2016

A revolution is underway in Africa and it is not one that involves crowds taking to the streets. Instead it is a revolution in the way the continent is generating and using data to help shape its future. In the past decade narratives…

African Heads of State and Governments at the first African Action Summit on climate change declared that although Africa contributed the least in greenhouse gas it is the most affected by climate change. They said the consequences may…

Mr John Appiah-Baffour, the Eastern Regional Deputy Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), has said the manual verification process would not be done on a wholesale process. He said the manual verification was to ensure that people…

Ghana has been recording about 128,000 premature births every year, and doctors are advocating cost effective care to save them from dying. Dr. Rita Fosu-Yeboah, a Paediatrician, said 75 per cent of deaths among them was preventable.…

Ghana and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday signed a loan agreement of $83 million for the Accra Urban Transport Project also known as the Pokuase Interchange Project. The project is estimated to cost $94 million and…

The Oxford Business Group (OBG) is organising an African Investment and Business forum from 3rd to 5th December at the Accra International Conference Centre. The global publishing firm, OBG will be a key partner at the Forum, which…

There are 152 polling stations in the Bolgatanga East and Bolgatanga Central Constituencies in the Upper East Region from where 108,080 registered voters are expected to vote in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections on December…

Thirty-five tax specialists, practitioners and researchers have participated in a three-day workshop on ‘Gender and Tax in Africa' to discuss ways to use the tax system to make things better for women. The workshop, organised by…

The United States of America has donated law books to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) as part of its tenth anniversary celebration in Arusha, Tanzania. The books, presented by Ms Virginia Blaser, the USA Chargé…

The National Media Commission (NMC) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has held a public forum on the free and responsible use of the social media to help protect the rights to free expression and information…