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Education

Digitization: WAEC uses drones to ferry BECE materials in A/R

1,364  Thanks to digitization, the examination body; the West African Examination Council (WAEC) was able to airlift examination questions to remote areas in the Ashanti Region and other parts of the country by air with ease. Digitization, championed by Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has chalked under remarkable success in the area of education, especially […]

Agriculture

Poultry Import: We Produce Only 15,000 out of 325,000 metric tons of National Demand Yearly – Agric Minister ‘Cries’

1,290  Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong has promised the poultry farmers of an improved mechanism to cut down on poultry product imports into Ghana. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ show, the Minister revealed there are 3.5 million farmers in the country and the fraction of this number into poultry farming is underproducing. […]

Business

Valco is lucrative and opened to investment-Hon Mireku Duker to stakeholders

1,379  Hon. George Mireku Duker, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mining, has entrusted the Management and Staff of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) with the task of ensuring the total transformation of the company to enable it assume a strategic position in government’s plans for the integrated aluminium industry […]

Politics

ECOWAS breaks post-Niger-deadline silence

1,640  West African’s regional bloc Ecowas says it will hold a summit in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Thursday to discuss the crisis in Niger following a military coup. Ecowas had given the coup leaders seven days to reinstate the elected president or face the possibility of military intervention. However, the deadline passed on Sunday with […]

Politics

NPP flagbearer race: Carlos Ahenkorah woos delegates for Alan with Ashanti background

1,669  The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has noted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) risks losing the 2024 presidential election if it fails to elect a candidate from its stronghold, the Ashanti region. Speaking on GhanaAkoma morning show with Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin, Monday, August 8, 2023, Mr. Ahenkorah said the […]

Politics

Govt urged to promote small-scale farming for poverty reduction

1,442  Discussants on poverty dynamics in the country have urged the government to implement programmes that foster productivity growth in small-scale farming, particularly in rural areas and northern Ghana. They said such initiatives could help break the cycle of poverty and support non-poor households to improve upon their livelihoods. The discussants included a lecturer at […]

Politics

MP hopeful for Amenfi Central calls for unity after party primaries

1,922    The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Amenfi Central Constituency in the Western Region, Hon Joana Gyan-Cudjoe has called for unity among members after the party’s Parliamentary Primaries. According to her,it was about time members of the party must unit in ensuring that NDC wins power in election 2024. “There’s no Joana Gyan-Cudjoe fashion and […]

Politics

NDC Primaries: Fred Nuamah withdraws from Ayawaso West Wuogon race, supports Dumelo

1,426  Actor-turned-politician Fred Nuamah has dropped out of the NDC parliamentary primaries for the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. Calling the decision personal in a letter addressed to the party, he noted that his withdrawal was reached after extensive consultations with key stakeholders and without any external influence. “I firmly believe that the NDC must present […]