ICED awarded $6m grant to strengthen development research in Africa
On May 12, 2020 at the University of California (UC) Davis, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience (MRR Innovation Lab) announced the award of a five-year research grant to the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED). ICED will lead the implementation of MRR Innovation Lab’s Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and […]
GFA to reduce number of division one league clubs
The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has taken a decision to form a five- member committee for the implementation of the transitional provision on the number of participating clubs in the National Division One League. The decision to set up the advisory committee is in compliance with Article 81(6) of the GFA […]
Balogun Olalekan assumes office as MD of UBA Ghana
The Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa Limited (UBA Ghana) has appointed Mr Olalekan Balogun as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. A statement issued in Accra by the Bank and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said the appointment took retrospective effect from May 08, […]
Namibian president bans new cars for ministers
Namibian ministers and government officials have been banned by the president from buying a new car for five years so that the money can be spent on dealing with coronavirus, a tweet from President Hage Geingob’s office says. The measure will save $10.7m (£8.8m), the tweet says. It adds that the money will instead be […]
NPP Aspiring MP disqualified as youth organizer demand explanation
Vetting of NPP Parliamentary Aspirants are on-going in Constituencies throughout the country. While some Constituencies are no go areas because the aspirants are seasoned MP’s, other constituencies are up in arms for the disqualification of some contestants. One of such victims is Lincoln Edward Addo in the Trobo Constituency in Greater Accra. The Youth Organizer […]
Over 7,000 government employees cannot be accounted for – Auditor General
More than 7,000 government employees cannot be accounted for. This is according to the latest Auditor General’s Payroll and Personnel Verification Audit report. It indicates that out of 522,478 supposed active employees expected, a total of 7,823 remained unaccounted for at the end of the enumeration exercise. The Auditor General has therefore recommended to the […]
Cameroon: Six opposition Party members arrested for distributing face masks
Six members of Cameroon’s opposition party, the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC), have been arrested for distributing face masks and hand sanitisers in the capital, Yaoundé. The six men were picked up at the Mokolo market, one of the largest in the country. Opposition activists say that the arrests were politically motivated. But police say that […]
Who Really Are Frontline Workers?
NEWS COMMENTARY ON DEFINITION OF FRONTLINE WORKERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 One of the terminologies that has defiled operational definition since the outbreak of the Coronavirus otherwise known as COVID-19 is the phrase “frontline workers”. In the military the front-line troops are those who are closest to the enemy. If this military definition is […]
Coronavirus: Ghana Diaspora Women donates PPE’s to Abuakwa Polyclinic
Abuakwa Polyclinic in the Atwima Nwiabigya South Municipality of Ashanti region has received Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, worth thousands of cedis from the Ghana Diaspora Women, a non-profit organization that seeks to empower women and increase female participation in the policy making processe. The donation is to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
Singer Yemi Alade faults Buhari’s choice of top aide
Nigerian singer Yemi Alade has waded into politics by criticising the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as President Muhammadu Buhari’s new chief of staff. Mr Gambari is a retired diplomat and previously served in Mr Buhari’s military government in the 1980s. He replaces Abba Kyari, who died last month from coronavirus. The fact that he is […]
