Category: News

Accra: West Africa’s digital economy is booming, boasting over 120 million active internet users and a strong mobile-first approach to technology adoption. However, this rapid digital expansion has led to increased exposure to cyber threats, presenting a significant challenge to the region’s economic and technological progress. According to Ghana News Agency, Ghana, Nigeria, and C´te d’Ivoire experienced approximately $710 million in cyber-related financial losses over a two-year period. The threats facing the region are diverse, including phishing, mobile money fraud, cross-border malware, ransomware, and supply chain attacks on cloud infrastructure. A crucial solution gaining attention is Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)

Accra: The International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC) 2025 has opened in Accra with a renewed call for maritime security and regional cooperation in Africa. Held under the theme “Securing Africa’s Maritime Future,” the biennial event at Burma Camp brings together African Navies, Coast Guards, Defence Ministries, and international partners to strengthen coordination against maritime threats. According to Ghana News Agency, delivering a keynote address on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff, underscored the strategic importance of maritime security across the continent. President Mahama cited persistent challenges such as piracy, drug trafficking, and

Garmisch-partenkirchen: Rescue teams were set to resume their search on Monday for a man and his 6-year-old son who went missing after falling into a lake during a pedalo outing in southern Germany, police said. The incident occurred on Saturday on the Eibsee, a popular lake in Bavaria at the foot of Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze. According to Ghana News Agency, the boy fell from the pedalo into the water, prompting his 33-year-old father to jump in after him. Both disappeared underwater. Divers and rescue teams searched the lake over the weekend, but the effort was hampered by heavy

Accra: The Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) of Ghana, a non-profit organisation dedicated to training young professionals for public service, has successfully graduated the Sixth Cohort of its Public Service Fellowship. The graduates were urged to become change makers within their respective organisations. According to Ghana News Agency, the graduation event, themed ‘Staying to Build: Re-Imagining Public Service Leadership,’ celebrated 33 young leaders who completed a year of service in various government and civil society institutions across the country. These institutions included the Ministry of Finance, Ghana Education Service, Ghana Commodity Exchange, Ghana Enterprises Agency, National Development Planning Commission, and the

Accra: In a collaborative effort to boost Ghana’s environmental restoration, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Volunteers (UNV), in partnership with KPMG, planted approximately 400 seedlings at the Chipa Forest Reserve, Agomeda. The exercise is part of the government’s 2025 ‘Tree for Life’ initiative, aimed at enhancing biodiversity and sustainable development. According to Ghana News Agency, the tree-planting activity followed a public webinar organized by the partners to raise awareness about biodiversity conservation. Dr. Abdul-Razak Saeed, Head of the Environment and Climate Cluster at UNDP Ghana, explained that the initiative demonstrates a commitment to turning advocacy into action.

Accra: The Network for Women’s Right in Ghana (Netright) has called for the formation of a National Care Policy to address the unequal burden of unpaid care work on women and adolescent girls in Ghana. It has also asked the government to place value on unpaid care work and quantify its contribution to national development in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to Ghana News Agency, unpaid care work refers to non-remunerated tasks and responsibilities carried out within households and communities that support the well-being of others. These tasks include caring for children, the elderly, and sick or disabled family members,

Melbourne: An Australian woman was found guilty on Monday on three charges of murder, relating to a deadly mushroom-laced lunch she had served guests. The jury found 50-year-old Erin Patterson guilty on three charges of murder and one of attempted murder, relating to the Beef Wellington lunch she had served in July 2023. According to Ghana News Agency, Patterson had pleaded not guilty to the charges, arguing the incident was a tragic accident. Patterson was found guilty of murder in relation to the death of her former in-laws and her former mother-in-law’s sister. The trio died in hospital days after