To increase access to digital skills training, the Government has distributed 8,500 laptops to training centres across the country under the One Million Coders Programme. “The devices are meant for accredited centres not for individual participants and all the 158 participating centres have already been equipped,” said Fred Yeboah, Director of Research and Innovation at…
Ghana’s Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called attention to the country’s dire shortage of midwives, with some 3,000 nurses and midwives leaving each year for better prospects overseas as the world faces a shortfall of almost one million midwives needed to ensure safe childbirth. At a symposium held in Kumasi to commemorate the International…
Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku said the Ghana Medical Trust Fund has spent more than GH¢36 million on strategic partnerships to improve specialist healthcare training in Ghana. Speaking Monday, May 11, during the government’s Accountability Series, the initiative aims to build a resilient healthcare workforce and improve access to specialist care across the country. She said the…
John Dramani Mahama has signed into law the Legal Education Reform Bill (2025) breaking the 66 year monopoly of the Ghana School of law over professional legal education in Ghana. The new law permits accredited universities to offer professional law programmes necessary for entry into the Ghana Bar, a reform that seeks to expand access…
Fred Yeboah, Director of Research and Innovation at GI-KACE and a member of the implementation committee for the One Million Coders Programme has announced that all Ghanaians with a valid Ghana Card are eligible to register for the One Million Coders Programme by the government. He explained that the initiative is a free one and…
Medikal won the award for Best Hiplife Song of the Year at the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards on Saturday, May 9 with his hit song Shoulder featuring Shatta Wale and Beeztrap KOTM. The song won in a category that was also won by; Tontonte by Ko-jo Cue ft. AratheJay and Ofori Amponsah, Next Door…
Aliko Dangote has lamented the high cost and inefficiencies of intra-African trade, revealing that it is often cheaper to ship goods from Lagos to Accra than from Spain to Nigeria. In an interview with Makhtar Diop, Dangote listed poor transport systems, border delays, visa restrictions and lack of African-owned shipping networks as major obstacles to…
The National Food Buffer Stock Company says it needs at least GH¢770 million to mop up the surplus rice produced in the 2025 – 2026 farming season. Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs, Emmanuel Arthur, disclosed this on the sidelines of a stakeholder engagement on the Ghana Rice Policy. Speaking on Citi Fm, Mr Arthur said…
Thousands of people thronged Winneba on May 2 for the grand climax of the 2026 Aboakyer Festival at the AME Zion School Park, where Neenyi Ghartey VII received homage amid vibrant cultural displays of drumming, dancing, and colourful regalia. The festival’s highlight was the presentation of a live bushbuck by the Tuafo No.1 Company to…
Jaladeen Abdulai has cautioned journalists that irresponsible crime and court reporting can undermine public confidence in Ghana’s justice system and threaten fair trial processes, with inaccurate, sensational and unverified reports. Speaking at a training organised by the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association in Bolgatanga to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, under…
