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A former Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye has said the decision to purchase the past questions is apt. He said parents were already buying the past questions for their children to enable them have a fair idea of what could come in their examinations. Hence the government’s decision was just to absorb that burden of the parents. ...

As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Africa by around 150 million this year, the continent faces almost 500 million doses short of the global year-end target of fully vaccinating 40% of its population. This shortfall comes as Africa tops 8 million COVID-19 cases this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. With ...

Oheneba Nkrabea, one of the Rasta students has currently been enrolled at Ghana International School(GIS) in Accra. Kasapa News sources say the parents of the Rasta student moved their ward to the prestigious international school after they learned of the Attorney General’s decision to appeal against the High Court’s ruling that went in their favour earlier this year. The news ...

Akatsi North Lawmaker Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has revealed that Parliament will be hauling examinations body, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) before it to answer questions relating to how some five papers were allegedly leaked in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Nortsu-Kotoe told TV3 Wednesday September 15 the Education committee of parliament will invite WAEC to the house next week. ...

The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) has denied ever directing all the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region to contribute some amount of money to support the final funeral rites of the late father of the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah. A letter purported to have been issued by the WRCC and signed by its Coordinating ...

Male experts outnumber their female counterparts by eleven to one on radio and television programmes in Ghana, a study conducted by the Ghanaian Women Experts project between February and June 2021 has revealed. The survey found that politicians, lawyers, doctors, university teachers, and other men who called themselves experts and analysts, dominated the platforms and programmes monitored. Out of the ...

With an estimated population of 31,358,190, the total subscriptions of data in the country at the end of July 2021 were 23,052,260. The penetration rate for the period stood at 73.97%. 4.1. MTN ended the month of July with 15,572,977 mobile data subscriptions. Their market share for the month under review was 67.56%. The total number of subscriptions for Vodafone’s ...

The Glorious Word Power Ministries International (GWPMI) has rendered an unqualified apology to journalists attacked at the Accra Circuit Court on Monday by persons believed to be its members. “We humbly wish to indicate that as a church, we do not support any form of violence,” it said on Wednesday, September 15. “We reiterate that this act was not sanctioned ...

The Government of Ghana acting through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and its Agency Ghana Irrigation Development Authority, have constructed 32 houses for affected persons within the reservoir area of the Tamne Irrigation Dam in the Upper East Region. The objective of the Tamne Irrigation Project is to provide water for all-year-round agriculture in order to transform lives ...

As part of the learning sharing and advocacy approach in addressing issues of women under the project, Africa Skills Hub has organized a policy guide launch on Ghana’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Gender Mainstreaming. This was done in partnership with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Social Enterprise Ghana, Scaleup Africa, Social Innovation Africa, and Impact Investing Ghana on Friday 10th ...