Understanding the key features of vulnerability and exclusion in Ghana is central to adapting social policy and social protection responses…
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PDA Ghana tries out causal mapping! By PDA Ghana | 15 November 2022 | News Participatory Development Associates (PDA) has…
In the third quarter of 2022, a total of 23 child abuse cases were recorded on the PDA Child Abuse…
VSLA-CHILD (Ivory Coast) Introduction The VSLA-CHILD project in Ivory Coast is a financial inclusion and child labour remediation scheme that…
CHILD LABOR REMEDIATION Below is an update on the Nyonkopa Child Labor Remediation Project. ENDING OF PHASE I OF…
The Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL) unit has completed and submitted a number of project reports to clients over the…
The third quarter of 2022 has been an interesting one for the Advocacy and Communications Unit. Below is an update…
PDA and Bath SDR are evaluating Global Affairs Canada’s five-year multi-million funding to Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans (SASL) for…
PDA and Bath Social Development Research (Bath SDR) are working on a midline impact assessment for AgDevCo’s Irrigated Farming Hub…
PDA has been contracted by the Mastercard Foundation as the Impact Partner Organisation (IPO) for its Young Africa Works (YAW)…
The PDA Child Abuse Tracker is an online platform deployed by PDA to track cases of child abuse in Ghana.…
The Advocacy and Communications Unit has had a fruitful second quarter of the year. Below is an update on our…
INTRODUCTION During the quarter under review, the Child Labor Remediation team carried out new activities and managed some ongoing activities.…
Here are the updates from the second quarter of our VSLA initiatives: VSLA-CHILD PROJECT The VSLA-CHILD Project is in…
The growing prominence of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in Africa’s development sector stems not only from the need to…
The REL Unit is currently involved in a number of on-going projects while gearing up for some projects that…
Children in Ghana still experience frequent and multiple forms of physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. The 2013 UNICEF Child Protection…
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Mary Frimpong, a Ghanaian smallholder farmer, tells AMAKA how a community-driven group saving project has changed her and her family’s…
PDA continues to demonstrate its commitment towards protecting the Ghanaian child from all forms of abuses, through advocacy. The PDA…
The PDA child abuse tracker continues to record cases of child abuse in Ghana. In 2021, the platform recorded over 80 child…
The Nyonkopa Child Labor Remediation Project is a 2-year contractual engagement between Barry-Callebaut (Parent Company of Nyonkopa Cocoa) and Participatory…
The VSLA-CHILD project in Ivory Coast is also a child labour remediation initiative with the same methodology as the VSLA-CHILD…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA), in partnership with Beyond Beans and SOCAM 5C, are implementing the Village Savings and Loans Association…
The VSLA-CHILD Project is a Beyond Beans-funded child labour remediation initiative that aims to tackle child labour in cocoa producing…
Afrikids is a human-centred organization with operations in northern Ghana which seeks to build the capacity of local people, institutions…
The Wash Up! Programme was designed by Sesame Workshop in collaboration with World Vision International as part of a broader…
PDA and Beyond Beans have been working together in cocoa communities to implement livelihood and financial inclusion interventions to cushion…
PDA in partnership with Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is conducting a Vulnerability and Exclusion assessment study to assist the Ministry…
The PDA REL team and the Bath Social Development Research (Bath SDR) have been working to provide longitudinal evaluation and…
In the last quarter of 2021, the PDA child abuse tracker recorded a total of 26 cases of child abuse…
Dear Partners and Colleagues, What a year it has been! Learning to navigate the uncertainties of another COVID year…
UPDATES: VSLA-CHILD PROJECT The VSLA-CHILD Project is in partnership with Beyond Beans and is a child labour remediation initiative that aims…
NYONKOPA CHILD LABOR REMEDIATION PROJECT This is a summary report on the activities carried out this quarter. KEY ACTIVITIES…
In the third quarter of 2021, the PDA Child Abuse Tracker recorded a total of 23 child abuse cases. Out…
The government and relevant stakeholders have made efforts to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on Ghana’s educational system. However, as…
Female-led businesses represent the majority share of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana and operate mainly in the informal…
In the second quarter of 2021, the PDA Child Abuse Tracker recorded a total of 26 child abuse cases. Out…
This evaluation analyzes the extent to which affiliation with an agriculture business supported by Root Capital’s lending and advisory services—in…
Construction work ranks among the three most dangerous occupations in the world (Safe Work Australia 2012). The rapid and dynamic…
Children in Ghana (including 9.2 million pre-tertiary and 500,000 tertiary students) are among more than 1.5 billion learners globally whose…
The PDA child abuse tracker continues to record cases of child abuse in Ghana. For the 3rd quarter of 2020,…
Evidence-Based Programming – Updates from the Research Evidence-informed programming is ever becoming important for the development industry as a tool…
On 28th and 29th October 2020, PDA hosted a 2-day dialogue on the Future of Work for Ghanaian Youth, as…
The worrying trend of child abuse in Ghana continues to dent the country’s effort in addressing the perpetration of abuse…
During the crisis, young people are innovating and disrupting. These trends should be supported even after the pandemic. The Ndlovu…
Undoubtedly, the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to prompt fears of insecurity within and across countries.…
By: Mohammed Zayan Imoro Late in August 1918, an American ship from Freetown, the SS Shonga, docked briefly in…
By: Alexander Afram The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken the entire world by surprise, particularly in this era of enhanced…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great deal of impact worldwide, Ghana inclusive. From the devastating impact on the economy…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created chaos, panic, and hopelessness for people across the world. For the first time in recent…
In Summary In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have adopted lockdowns, virus testing regimes and social distancing measures. African…
The PDA child abuse tracker continues to record cases of child abuse in Ghana. For the 1st quarter of 2020,…
In the second half of 2019 alone, the PDA child abuse tracker recorded over 70 cases of child abuse. Find…
Evidence-informed programming is ever becoming important for the development industry as a tool to lift people out of poverty around…
CMAC/PDA LAUNCH GOVERNMENT SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY APP (GSAAPP) On Thursday, February 27, 2020, the Citizen’s Movement against Corruption (CMaC) in partnership…
Note: This blog post is the third in a four-part series exploring how Root Capital measures and manages the impact…
THIRD ANNUALTHIRD ANNUALKNOWLEDGE SHARING WORKSHOP ON CHILD PROTECTION26th November 2019British Council Auditorium Accra Theme:Protecting the Ghanaian School Child:Improving EffectivePartnerships between…
Where I stand on the 17th December Referendum I am going to vote NO to political parties sponsoring candidates for…
In the 2nd quarter of 2019, a total No. of 31 child abuse cases were recorded using the @pdaghana Child…
Equal access to quality education is crucial for addressing socioeconomic problems of poverty, unemployment and inequality (Reynolds et al., 2014;…
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Download the executive summary and Final evaluation I Am Aware project CDD-Ghana collects and archives government data on service delivery at…
Community Needs Assessments in Practice It is always important, effective and cost-efficient when you actively engage community members in responding…
Dissemination of Strategic Themes The ACU has taken the lead in publicizing the recently-launched strategic themes for PDA for 2022…
PDA’s Online Child Abuse Tracker is an online platform where cases of child abuse sourced from selected online and print…
Executive Summary The Second Annual Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Child Protection was held at the British Council Auditorium in Accra…
Last year, Participatory Development Associates (PDA) organized its inaugural Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Child Protection, bringing together about 78 participants…
Background to the Millennium Villages project At a UN Summit in September 2000, world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration, which…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is building the economic and social capacities of over 936 cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region…
A training course targeting young African researchers with PhDsDate: 28 Jan – 1 Feb 2019Where: Nairobi, KenyaThe Agriculture for Food…
The entire staff of PDA received your sudden demise with shock, and dismay. No one for once, ever thought this…
As part of PDA’s objective to advocate for the protection of children in Ghana, the organization has developed an online…
Aspirations play a vital role in shaping young people’s life choices, particularly when it comes to making decisions about education…
Somalia will prosecute a female genital mutilation (FGM) case for the first time in the country after a 10-year-old girl…
Are you an intelligent and ambitious tertiary level graduate looking for the opportunity to acquire 3 to 6 months valuable…
For more than a decade, one 48-year-old entrepreneur in Ghana has been quietly building up a multimillion-dollar oil and gas…
There is brewing tension at Suame Magazine in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as local retailers have vowed to evict…
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Madam Jean Mensa and the three other commissioners to handle affairs of the…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Mrs Mary Chinery-Hesse as the 10th Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), Legon. This…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has asked Ghanaians not to pay when registering for the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). “We have…
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Volta region have begun engagements…
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) into mental health has urged government to move mental health onto the National Health Insurance Scheme…
Government has imposed a one month ban on all fishing activities in the country. The ban takes effect from August 7…
Health authorities in Mozambique have expressed concern at the prevalence of HIV among the country’s militarily. They say 11.5% of the…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is alerting the general public to beware of an expired malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test…
A neglected basic school in the Upper East region has turned a busy pit latrine into an administrative office after…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA) is with Oxford Policy Management (OPM) to evaluate a civic accountability program implemented by the Centre…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has cautioned pregnant women and lactating mothers against using skin lightening agents because they…
NAIROBI — Tens of thousands of survivors of Kenya’s worst floods in recent years are living on the brink with barely…
The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, has today published two reports that reveal an urgent need for infrastructure investment…
Fish farmers in Ghana are anticipating better prospects for the local fishing industry following the ban on the importation of…
An outbreak of bird flu has been reported in Ghana, leading to the killing of 11,816 birds. The affected farms…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said it intends to abolish direct posting of health professionals to public health institutions…
President Akufo-Addo has removed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina…
Former Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has died. An aide to the late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur confirmed the death to Citi News. Reports indicated…
Government has announced plans to transform the country’s agriculture sector to end abject poverty among farmers in the country. Minister of…
The Municipal Health Director for Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region, Mr. Bidema Duut, has said having an efficient healthcare …
Residents of Garu and Tempane Districts in the Upper East Region are calling on government as a matter of urgency…
A self-acclaimed football coach has been remanded into police custody for allegedly sodomizing a ten-year-old boy at Madina. Abdul Rahman, 34,…
The lives of teachers and pupils of the Morkordze D /A Primary School are in danger as an uncompleted three-unit…
Conflict in Ethiopia’s vast Oromia region has disrupted formal education for tens of thousands of youngsters, authorities there say. Violent attacks…
Access to healthcare at the Mankessim Jubilee Hospital in the Central Region has come to a standstill as the entrance…
In their quest to outwit the anti-galamsey task force (Operation Vanguard) in their operations, illegal miners also called galamsey operators…
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 85 Universities in 35 African countries…
Nearly every time that a comparison is drawn with the Jamaican economy, Singapore becomes the benchmark. It has morphed into…
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West…
Prices of cocoa on the international market have begun to tumble due to investors expectations of an imminent increase in…
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic,…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of private candidates who took the 2018 edition of…
The proprietor of the Redemption School Complex Junior High School (JHS), a private basic school in Ofaadaa, near Awutu Bawjiase…
A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, with rescuers failing to nurse the…
Road Transport Operators have announced a 10% increase in transport fares across all categories of services, effective today [Monday]. The increase…
A total of 509,824 candidates from 16,060 basic schools will converge on 1,772 examination centres across the country today, Monday,…
Madam Gifty Akorsah Arthur, the Nkoranza North District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed upset about the situation where fruits produced…
A 45-year-old security man has been remanded into Police custody for allegedly impregnating a 15-year-old girl at Adenta in Accra. Dramani…
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 29th May, 2018, launched the Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has introduced a new vaccine into routine immunisation with effect from June 2018.The Inactivated Polio…
The much-anticipated national identity card (Ghana Card) registration process is yet to begin the Greater Accra Region following some technical…
The UN children’s fund warned the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo threatens the health and well-being of children,…
After multiple postponements, the registration and instant issuance for the national identity card, also known as the Ghana Card, is…
Some unemployed youth in the Upper East region have networking and skills acquisition training from a Social Enterprise (ThinkGhana) through…
The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana is pleased to you of the Deadline for the Call…
GIZ Ghana is expanding its work on #eSkills4Girls, a project that seeks to increase the participation on Ghanaian women in…
Another year in education and an extra kilometer of road for every 1,000 people could dramatically improve communities’ ability to…
The decision to convert Shia Senior High Technical School from a day school into boarding to meet the Free SHS…
Africa’s pride is projected at YAWC.Africa’s pride is projected at YAWC.Register at www.yawcafrica.org to attend Young African Women Congress (YAWC)…
Feeling good about your body isn’t always easy when you are overweight. While some people are “reclaiming” the word “fat”…
Ghana Health Service has issued an alert over a potential outbreak of cholera in the country.The service in a statement…
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), has said it is critical to train the next generation of researchers who…
A 15-year-old JHS 2 student of the Tishegu Anglican Junior High School A in the Tamale Metropolis, Northern Region who…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described the increasing population growth rate of the country as a source of threat…
HUMAN RIGHTS Advocacy Group, Amnesty International, Ghana has raised red flags over alleged human right abuses against some staff members…
An 11-year-old class Two-pupil at Funko in the Ahanta West District has been hospitalised with serious burns after his mother…
More than 3,000 Nigerian migrants who failed to reach Europe, have been flown home by the International Organization for Migration.…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has left Ghana for the United States of America. The trip, according to a statement…
The OneGhana Movement, in partnership with Citi FM, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Jekora Ventures and the Accra Metropolitan…
The 2018 Bi-annual learning meeting of the Youth Forward Initiative was held on 19th April, 2018, in Kumasi at the…
Four persons have drowned in the Affram River at Samankwae in the Affram Plains South District of the Eastern Region.…
KIVOO, KENYA — Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus…
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it will employ 20,000 Ghanaian youth this year to pollinate cocoa farms as part…
VIP Transport Ltd officials making the presentation to the Kumasi Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) will…
Participatory Development Associates (PDA) Ltd wishes to congratulate Sabre Trust and GES and their partners for the recognition given to…
The Ga Traditional Council (GTC) has placed a ban on drumming and noise-making in the traditional area starting from May…
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that Ghana will soon use drone technology to deliver blood supplies and…
Chances are you’ve seen the photos of dead seabirds, their stomachs filled with scraps of plastic foraged from beaches and…
The government has been urged to institute stiffer punishment for teachers and school heads who are found culpable of sexual…
Management of the Upper Manya Kro Rural Bank Limited has constructed a four-bedroom bungalow valued at over GH¢60,000 for the…
City authorities in Kumasi say they have begun strict enforcement of sanitation by-laws in an effort to eliminate indiscriminate littering…
Benjamin Tetteh, a 70-year-old retired civil servant, whose locally manufactured gun was used by his six-year-old grandson to kill his…
The Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), and its partner Nature Today, a non…
CTA has launched ‘Pitch AgriHack 2018’ a competition to support young agricultural entrepreneurs (agripreneurs) build viable businesses and boost innovation…
A Nigerian university lecturer has been suspended for allegedly demanding sex in return for improved grades. An investigation was launched…
The woman, in whose car the bodies of three kids were found at Elmina in the Central Region, has been…
A six-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his four-year-old brother at Somanya in the Lower Manya Krobo District of…
The Ashanti Regional Education Directorate has interdicted the headmaster of the Tweneboah Koduah Senior High School, Francis Badu Agyare, following…
The Bongo District Hospital in the Upper East Region has no children’s ward. Both children and adults on admission are…
Christiane Amanpour traveled the world to look at sex and love from the perspective of women who have not always…
Each year, thousands of African migrants depart Libya in rickety boats and risk their lives seeking better opportunities in Europe.…
For the first time in 10 years, global malaria cases are no longer falling, sparking concerns about a resurgence of…
Police in the Central Region have intercepted 21 children who were allegedly being trafficked from Ekumfi to Accra. The children…
It all started with the appointment letter. He told me, “This is your appointment letter. You only have to sign…
“The only meal we receive in a day is gari. We once in a long while receive soup which is…
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has asked for patience amongst small-scale miners, as the process to…
Some supermarkets and mothercare shops in Accra and its outskirts are selling food and baby products labelled in Chinese and…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has approved an action plan compiled by the ministers of Interior, Transport and Roads…
Doug Fabbioli is concerned about the future of the rural economy, as urban sprawl expands from metropolitan areas into farm…
Ghanaians waiting to be issued with National Identification Cards this month, April, would have to wait a while longer. According…
Medical officers at the Afari Community Hospital in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region have referred the 17-year…
Four years ago, Nigerian activists issued a simple demand: Bring Back Our Girls. They demanded the Nigerian government rescue 276…
Google is releasing an app in Africa that will help internet users overcome obstacles such as the lack of high-speed…
This BBC Pidgin documentary about Chinese miners who fathered children with local women while working and living in Ghana cracks…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra last Saturday to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in…
As donors prepare to gather Friday in Geneva for a major aid conference to raise $1.7 billion for humanitarian needs…
If the early bird catches the worm, what is the night owl more likely to catch? According to a new…
A prayer session for spiritual support during the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), took a wrong turn when…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched the seven-year Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development policies of the…
It has emerged that the father of a nine-week-old baby, who died at the St. Gregory Hospital in Kasoa over…
Scientists are casting doubts on the efficacy of fertilizers used by Ghanaian farmers cross the country as research points to…
The Board Chairperson of PDA Agri-Industry and Social Enterprise (PASE), Mr. Tony Dogbe, has been invited to be one of…
More than 600,000 girls in Tanzania have started receiving vaccines to prevent cervical cancer. Girls aged between nine and 14…
The Pharmacy Council has stepped up its effort to stop the sale of medicines by the unauthorised and the untrained…
The government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme has received a boost following the signing of a 20-million euro credit…
A court in Guinea has sentenced a traditional healer to five years in prison for conning women into thinking they…
Prof Emmanuel Marfo-Owusu, the embattled Rector of the Wa Polytechnic has been explaining how he managed to escape a mob…
The Accra Circuit Court on Monday sentenced two more of the seven inmates who escaped from the Kwabenya Police Station…
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has led a Ghanaian delegation to this year’s TECHAGRO fair…
Applications are invited for MSc and PhD Scholarships by the Mobility for plant genomics scholars to accelerate climate-smart adaptation options…
About AWARD African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is working towards more inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity for Africa. AWARD…
Taiwan says it regrets that the “one China” policy insisted on by Beijing prevents it from providing much needed development…
Two accused persons involved in the Kwabenya cell break have been sentenced by the Accra Circuit Court for 66 months…
It is estimated that 20,000 tonnes of waste is generated in Ghana daily. Accra, the capital city, alone accounts for…
A fatal accident that occurred at the Newmont Ahafo Mine at Kenyasi No 2 in the Brong Ahafo Region on…
A 28-year-old nurse at the Damango Government Hospital in the Northern is in police grip for allegedly raping a patient…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), together with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, is organizing the 2nd edition of African Youth…
SDG Kids is a project which focuses on promoting the awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals among children and young…
The Cocoa Nutrition Innovation (CNI) Project is an intervention by the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) and Global Alliance for Improved…
An economist, Prof. John Gatsi, has said the lack of a clear plan to chart the country’s development path will…
Russia has accused the UK of inventing a “fake story” and “playing with fire” over the Salisbury spy poisoning. At…
It seems a Pandora’s Box has been opened following sexual abuse revelations in the Ejisuman Senior High School (SHS). A…
Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, Director General of GES The Ghana Education Service (GES), has warned heads of senior high schools…
“So let me state with the clearest affirmation that Ghana has not offered a military base, and will not offer…
Launched in 2009 by Qatar Foundation, WISE is a global, collaborative platform for debate and action to build the future…
THE REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, ACCRA Call for Abstracts for the6th International Climate Change and…
SABONGARI, CAMEROON As a campfire burns in a remote village on Cameroon’s northwestern border with Nigeria, seven men and five…
A 22-year-old man charged with defiling a 13-year-old girl at the beach near the Independence Square has been remanded into…
Managers of orphanages across the country and other beneficiaries of Capitation Grant want the government to increase subvention per head…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in Yendi, in the Northern Region, has closed its water treatment plant in the…
The Passport Office and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) have not started the implementation of the new requirement…
It has emerged that many Ghanaians living in the Greater London area of the United Kingdom are dying from heart…
African Changemakers Fellowship (#ACFellowship) Program selects impressive African visionaries between ages 25-40years to train and empower them to change their…
Individuals without tax identification numbers (TINs) will not be able to access essential services at state agencies with effect from…
The special committee investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against some teachers at the Ejisuman Senior High School has found eight…
NAIROBI, KENYAA Kenyan charity launched a range of educational materials Tuesday to teach children about the dangers of trafficking,…
A senior corporate manager from Malawi, has publicly revealed intimate details about the paternity of four of children he assumed…
Head of WAEC, Rev Sam Nii Nmai Ollennu The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has assured stakeholders that the perennial…
Throughout most of U.S. history, American high school students were routinely taught vocational and job-ready skills along with the three…
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles Palmer-Buckle, has attributed the insanitary conditions in the city to the sense of indiscipline,…
African Traditional Worshipers in the Volta Region are calling on the government to identify a holiday for such worshipers in…
NYATIKE, KENYA Scorching sun beats down on half a dozen women as they carry large sacks of crushed ore on…
The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Arts is to establish a paragliding school at Shai-Osudoku in the Greater Accra region.…
Government has announced a fifty percent reduction in school fees for final year Senior High School (SHS) students across the…
THE CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr Akwasi Agyemang, has said the country’s economic future depends…
President Akufo-Addo has officially renamed the seat of the presidency, the Flagstaff House to Jubilee House. The decision was confirmed…
A 30-year-old carpenter has been hauled before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl at Ashaley Botwe…
AUSTIN, TEXAS While working for a big consulting firm in Lagos, Nigeria, Afua Osei repeatedly encountered women who wanted to…
Dutch Company Delft Imaging Systems has completed the largest African e-health and tuberculosis project in Ghana known as 51 X-ray…
Lagos, Nigeria — Brenda Uphopho was walking up the stairs in her office when she suddenly felt someone’s hand reach…
The United States of America has reiterated that claims of the US building a military base in Ghana are false…
Some researchers at the University of Ghana have described the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) policy as a piecemeal…
Twenty energy companies have expressed interest in converting waste into power in Kumasi, City Mayor, Osei Assibey Antwi, has revealed.…
KYANGWALI, UGANDA In 2005, four young Congolese refugees in western Uganda opened a school for kids like themselves, separated from…
The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has warned of an imminent earthquake in the country following the tremors that have…
They often fled their homelands to escape sexual abuse – but for many asylum seekers, it continues in the UK.…
A video of a wild elephant in India blowing out ash from a fire has baffled wildlife experts around the…
KADUNA, NIGERIA — In a village in northern Nigeria, teen wives gather on mats spread out in the dirt just…
Voltic Ghana Limited has organised a programme on water sustainability for Anoff Primary and Junior High School and its host…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports has handed a boost to the development of sports in the Eastern Region following…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), is determined to sustain the exercise to rid the streets of petty traders in its…
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have resolved to address the challenges of the cocoa sector, within the framework of the implementation…
Nigeria’s government is in talks with Islamist militant group Boko Haram about a possible cease-fire and the talks have been…
The Organizing Committee is glad to announce call for papers and posters for the 7th All Africa Conference on Animal…
The local Government Service says it will be unable to employ some five hundred unemployed School of Hygiene graduates until…
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has been in power for 35 years. But while his longevity in office is a talking…
The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has expressed its heartfelt appreciation to the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana…
Some parts of the Greater Accra Region experienced earth tremors on Saturday dawn and afternoon. Residents of Weija-Broadcasting, Sampa Valley,…
At least 53 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian…
At least 53 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian…
US President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 election has resigned,…
President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, despite his presidential schedules made time to visit his farm earlier this week. He shared…
The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John K. Ofori Tenkorang, has advised tertiary students…
Two thousand and eighty five car crashes resulting in 366 fatalities were recorded within the first two months of this…
Two thousand and eighty five car crashes resulting in 366 fatalities were recorded within the first two months of this…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says about 705,396 depositors of distressed or collapsed microfinance institutions (MFIs) and rural and community…
The Mwalimu Nyerere African Union Scholarship Scheme was launched in 2007 with the aim of contributing to the production and…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is fully committed to the success of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA),…
African states have been called upon to be more proactive in the quest for effective intra-African trade. Prof DeValera Botchway,…
Scores of customers of uniBank became angry, frustrated and worried when their attempts to withdraw money from the bank’s automated…
The father of one of the kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls has told Focus on Africa that the kidnappers said they released…
Dodging hippos along the Niger river, photographer Aisha Augie-Kuta reached the remote village of Norandé. It is here that she…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having…
A gunman who shot and injured two teenage students at a high school in the US state of Maryland was…
Norwegian oil company, Aker Energy, has disclosed to Citi Business News it is hoping to start its oil exploration activities…
Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped more than 100 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have returned…
GOVERNMENT AND African Development Fund (ADF) have signed a loan agreement to support the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)’…
The Minority caucus in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal from the house, an agreement by Cabinet it says will…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has taken over the management of uniBank Ghana Limited, an indigenous lender after it declared…
The research unit is gathering and reporting cases of child abuse from selected media and posting on the Ushahidi platform.…
The Secondary Education in Africa (SEA) Project is a study that focuses on gender and social equity in transitions and…
Data collection comprising interviews with program tutors and beneficiaries, tuition observation and daily reporting on manner of module delivery, reaction…
Young Women Transform Prize: USAID is committed to empowering young women and unlocking their potential to transform their communities and…
As part of delivering on PDA’s Strategic Theme 2: “Youth empowerment to generate positive development in their communities”, its youngest…
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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has urged the Chief Directors of the various Ministries to support the government’s ‘Ghana…
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Dr Michal Rutkowski, the Senior Director of SP&J, World Bank Group, has commended the Government for its policy on “Ghana…
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I have no doubt in my mind that history will ultimately judge Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, Brigadier Akwasi Amankwaa…
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The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has upped its effort to awakening the spirit of self-help – to get…
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