South Africa’s Battle With Armyworms
South African farmers are battling an alien armyworm invasion that has already caused devastation on their crops. The maize-destroying caterpillars have destroyed eight per cent of this farm....
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50 Million People Worldwide Have Epilepsy
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases globally. According to WHO, epilepsy is a chronic...
On A South African Farm, Despair Over Armyworm Attack
Peeling back the maize plant's leaves reveals a small brown caterpillar -- an armyworm that writhes as it burrows into the heart of the crop, producing a sticky dark paste. Eighty percent of the...
Intense Cyclone Barrels Towards Mozambique
A powerful cyclone is set to slam into the southern coast of Mozambique in the early hours of Thursday, bringing flooding, storm surges and high winds, meteorologists have warned. Severe tropical...
Emergency UN Meeting In Harare Over Armyworm Outbreak
International experts will hold emergency talks in Harare on Tuesday to tackle an outbreak of crop-eating "armyworm" caterpillars advancing across several African countries. The armyworm has already...
8.2 Percent of the World’s Facebook Users Are In African Countries
Facebook beat Wall Street expectations for sales and user growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, and it credits Internet.org, its free basic version of the internet in developing countries, for...
Gov’t To Revisit Maputo Report – Asiamah
Minister Designate for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah has stated that as part of measures to fight corruption at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, he will revisit the 2011 Maputo...
Revisiting Cassava As Industrial Crop With One District One Factory – Using DADTCO Experience
Latest: Revisiting Cassava as Industrial Crop with One District One Factory – Using DADTCO Experience Shake up in Police Service; Kofi Boakye moved from A/R Increasingly and undoubtedly, cassava is...
Crunching the Numbers of Avram Grant’s 2 Year Tenure
Ghana coach Avram Grant has left the Ghana job after 2 years in charge. How did the Israeli fare in his time in charge. These numbers reflect his official matches only. Official matches include World...
Here Are Very Important Facts You Must Know
Although the Black Stars once more failed to lift the Cup of Nations, it is indisputable that everything about Ghana AFCON 2017 was worth the while. You’ll agree with me after reading this: On a...
Top 55 Visa Free Countries You Can Visit with a Ghanaian Passport
The Ghanaian passport is one of the most respected passports in Africa; ranked 73rd on the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index. As of 2016, Ghanaian citizens had visa-free, visa on arrival or...
Top 10 African Countries with Highest White Population as of 2017.
Africa has a long history of harbouring Europeans, Asians and even South Americans. Prior to, and after the era of colonialism in Africa, White Africans commonly called European Africans have been...
Investing in the resilience of smallholder farmers is more important than ever if we are to maintain the food security gains now being threatened by the after effects of El Niño and La Niña....
Eminent Council Aims To Eradicate Malaria
End Malaria Council, a group of international influential public and private sector leaders has launched a malaria eradication programme at Davos, Switzerland. The Council is co-chaired by Mr Bill...
Six Islands In Africa You Should Explore In2017
No one talks of safari without mentioning the great treks that crisscross the African continent. So popular is this cradle of mankind for its magic-ridden sunsets and vast plains teeming with...
Farmers Urged To Use Improved Production Technologies
A five-day international training progrmme for stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to “Promote Agriculture Technology to Improve Productivity and Net Returns for Smallholder Farmers” has...
Ahomka FM Tops All
Ahomka 99.5 FM in Elmina is the top most Radio in the Central Region for the year 2016, a Geopoll survey has revealed. The other Central Region based stations that were captured as among the first...
Citi FM Ghana’s Top English Radio Station In 2016 – GeoPoll
Accra-based Citi 97.3 FM, has emerged Ghana’s topmost English Radio station in GeoPoll’s survey of radio stations’ performance nationwide for the year 2016. But the station came third after...
Peace FM, UTV Lead Pack
Despite Group's UTV and Peace FM stand as the two stations with the largest audience share in Ghana today according to the latest radio and television ranking by GeoPoll. According to the survey,...
Botswana Based Company Acquires Afb Ghana
Letshego Holdings Limited (“Letshego”), the inclusive finance focused group with consumer lending, microfinance and deposit-taking subsidiaries across Southern, East and West Africa, today...