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President Nana Akufo-Addo has initiated talks with Faure Gnassingbé and political actors in Togo to find solution to the political crisis that has rocked the francophone country since August this year. He said the situation in Togo is a matter of concern not only to Togolese but Ghana, hence his decision to ensure the political unrest in the neighbouring country is resolved. “The events that are taking place next door in Togo are disturbing for all of us and especially for you. …I know that anything that happens in Togo is a matter that’s very, very great concern [to you]…

The 2nd Runner-up of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful season 10, Akosua Kyerewaa, has presented learning materials to some deprived basic schools at Adeiso in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region. The items are 1,000 exercise books, boxes of pencils and sharpeners. Among the beneficiary schools include the Anglican Junior High School (JSH)/Primary, Presbyterian JHS/Primary and the Methodist JHS/Primary. Akosua Kyerewaa, popularly known as “Akos” used the occasion to launch her non-governmental organisation called “Support Learning Project,” to contribute to education of school children. She said she would continue to donate to schools in the Eastern Region to…

Ghana has denied media reports that it has cancelled the issuance of emergency entry visas, popularly referred to as visa on arrival, to foreign nationals. Media reports quoting Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Kofi Dzamesi, suggested Ghana had cancelled the visa on arrival policy because some Chinese nationals were abusing it to come to Ghana to engage in illegal mining. “The Arrival Visa which the former government granted the Chinese have been cancelled. So if you are a Chinese and come to Ghana without visa, you will go back to your china land,” Mr Dzamesi was quoted to have said…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government towards ensuring that the country’s farmers reap much greater value from their toil. According to President Akufo-Addo, startling statistics have revealed that, with Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire accounting for more than 60% of the world’s cocoa output, the two countries, together, earned some $5.75 billion out of the sale of cocoa beans in 2015. This, the President said, means that the farmers whose toil and sweat produced 60% plus of the world’s cocoa, earned 5.75% of the global value of their activity, from a…

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election. He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% – less than half that recorded in August’s vote, according to the election commission. The opposition leader, Raila Odinga, pulled out of the re-run and urged his supporters to boycott it. Mr Kenyatta was also declared the winner in the August vote, which was annulled because of “irregularities”. The re-run was suspended in 25 constituencies which are all opposition strongholds amid security fears. The commission said those results would not affect the…

There is growing consensus that the activities young people have always engaged in offline is what they will also do online, and that the convenience, ease and reach of the Internet facilitates these activities, making them more commonplace. Most children and young people use the Internet positively but sometimes behave in ways that may place them at risk. Some of these actions to them seem harmless but could expose them to potential harm. In addition, some of these risks do not necessarily arise from the technology itself but results from offline behaviours that are extended into the online space. A…

The era of nomadic cattle rearing is long gone and it is time the country adopted scientific and innovative methods as done elsewhere in the developed world as a solution to Fulani menace in Ghana, the Adontenhene of Kwahu Traditional Area Nana Asiedu Agyeman III has suggested. Using countries like Brazil and Argentina as examples, Nana Asiedu Agyeman III said “This issue of nomadic cattle rearing has been with us for very long time and successive governments tried to do something but there is evidence that they did not work. So I think it is time our leaders thought of…

The Chief Executive Officer of Vokacom, the company that developed the digital address system, has dismissed claims that government will pay an annual subscription fee of $400,000 to Google for deploying the service on its platform. According to Nana Osei Afrifa, the said amount is rather a part of the contract sum the government paid to Vokacom out of which the $400,000 is to be used to pay licensing fees to companies including Google. Managing Director of Ghana Post, James Yalley Kwofie, was on Friday reported as saying that Ghana will pay close to $400,000 to the multinational technology company each year as a license…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says investments from Norwegian and other Nordic countries into Ghana and Africa will soon see a boost as government continues with efforts to facilitate investments, trade and partnerships within the two regions. Dr Bawumia, who was the Guest Speaker at the 2017 Nordic-African Business Association (NABA) in Oslo Norway, said the high levels of interest being shown by Nordic Businesses to invest in renewable energy, agriculture, shipping and healthcare among others in Ghana and Africa are encouraging and require focused facilitation to succeed. The Vice President held several hours of meetings with various potential investors…

The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to pay medical bills for defilement and rape victims. The MP said such a move will enable victims or their families report such cases to the hospital and police for prompt actions. His proposition was also influenced by the fact that many raped victims in deprived areas have their woes worsened by the inability to foot their medical bills, he remarked on TV3 New Day hosted by Bright Nana Amfoh on Monday. “I am proposing…