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Upper East GTA awards: GNA adjudged Digital Tourism Icon of the Year

The Bolgatanga Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been adjudged the Digital Tourism Icon of the Year, 2024, at the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) awards held over the weekend. It received a certificate and a citation at a ceremony held on the theme ‘celebrating and recognising excellence in Ghana’s tourism sector.’ The citation said: ‘The digital media has become one communication channel of information propagation making the world a global village. Ghana News Agency’s quest on digital tourism information dissemination in the region is phenomenal. ‘The key interest shown in marking and

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Nkrumah’s Memorial Day receives varied opinions in Sunyani

The commemoration of the Memorial Day of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah has received varied reactions among a section of the public in the Sunyani municipality. The Ministry of Interior has officially designated Monday, September 23, 2024, as a public holiday to commemorate Dr Nkrumah’s Memorial Day. His birthday is on September 21. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, some of the residents described Dr Nkrumah’s achievement and legacies as unparalleled in the annals of the political history of the nation. According to them, the establishment of the Tema Port, Tema Motorway, Kwame

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UMaT Scientists discover Tantalum deposits in Southern Ghana

Research has revealed that a new mineral, Tantalum, has been discovered at Bewadze-Mankoadze in the Kibi-Winneba Belt of southern Ghana. The mineral is found in large quantities of an igneous rock known as pegmatite. This is contained in a published paper by Dr Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari, a Lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology (UMat), and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Mr Joshua Nkansah, also of UMat, and Mr Salaam Jansbaka Adams of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development on ‘Geochemical exploration for tantalum in coltan-rich pegmatites at Bewadze-Mankoadze area of

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