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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 country today will become productive ...

Dr Lawrence Tetteh, the Chaplain of the Ghana Christian Council of United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland, Monday appealed to the Prince of Wales and Head of the Commonwealth, to use his high office to push for the regularisation of the stay of the law-abiding Ghanaians in the UK. This, the President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach said, would enable them ...

The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles on Monday urged Ghana to leverage its active role in the Commonwealth and its influence in Africa to lead the fight to mitigate the effect of the climate change phenomenon. Noting the frightening statistics on the climate change occurrence, he said if viable actions were not taken to address the issue, which had impacted ...

Mr Andy Appiah-Kubi, Deputy Minister for Railways Development, has stressed the need for the nation to place greater emphasis on the teaching and training of science and technology for the youth to make them fit appropriately into the global superhighway. He said science and technology were critical to sustainable national development and there was the need for the youth to ...

The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those below the age of 24, rose to about 45% nationwide. The Commission attributed the upsurge to unprotected sex as well as low knowledge of the youth about the infection. Speaking at the launch of the 2018 World AIDS Day, the acting Director of ...

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, has called on mining companies to empower and help develop women to take up higher positions in the sector in order to attain better gender equality in that area. Mrs Oteng-Gyasi, who was speaking at a workshop on the country’s mining regulatory landscape in Accra, noted that: “The challenges ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Mr Senyo Hosi, has encouraged Africans to focus on demanding for accountability and true service from political leaders. He noted that the biggest hindrance of Africa was its weak policies and institutions superintended by poor leadership. Speaking at the 2018 African Development and Investment Convention (ADIC) on the topic “Africa ...

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), has out doored a Research Report, detailing the need for Ghana to consider establishing an Independent Police Complaints Commission. The Report which was launched in Accra on Wednesday  gives an overview  of  the  legislative framework and accountability mechanisms of the police service  in Ghana, provides models of  Independent Police Commission(IPCC) from around  the world  ...

First Ladies in Africa have pledged their collective resolve to partner “Merck More Than A Woman” initiative to create greater awareness on infertility and cancers, which are perceived mostly to afflict women. The First Ladies of Ghana, Senegal, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone and Zambia made the pledged at the opening ceremony of the fifth edition ...

Selected farmers in the Northern and Upper East regions are to benefit from a US$56.52 million African Development Bank loan facility to fund an initiative dubbed ‘Savannah Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project {SAPIP}’. The five-year project, which is targeted at 50,000 farmers, will be implemented in Savelugu, Nanton, Tolon, Kumbungu, West Gonja and West Mamprusi districts in the Northern Region, while ...