London, August 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghana will for the first time build a sea craft (Fibre Reinforce Plastic Boat) for the Navy as part of efforts to limit the importation of boats into the country. The move would not only empower local industry but save the country the huge cost incurred in importation of boats for ...

London, August 8, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Reporting rape is traumatic for anyone, but having to pay two months’ wages to complete the medical form prevents many in Ghana from seeking justice, said a leading actor whose campaign to waive fees has reached the presidential palace. British-Ghanaian actor Ama K. Abebrese – who starred with Idris Elba in the award-winning 2015 drama Beasts of No ...

London, August 1, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The number of Ghanaians living in multidimensional poverty reduced by 14,115,572 in seven years, between 2011 and 2017, according to the latest report from the Ghana Statistical Service’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Ghana Statistical Service, GSS said focusing on the three central statistics of the MPI-Health, Education and Living Standards, the ...

London, July 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghana government has announced the extension of free electricity supply to lifeline tariff customers until the end of the year. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made this known during his 14th live televised address to the nation on Sunday, July 26, 2020. He stated that, government would review the early announcement by the ...

London, July 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The flag-bearer of Ghana’s main opposition party, National Democratic Congress, NDC, ex -President John Mahama has named former Education Minister, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang as his running mate for the 2020 elections. The former president announced this Monday afternoon via Twitter after several speculations in the media. READ ALSO: SURVEY REVEALS ONE ...

London, June 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghana president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three months the incentive packages (covid-19 stimulus)for frontline health workers battling coronavirus Addressing the nation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the president said, “this means that all health workers will pay no income taxes for the next three months, i.e. July, August and September. ...

London, June 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Many high school students in Ghana have refused to return to schools as headteachers have revealed that student turnout in schools have been low since schools partially resumed on June 20th,200. Final year students and second-year gold track students have been asked to return to school to enable the final years ...

London, June 24, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Businesses in Ghana and Kenyan have been offered six months of free solar leases to enable them withstand the COVID crisis, courtesy of REDAVIA, a global market leader in cost-effective, reliable, and clean solar power for businesses COVID-19 has disrupted African businesses significantly. In this challenging time, REDAVIA enables sound businesses ...

London, June 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A defeated aspirant in the just-ended primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken back his donation of 250 bicycles made to delegates and party executives. READ ALSO: GHANA HAS JUST 3, 558 ACTIVE CASES OF CORONAVIRUS AFTER 10,074 RECOVERIES Eric Amankwa Blay who was said to have given the bicycles to ...

London, June 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered leaving the country with little and manageable active cases. The significant number of recoveries means the country now has only a little over 3,000 active cases of the virus out of almost 14,000 infections. READ ...