Tag: Ghana
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126 private schools in Ghana collapse over covid closure
London, Jan. 6, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A total of 126 private schools in Ghana have folded up as a result of financial constraints arising from the closure of schools nationwide due to outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Association of Private Schools (GNACOPS) Also lost with the private schools were 2,394 jobs and the future of ... -
Ghana woos more international visitors with free covid isolation, treatment
London, Jan. 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-At a time many countries are closing borders to international visitors, Ghana is wooing more international visitors to the country with a promise to foot all bills for their mandatory isolation and treatment should they test positive for coronavirus on arrival Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made the offer during his 21st COVID-19 address ... -
Ghana free of new coronavirus strain for now- Health officials
London, Dec. 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The new coronavirus strain currently ravaging United Kingdom, South Africa and parts of Europe has not been detected in Ghana despite being a next door neighbour to Nigeria Last Thursday, Africa Centre for Disease control reported another new coronavirus strain of the novel in Nigeria, the head of Africa’s disease control ... -
Ghana ramps up preparations for Africa’s second nuclear power plant
London, Nov. 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A comprehensive report on Ghana’s nuclear power programme has been submitted to cabinet for approval by the Nuclear Power Institute (NPI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) If adopted, the feasibility studies would formally begin towards the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant and the second in Africa Currently, South Africa is ... -
Diabetic children in Ghana, Nigeria to get free insulin
London, Nov. 25, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Novo Nordisk, a multinational pharmaceutical company has announced the introduction of a programme to supply free insulin to children living with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in Nigeria and Ghana from 2021. Jude Abonu, Business Unit Head, English West Africa, Novo Nordisk, made the disclosure at a webinar organised by the company to ... -
Ghana to establish pension scheme for cocoa farmers
London, Nov. 6, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghana is planning to establish a functional and enduring pension scheme for cocoa farmers who are one of the wealth creators of the west African country. The contribution of cocoa industry to the Ghanaian economy is significant employing approximately 800,000 farm families and generating $2 billion annually through foreign exchange of export crops ... -
Ghana Disaster Management Agency offers job to taxi driver who saved victims of building collapse
London, Oct. 25, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A hero taxi driver who shot to fame Ghana for tirelessly helping with the rescue during rescue efforts at a church building collapse is to be employed by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Director General of the Agency has revealed According to a Daily Graphic report on the incident, ... -
More Ghanaians apply for firearms license less than two months to general election
London, Oct. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Ghana, Jones Borteye Applerh has expressed deep worry over the increasing number of Ghanaians applying to own firearms His comments comes less than two months to the presidential election on December 7, and one week after the Customers ... -
Ghana now dealing with three secessionist groups-Report
London, Sep. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Details emerging from last Friday’s invasion of parts of the Volta Region indicate that Ghana is now dealing with three secessionist groups. Per reports, the initial group has now been split into three though they all have the same objective of seceding from Ghana. READ ALSO: NIGERIA DEPORTS 10 EGYPTIANS, 7 ... -
Ghana constructs $480 million solar energy plant
London, Sep. 24, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Ghana’s Bui Power Authority (BPA), the Managers of the Bui Hydropower Dam project, is constructing a $480 million solar energy facility to augment Ghana’s power power supply system. On completion, the solar farm would add 250 Megawatts of solar energy to Ghana’s national grid READ ALSO: WORLD BANK, EUROPEAN BANK LAUNCH ...
Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers
Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers
Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020
Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure