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GJA announces nominees for 28th Award

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has released the list of award nominees for the 28th edition of the annual GJA Awards.

The awards ceremony slated for Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the Accra International Conference Centre will celebrate j…

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Ghanaians urged to take environmental cleanliness seriously

Ghanaians have been urged to take environmental cleanliness serious as the increasing pollution of the ecosystems could have dire consequences to the general well-being of individuals and societies. Mr. Nicolas Demers-Labrousse, Country Director at SOCODEVI, a Canadian NGO of Cooperatives that share expertise with partners in developing countries, who made the call, said it was time communities took a serious view of the negative effects of environmental pollution. Speaking to journalists after leading a clean-up exercise at Ofoase in the Asante-Akim South District, he pointed out that refuse should not just be dumped anywhere. The exercise was part of activities

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EPA, UNDP raise awareness on ozone layer

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme {UNDP} in Ghana, has launched an initiative to increase awareness about the ozone layer. The initiative aims to involve community members, institutions, and students at all educational levels in understanding the importance of the ozone layer and the challenges associated with its depletion. A statement issued to the Ghana News Agency in observance of World Ozone Day, said the goal as to raise awareness and promote action to protect that vital component of the atmosphere. This year’s celebration dubbed ‘Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action’ highlights the critical

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Data Link Institutes organises techno-preneurship fair

The Data Link Institute of Business and Technology (DLIBT) has organised a techno-preneurship fair for students, exposing them to nouvelle ideas in business. Professor Stanley Moffatt, the President of the institute, noted that the techno-preneurship fair is an application providing a combination of technology and entrepreneurship for the promotion of business ideas, describing it as a hallmark of the institution. He reiterated that most students with brilliant ideas after completing their education flounder without knowing what to do, so, the institution started career counseling for them. He stated that the career counselling brought forth a more realistic opportunity to organise

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