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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...