Chocolate imports cost US$45m
In spite of being the second largest grower of cocoa in the world, Ghana spends an average of US$45 million(GH 216 million) every year to import chocolate and other cocoa…
First Lady To Champion Ban On Plastics In West Africa
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has been selected as ‘Co-Champion’ of a continental campaign aimed at getting African countries to ban plastic products which generate waste. The campaign, which…
Seven persons arrested in connection with Salaga Violence
Seven persons have been arrested by the police in the Savanna Region in connection with the violence in Salaga that resulted in the burning down of the New Patriotic Party(NPP)…
Engaging women and girls in science ‘vital’ for Sustainable Development Goals
Boosting the number of women and girls entering careers involving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, UN chief António Guterres said on Monday,…
Mama Kwakyewaa Inter School Quiz Competition set for March 10
The Nana SKB Foundation in collaboration with the Nyantakyi family who are natives of Asokore are scheduled to organize an inter school quiz competition among the Junior High Schools in…
‘Effective decentralization requires prudent financial management’
The success of decentralization requires sufficient financial resources to perform essential expenditure functions and responsibilities assigned to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee…
Scale up implementation of SDGs – Akufo-Addo to African leaders
President Akufo-Addo has admonished African leaders to strengthen their commitment and scale up momentum in their implementation of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This, according to President Akufo-Addo,…
Never again should Africans permit slave trade – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo says the commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the commencement of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is recognition that never again should Africans permit themselves to be subjected to such dehumanising…
Disband vigilante groups now – Forum
The West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF), a non-governmental organisations, has added its voice the call on the government to disband all vigilante groups as a matter of urgency. “The rate…
Playing the ostrich with rape culture in Ghana
38.2% of Ghanaian girls of ages 15-19 have experienced some form of sexual abuse. This experience of sexual violence applies to 40.4% of Ghanaian women between the ages of 20-24…
