Ms Shlomit Sufa, the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, says the partnership between the Israeli and Ghanaian Education Technology (EdTech) will help develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of educational institutions. Ms Sufa said this in Accra at a breakfast meeting of the Israel EdTech Campaign to create a synergy between the two countries on […]
Ghana is set to host a Pan-African agriculture-technology (AgriTech) and innovation hub to stimulate growth of sustainable startups and create jobs for the youth on the Continent. The hub is one of eight to be established in Nigeria, Rwanda, Morocco, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Egypt under the $1 billion “Timbuktoo (TimX)” initiative of the United […]
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has received an amount of €15 million from the German Development Bank (KfW) for the construction of the second phase of the Kaleo Solar Power Project. The project would produce an additional 15 MWp to the existing 13 MWp Solar power plant and expected to be completed by mid-2023, Mr […]
The European Union (EU) has awarded scholarships to 45 Ghanaian students to pursue various master’s degree programmes in universities across Europe under its Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree programme. The international study programme forms part of the EU’s flagship educational and training programme, Erasmus+, which supports education, training, youth and sports in Europe. The number […]
Ukrainians on Wednesday mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union in what is certain to be a day of subdued, but defiant celebrations overshadowed by fears of new Russian missile attacks. Ukraine’s Independence Day, which falls six months since Russia’s February 24 invasion, has this year taken on hallowed significance […]
Two years ago, Francisco Mapanda and Arante Kivuvu were jobless during the COVID-19 pandemic so they started selling whiskey and cigarettes under a bridge in Angola’s capital, Luanda. To ease the boredom, they read books and when they realised others also wanted to read, they got more – until their hawking spot in the suburbs […]
Ghana and seven other countries will soon start exchanging goods and services under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The move is part of efforts to diversify and increase export among African countries through Export Trading Companies (ETCs) while achieving the Continent’s industrialisation drive and make it economically self-reliant. Mr Herbert Krapa, Deputy Minister […]
King of Morocco, King Mohammed IV has called on its traditional partners as well as new ones, “whose stances concerning the Moroccanness of the Sahara are ambiguous, to clarify their positions and reconsider them in a manner that leaves no room for doubt.” In a speech to mark the nation’s 69th anniversary of the revolution […]
Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit, his legal team asked that an independent lawyer be appointed to oversee the documents that FBI agents took earlier this month. Eleven sets of classified files were taken from Mr […]
A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s National Institute for Biomedical Research said on Monday. Genetic sequencing showed the case is linked to the 2018-2020 outbreak in North Kivu province, which killed nearly 2,300 people, the institute said in a […]
