Ghana will host the maiden edition of the World Shea Expo to bring partners within the value chain such as processors, women pickers, farmers, researchers, aggregators, various associations, women groups and financial institutions. Slated for April 22 to 25 at Tamale in the Northern Region is aimed at promoting the product and creating both local […]
The march comes after a newly-elected politician was allegedly seen on video masturbating outside of a school. This past Saturday, hundreds of Tunisian women took to the streets of Tunis in protest against gender-based violence in the country, according to the BBC. Under the banner of #EnaZeda, the Arabic translation of the #MeToo movement, the women urged the […]
The United Nation’s (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has appointed Israel and Ghana to co-chair the Council’s Science, Technology and Innovation Forum. The two countries will together lead discussions, take part in the selection of speakers, and prepare receptions on promoting innovation in the world. Ghana and Israel have both not previously led the […]
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Iain Walker, has advised political parties in Ghana to resort to the use of the law to resolve their differences before, during and after the general election in 2020. While appreciating measures by the government and other relevant state institutions to ensure a peaceful and violent free elections, […]
The Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) to Ghana, Mrs Stephanie S. Sullivan, has called on the youth to take an active stand against rape. She said the conspiracy of silence around sexual and gender-based violence robbed survivors of their power and that inhibited social and economic development. Launching the Visuals for Gender […]
Turkey has provided more than 10,000 university scholarships for African students, out of which 432 were allocated to Ghana. Thanks to the Protocols signed between Ankara University in Turkey and the University of Ghana, Legon last February, a new avenue is opened for Ghanian university students and scholars to engage in academic life in Turkey […]
Ghana on Wednesday took the lead to pledge 2000 metric tonnes of grains to the ECOWAS Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) as its contribution to achieving the stocks mutualisation. The support, which would be made through the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) in the 2019/2020 cropping seasons, is made up of 1000 metric tonnes […]
Twenty-nine women entrepreneurs committed to ensuring professional growth of their businesses have graduated from the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). This was after the women had undergone 15 weeks training. They include pastry chefs, fashion designers, skin and hair care product manufacturers, online grocers, cleaning […]
South Africa’s Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane will this week travel to West Africa for a working visit to regional neighbours Ghana and Nigeria. The Minister will spend two-days in Accra attending the first United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Presidential Leadership Taskforce on Women Empowerment on Tourism Sector with focus on Africa, where she will […]
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), in its aspirations to transform into an efficient, world class platform for investments and raising capital, has signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). SCE, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, works closely […]
