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African leading minds have called on Africans to be mindful of their rich history, which according to them creates the path towards the socio-cultural, economic and political development of the continent. The strong African voices which included Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; Professor emeritus and authority in Sahelian history, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Ghanaian Politician, Samia Nkrumah and Famous Musician, Femi Kuti spoke during the first edition of UBA’s Africa Conversations, a symposium organised by the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc at the UBA House in Lagos, as part of activities marking…

L-R: Victor Osadolor, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Dr Awele Elumelu, Ms Samia Nkrumah, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Dr Awele Elumelu, Prof. Djibril Tamsir Niane, Ms. Ayo Obe,[/caption] African leading minds have called on Africans to be mindful of their rich history, which according to them creates the path towards the socio-cultural, economic and political development of the continent. The strong African voices which included Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka; Professor emeritus and authority in Sahelian history, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Ghanaian Politician, Samia Nkrumah and Famous Musician, Femi Kuti spoke during the first edition of…

Head of the Ghana Refugee Board, Dr. Kofi Anani is asking the country to be circumspect in its dealing with the recent surge in cross-border movements of Burkinabes into Ghana. He said the issue has major security implications. In an interview with 3news.com’s Natalie Fort, he noted the Ghana Refugee Board is dealing with the over 300 Burkinabes who fled terrorist attacks at home to Ghana’s Upper West region for refuge. He however warned there is a trend being witnessed as this is the second batch of asylum seekers from Burkina Faso. “Ghana must be wary of these cross-border movements…

Woman living with fistula for four years finally undergoes surgery and advises other women with the condition to come out and seek medical care. For four years she has been shunned from social gatherings due to obstetric fistula, one of the most dehumanizing health conditions affecting women through childbirth. Her husband left her and people also made fun of her children because of her condition. Maame Akua as we call her for the purposes of this story due to the stigma, has finally undergone surgery to change her situation. [caption id="attachment_124813" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] Journalist Esi Benewaa Otoo [R] interviewing Maame…

The Council of Ahanta Chiefs have demanded for the speedy investigation into alleged misconduct of embattled former executive secretary of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Charles Bissue. The Council is worried that it has been more than three months “since Charles Bissue was alleged to have misconducted himself in office and we do not know where the investigations have reached”. Speaking on behalf of the Council at a meeting with the Western Regional Minister, Kobby Okyere Darko Mensah, the Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove, Obrempong Hema Dekyi, said Charles Bissue has committed himself to all the necessary due process…

File picture: D POLAND/PATH[/caption] Officials of the Ghana Health Service are having uphill task trying to assuage the fears of some residents, especially pupils, in the Upper East Region that the new malaria vaccine can kill them. The region was rife with rumour that the vaccination was introduced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to infest children with deadly diseases. This they claimed would then reduce the number of children accessing the School Feeding Programme and the Free Senior High School policy because the government is unable to raise enough money to fund them. 3news.com’s Upper East Regional correspondent Tanko Mohammed Rabiu…

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard[/caption] Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard is the founder and the chairman of APO Group, a company that provides media relations consultancy and press release distribution services in Africa and in the Middle East. 1. Tell us about one of the toughest situations you’ve found yourself in as a business owner. In 2013, I had to fire our main salesperson. She was generating more than 60% of the turnover at the time, but, unfortunately, she wasn’t generating any growth. And she was even “forgetting” to send invoices to our clients. This was partly my fault. I had wrongly assessed the profiles and…

The MEGHIS team[/caption] Former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated students of the Methodist Girls High School at Mamfe, Akwapim for winning the 2019 edition of the World Robofest competition held in Michigan, United States. Team ACRO-BOT from the Mamfe Methodist Girls’ High School came first beating opposition from the United States, Mexico, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Brazil, Columbia, Egypt, England, India and Nigeria among others. The former President said the feat by the Mamfe Girls was the culmination of hard work and determination by a group of girls with a desire to explore beyond their academic syllabus. “The…

A 28-year-old Ghanaian blogger and development manager, Dinah Recheal Blankson, has been adjudged the winner of the World Bank Blog4Dev 2019 competition for Ghana. The annual essay contest, open to young Africans aged between 18 and 28 in 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, aims at soliciting innovative ideas from brilliant African youth on pressing developmental challenges. Ms Blankson is amongst 32 winners whose blogs were selected from 1,212 entries, for recognition at an awards ceremony on the sideline of this year’s World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC, last month. This year’s question for competition was ‘What will it take…

Hip-hop Song of the year winner at the just ended VGMA 2019 has imbibed the winning mentality in Ghanaian students charging them to win the ultimate in this year’s Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Kwesi Arthur who is a Commonwealth Ambassador was part of a three-school tour of the Greater Accra and Tema Regions to motivate the pupils to take part in the enviable essay competition, the oldest in the world since 1883. School activities virtually came to a halt in all the three schools as pupils mobbed and cheered the multiple award winner, whilst still promising to make a good…