media giant wants to open new headquarters in Accra – the company’s first in Africa. Twitter’s also recruiting at least a dozen people to help it expand its reach across the continent. “Microsoft has been here, Facebook has been here, Amazon in South Africa”, says Linda Bonyo, a Kenyan lawyer …
Read More »Here is a rare photo of Prince Philip presenting an aeroplane to Ghana Airways in 1959
The Duke of Edinburgh, the late Prince Philip, was laid to rest in the Royal Vault of St George Chapel last Saturday after what is now the smallest gathering for any royal funeral in history. The late consort was also the longest-serving in the history of the British monarchy, having …
Read More »Ghana deports 6,000 illegal migrants – Immigration Service
Despite the closure of Ghana’s borders since March 2020 as part of efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic, some individuals are still trying to outwit authorities, to use illegal routes to enter the country. In the Bono Region alone, about 6,000 persons have been deported. In a prime …
Read More »LIVE UPDATES: Ghana Premier League Matchday 20
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Matchday 20 of the Ghana Premier League. Kotoko playing on Friday and Hearts having a late kick off means the two historic clubs are not in action but there is still plenty of action to report from the various match venues. Three …
Read More »How Ghana ‘beat’ Nigeria twice in a week: From Twitter to German health HQ
Within a space of a week, Nigerians had reason on social media to twice lambast the Muhammadu Buhari-led government because of Ghana. More for the first reason than the second, the first being an announcement on Monday by Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, that the social media giant had chosen Ghana for …
Read More »Twitter Africa HQ in Ghana not solution to unemployment – International Diplomatic Consultant
International Diplomatic Consultant Farouk Al-Wahab has posited the Twitter Africa Headquarters in Ghana cannot employ the teeming number of unemployed youth in the country. He disclosed that the social media platform relies on a high level of technology and does not need a huge workforce to operate. “Twitter cannot employ …
Read More »5 steps to owning your first house in Ghana
I was listening to Sarkodie’s ‘Hand to Mouth’ song recently. Believe me, the 3mins 15 secs song which appeared to be targeted at the youth was full of wise nuggets for the old; the rich and the poor also. He bemoaned the phenomenon where people at their prime, cultivate an …
Read More »Ghana signs agreement with cocoa and chocolate companies to protect and restore forests
Ghana has signed an agreement with cocoa and chocolate companies to accelerate collaboration to protect and restore forests in cocoa-growing areas. With the agreement, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and the Forestry Commission of Ghana (GFC) are building a partnership to further align the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme …
Read More »EU threatens to ban cocoa from Ghana over galamsey-induced land degradation
The European Union (EU) is threatening to ban cocoa from Ghana if the negative impact of illegal mining on the country’s environment persists. Making a presentation at the ongoing National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining in Accra today, April 15, 2021, the Deputy Chief Executive in-Charge of Agronomy and …
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