Somalia has postponed national high school exams after discovering that papers were being sold and shared on social media. Any exams that have already been taken have been invalidated, Education Minister Abdullahi Godah Barre said during a broadcast on national TV. The cancellation has sparked student protests in the capital, Mogadishu. The exams will now … Read more
Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, 24th April 2019 launched the first ever medical drone delivery service in Ghana, and the largest of such drone delivery network in the world, at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern region. The ‘Fly-To-Save-A-Life Project’, a collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Zipline Technologies, will provide … Read more
Ghana and 18 other countries in West Africa and the Sahel Region are to benefit from the World Bank’s credit and grant facility to expand off-grid access to electricity for populations in these countries. The board of the World Bank Group on April 17, 2019 approved the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP), which includes $150 … Read more
The restructured National Premix Fuel Secretariat has guided Landing Beach Committees to save up to GhC 7.5m for various projects in fishing communities. The gains were made following the NPFCs strict enforcement of provisions in LI 2233 Clause 27 (2) which states that “each landing beach committee shall open a bank account for the fishing … Read more
Zimbabwe schools accept goat as tuition fee. Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment, a government minister has said. The country’s education minister Lazarus Dokora told the pro-government Sunday Mail newspaper that schools will have to show flexibility when it comes to demanding tuition … Read more
Prophet Affran has disclosed that, former president John Mahama, will win election 2020 come what may. He explained that the win is sure, so much that, even if humans fail to vote for Mahama, creatures will vote. Affran revealed that he has commanded birds of the sky, fish in the sea, and other creations to … Read more
About 56 per cent of Ghana’s human capital will go waste in the next 18 years because of the poor quality of the country’s education system, the latest Human Capital Index (HCI) report by the World Bank has revealed. The report made a stunning revelation that only 44 per cent of children born in the … Read more
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) says it suspects arson and sabotage in the series of market fires that hit two major markets in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region; the Kumasi Central Market and the Asafo Market in a space of 3 days over last weekend, MyNewsGh.com reports. For three consecutive nights, Friday, … Read more
The number of Ghanaian entertainers who will likely contest in the 2020 general election as parliamentary candidates are gradually increasing. After celebrated blogger with EnewsGH, Kwadwo Amoah, who is popularly known as Pep Junia declared his intentions to contest as a Member of Parliament for the Asuogyaman constituency on the ticket of the Progressive People’s … Read more
Ghana’s Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the Free SHS policy introduced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a transformational policy meant to build the human capital of the nation for future development. Therefore, he said, the government’s expenditure on free SHS should be seen as a necessary investment for the future of … Read more