Up to 30 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast while some 77 were rescued by EU naval units from the sea. Ships from an EU task force and Italy’s coast guard raced to the scene 35 nautical miles (65km) off the coast as survivors clung to […]
“Africa must think big, act big and deliver big. We must never show low ambitions for Africa,” African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the formal opening of the Annual Meetings of the Bank Group in Zambia on the theme “Energy and climate Change”. Addressing a huge gathering
Old Mutual Investment Group has announced a deal to increase its overall effective equity stake in African agriculture investment group, UFF African Agri Investments, to 49%. The partnership will see the strengthening of a longtime relationship between the two companies, with investment opportunities of up to $500 million into African farmland envisaged over the next
New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo has emphatically stated he will reduce electricity tariffs if he wins power. In a terse statement to the media Thursday, the three-time presidential candidate of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition noted: “I think it is important for there to be clarity on this matter. If the government cannot or will
MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country has once again distinguished itself by winning six prestigious awards at the sixth Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA) organized by InstinctWave. MTN Ghana topped all other operators in the following categories; Telecom Operator of the Year Best Telecom Business of the Year (MTN Business)
Department of Center for Culture and African Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is partnering the European Union (EU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to produce a video documentary on the life of the late Asantehene Otumfuo Agyeman Prempeh I. The hallowed King ruled in the then
Farmers of the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana are to benefit from a scale-up of Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) interventions in selected watersheds and forest fringe communities. This is under a second additional financing Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of US$12.76 million. The Additional Financing grant will help the project scale-up ongoing SLWM
A special anti-terrorist squad from the Police Headquarters in Accra have arrived in Kumasi to beef up security in the region following the recent robbery attacks that have led to loss of lives. Parts of the region, particularly Kumasi, have come under attacks from a gang of suspected armed robbers. Last Thursday, a policeman was
Ghanaian artist and cultural icon Okyeame Kwame is in New York working on his soon to drop album. Speaking exclusively to Ghnewsnow, Kwame hinted that he is dropping 16 solid tracks featuring 16 different African artists from Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa etc. He says he is topping that all up with a ‘Repatriation tune’ featuring
Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the next four years. His appointment takes effect from August 1, 2016, to June 31, 2020. This was contained in a statement by the KNUST on Thursday, May 19 and signed by the Acting Registrar
