NAIROBI — Donors and international NGOs have not done enough to strengthen local partners, including governments and NGOs, a number of Kenya-based organizations and officials argued at the AidEx Nairobi conference this week. Local groups used the discussion on aid effectiveness to express their frustration at what they described as a disconnect between pledges and policy. High-level…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Online/Digital Marketing Entrepreneurship programme for 3,000 unemployed youth to undergo a 3 month all-expense paid training programme. The training is aimed at equipping the youth with skills to start-up their own businesses thereby reducing the unemployment canker amongst the youth in the country. Launching the programme on…
Last year, Participatory Development Associates (PDA) organized its inaugural Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Child Protection, bringing together about 78 participants including state and non-state actors, to critically engage the existing narratives on child protection and explore avenues for effective collaboration among key stakeholders to improve the child protection system in Ghana. Among others, a key…
I have no doubt in my mind that history will ultimately judge Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Brigadier Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, and the others who spearheaded the removal of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Nkrumah as Ghanaian patriots. Much as their action opened the floodgates of further military interventions, which most of us today condemn, it cannot…
In order to encourage and attract more excellent international students to study at HEU, and award those international students who are studying at HEU, we have established “HEU Scholarship for International Students” (HEU Scholarship in short). Ⅰ. Eligibility 1. Outstanding international students who will be enrolled in degree programs at HEU; 2. Intercollegiate Exchange students; 3. Specific Program students.…
A peace ambassador for the 2016 general election, Mr Irbard Ibrahim, has observed that this year’s general election will be a test of the country’s resilience. He said the frustration among the youth, rising political tension and the proliferation of arms in the country could threaten peace before, during or after the November 7, polls.…
6 September 2016. Poverty rates have declined in African countries, a new report released by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA): Dubbed ‘African Agriculture Status Report (AASR): Progress towards an Agriculture Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa’, the report says that Ghana, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso have experienced a high decline in poverty rates. The…
The inaugural Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology sponsored by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the World Wide Web Foundation took place on the 13-14th September, 2016 at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra. The summit brought together a wealth of human capital from over twenty-eight different countries with various areas of…
The much-anticipated maiden Cocoa Community Annual Reading Festival has been held in the Ahafo Ano Southeast district of the Ashanti Region. First of its kind in Ghana, the Annual Reading Festival forms part of Participatory Development Associates (PDA), and Magic Library Foundation’s (MLF) Cocoa Communities’ Library Project in Ghana. The project is intended to ignite…