NEWS IN GHANA

Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa has lauded government’s unwavering commitment to fight illegal-mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the country, urging it to use the same zeal to combat modern slavery.   Director of End Modern Slavery of ENA, David Kofi Awusi made the call whilst addressing participants at a one-day “education & sensitization durbar” on modern slavery held at the Teachers Hall on Thursday, May 18 2017 in Takoradi, Western Region. The durbar, an initiative of End of Slavery Department of ENA was on the theme: “Ghana @ 60: Any future for our children and youth?”. It brought together over 250 participants made up of stakeholders, civil society organizations and students across 8 districts within the southern belt of Western Region to dialogue in order to find ways of combating the menace of modern slavery.  “We congratulate government for such a bold step and dedicated action in its recent unb...

Smart device maker, Infinix has unleashed its latest smartphone into the Ghanaian market aimed at giving customers comfort, total satisfaction and above all an outstanding selfie experience. Kimo Cai, Infinix Country Manager Touted as the world’s 1st ever wefie smartphone , the all new Infinix S2 comes with dual front camera, one of it has 1st ever application of an ultra-wide angle of 135 degrees plus 8.0 megapixels for front camera in smartphone industry and the other one comes with 13.0 megapixels and beautification function.  Absolutely these wonderful features and more set the S2 apart from others making it the world’s 1st ever wefie smartphone, leading selfie taking into a new area of wefie. Speaking at the launch, Kimo Cai, Ghana Country Manager of Infinix noted out of the 4 product series the company has introduced into the Ghanaian market in 2013 namely Hots, Note, Hot and Zero, the amazing S2 device automatically becomes the 2nd generation of Hots series designe...

Scoliosis Foundation Ghana(SGF), a not- for-profit organisation with support from some benevolent organisations and philanthropists in the country have assisted 12- year-old Emily Darko, a scoliosis patient to successfully undergo a surgery  to straighten up her spine at a total cost of  GH¢36,000.00. Emily's condition was critical which requires a surgery to correct the defect with her spine to aid her live a normal life just like any human being. The surgery was executed by team of experts from the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra. Speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony held at the at the High Powered Ministries International Church after the successful surgery, Founder of Scoliosis Foundation Ghana, Gabriel Ntow said it is always an exciting moment when Scoliosis Foundation Ghana is able to achieve its core goal of  existence which is to solicit for support for people with the condition to undergo surgery.  He also maintained  Scoliosis Foundation ...

Ahead of this year’s World Malaria Day event which falls on April 2015, 2017, some youths in the country have demonstrated strong commitment towards the success of the event by embarking on a health walk exercise to raise awareness of it. The exercise began in Accra at exactly 15 minutes passed 7:00 o’clock in the morning on Saturday April 22, with over two hundred participants in attendance drawn from various institutions including Civil Society Groups, Governmental Organizations and other stakeholders in the health sector of the country. They walked through some principal streets of Accra carrying placards with various inscriptions conveying key messages on how to end malaria till they got to Kawukudi Park at Nima where they finally converged. Speaking in an interview with Journalists, Dr. Constance Bart-Plange expressed optimistic about her outfit’s performance in raising the bar on awareness creation which has improved the reduction of the menace drastically ov...

He is a cheerful giver whose actions are backed by passion and pleasure especially when giving to support the vulnerable in the society. New Year's Day and Easter Mondays are special days on his calendar. On those days he demonstrates his love and passion by donating generously to support and put smiles on the faces of the kids living within the Tema SOS Village. For the past 13 years, the magnanimity of Isaac Tetteh, Managing Director (MD) of TT Brothers Limited, distributors of alcoholic and non-alcoholic  beverages in supporting the SOS village has been phenomenal. On Easter Monday, "Uncle T" as he is affectionately called rekindled his unflinching love once again by reaching out to the children of Tema SOS Village with a big party to put smiles on their faces. Profound joy was in the air with lots of fun and entertainment as the kids were given a treat with a variety of mouth-watering dishes and chilled drinks. As if that wasn't enough, there was a...

Call it a jubilation of a lifetime though just a weeklong activities to mark this year’s Students Representative Council(SRC) week celebration of the  University of Professional Studies, Accra(UPSA). This year’s SRC week celebration in the history of the UPSA was touted as talk of town due to the heightened momentum it has received from students both in and out of school including the general public. Expectations were so high right from the beginning of the week, there was so much joy in the air and most students really had fun to the fullest. But what actually set the whole event on fire was the outstanding performances of top Ghanaian music stars like Yaa Pono, Joey B, EL and hosts of others who thrilled the students with great vibes last Friday night at Prestige hostel near the school campus. It was a night of great entertainment which caused the atmosphere fully charged, with multitudes of students trooped to the venue to catch a glimpse of lists of artists...