The SOS Children’s Villages marked the Day of the African Child on Friday, June 16, with a call on government to guarantee a zero-tolerance approach towards child rights violations in Ghana while...
Ghana on Friday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the Day of the African Child. The Day, which was initiated by the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, had been...
The contest, named Youth Innovate for SDGs, will award USD 750 to one young African to fund their idea and will also provide expertise and advice to help the winner implement their project. Contest...
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the reduction of its usage and its effect on non-communicable...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated in New York that Ghana seeks to achieve the 2030 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by way of a strong industrial growth. He...
President Nana Akufo-Addo is in New York City for the United Nations High-Level Meeting to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 14). Some senior government officials...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the priority of his government is to build the most business-friendly and people-friendly economy in Africa, which will create jobs...
The government of Ghana has reiterated its commitment to achieving an information society; a goal which will be given added impetus with the country’s hosting of the second Africa Open Data...
More than 600 commitments have been received at the Ocean Conference underway at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York with a pledge to take action to improve the health of the ocean. The...
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education has inaugurated a committee to advise and lead the implementation of the country’s free Senior High School (SHS). The committee constituted...
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from World Health Organisation (WHO) show. The report highlights improvements countries have made on collecting vital...
Too early, too many Salamatu expresses her wish to have limited or spaced the number of children she had had “I work but the income I make is not enough to take care of my family,” says...
Is education in Africa beating about the bush? It will be tough to separate Winston Churchill’s command of the English language from his wicked wit. While a lessor idiom might suggest, for example,...
Mr Samuel Bentil Aggrey, the President of the Ghana Library Association, has called on the Government to create a national library to help keep relevant national information. He said a national...
The United Nations of Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is demanding healthcare and financial accountably into the operational activities of the Ministry of Health announcing a cut in aid to the sector....
Government is under pressure to secure funds to complete over 309 stalled projects across the country being funded by the Ministry of Health including the forty-year abandoned maternity block at...
David Pritchard, Vice President of Africa and Developing Countries of Asia for GlaxoSmithKline, outlined the company’s commitment to help Africa reach the global sustainable development goals...
Issues of the child marriage and teenage pregnancy have become foremost in the fight for equality for women in society. According to UNICEF’s State of the World’s CHILDREN 2016 Report, 21% of...
As co-chair of SDG Advocates, President Akufo-Addo will work to promote the United Nations’ agenda of global sustainable development. United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has...
Voted “Outstanding Business Sustainability” by the Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance awards in 2016, Access Bank’s outstanding CSR initiatives have yet again received wide applause with some one...
