Category: News

Keta: The Keta Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region has taken steps toward promoting inclusive education by supporting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the municipality with teaching and learning materials. The educational materials distributed included exercise books, textbooks, poster colors, and Mathematical sets. This initiative aims to aid the improved teaching and learning of PWDs in the area. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Wisdom Seade, the Keta Municipal Chief Executive, emphasized during a ceremony at the assembly’s premises that the materials were intended to improve educational development and nurture the structures of PWDs for a better future. Mr. Seade

Kumasi: The Goethe-Institut, Ghana, has successfully launched the Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture (AEPC) project in Kumasi, marking the second launch following an initial event in Accra. The initiative is designed to provide artists, creators, and cultural professionals in the Ashanti region with equal opportunities to participate in a grant competition alongside their counterparts from across Africa. According to Ghana News Agency, Ms. Excellencial Betty Boatemaa, the Finance and Grants Assistant of the AEPC at Goethe-Institut, highlighted that the European Union (EU) is funding the project, which will run from March 2025 to February 2028. The project aims to bolster collaborations

Accra: Mobile Telecommunication Network, MTN Ghana, has held a regional media and stakeholders forum in Wa to engage key partners, community leaders, the media, and customers as part of its nationwide stakeholder engagement initiative. The forum formed part of MTN’s ongoing regional stakeholder engagements to foster transparency, strengthen partnerships, and share developments around its services, infrastructure, and social impact programmes. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Joseph Dogbe, the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Scancom, addressed the forum, noting MTN’s unwavering commitment to the region and reiterating the role of reliable telecommunication connectivity in driving economic transformation. He said

Accra: The exchange of letters between the National Lottery Authority (NLA), KGL Technology Limited, and other collaborators has come under scrutiny, despite being described as a normal administrative procedure by Mr. Razak Kojo Opoku, former Public Relations Manager of the NLA. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Opoku explained that the NLA requested data on sales and revenue for 2025 from KGL as part of its routine administrative tasks. KGL responded, agreeing to provide the requested data, fully audited by both internal and external auditors. Mr. Opoku criticized Fourth Estate for allegedly linking the routine request to broader controversies surrounding

London: Former British Conservative prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that he will be joining The Sunday Times as a columnist. Sunak, who continues to serve as the member of parliament (MP) for Richmond and Northallerton in the north of England, has expressed his enthusiasm for engaging with readers through a weekly column in the newspaper’s business section. His contributions will cover topics such as technology, politics, and the economy, and will be available in both print and digital formats starting this weekend. According to Ghana News Agency, Sunak, a long-time reader of The Sunday Times business pages, shared his

Berlin: The number of bird flu outbreaks among poultry and wildfowl rose rapidly in Germany in October, the federal authority responsible for monitoring the disease reported on Monday. In its current risk analysis, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) in Greifswald in north-western Germany raised its risk assessment from ‘low’ to ‘high’ for poultry farms and from ‘low’ to ‘moderate’ for wildfowl. According to Ghana News Agency, several eastern states have reported high crane mortality over recent days. More than 100 dead birds were found last week at the Kelbra reservoir on the border between the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

Accra: Acting Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has called on African countries to prioritise transparency, accountability, and local participation in all extractive sector agreements. “Our people must not be mere spectators in their own dispossession. We must insist on transparency, accountability, and local participation in all extractive agreements,” he stated. According to Ghana News Agency, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie made these remarks at the opening of the 2025 Annual African Bar Association Conference in Accra. The conference attracted justice advocates, Bar Association members from various countries, Ministers of Justice, and Attorneys-General. The theme of the conference, ‘Foreign Investment in Africa: Investment or Exploitation,’