Ghana Floods – An Ongoing Problem
Years of delays and repeated failures to implement and improve sewage and drainage systems in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has led to increasingly damaging and deadly flooding during the country’s annual rainy season. “[Ghana] hasn’t make any serious arrangements in the event of a flood,” said Franklin Cudjoe, director of the Accra-based IMANI think tank. “It […]
Geneva Show to Boost Global Appetite for African Fashion
Africa’s indigenous creativity in fashion goods and services is something to be discovered and promoted at this year’s Africa Fashion Show Geneva (AFSG). The annual event promotes, showcases and celebrates the richness and diversity of Africa’s cultural heritage driven by the fashion industry and its talents. The creative textile and clothing industry is a multi-billion […]
Ghana’s Andre Ayew leaves Marseille to join Swansea
GHANA forward Andre Ayew has joined Swansea City on a free transfer and signed a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.The 25-year-old has joined from French club Olympique Marseille, where his contract expired at the end of last season, having scored 10 league goals in his final campaign. Ayew, who has 62 […]
Ghana using child labour in mines
Ghana’s mining industry has been benefiting from child labour in unlicensed mines, Human Rights Watch has said, after conducting field observations in the in the Western, Central and Ashanti Regions. It is estimated that thousands of children, mostly between the ages of 15 and 17, have been working in perilous conditions pulling ore out of […]
Ghana petrol station inferno salvage operation
A salvage operation after a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital that killed 150 people will continue until Sunday, the president has said. John Dramani Mahama said three days of national mourning would then begin for those who died in the inferno and the flooding that has also hit Accra. It is believed […]
Nish Kards: The Kim Kardashian of Ghana
Let me Set this Straight, I love you Davido and i’m also a big Fan of your Work, Althought my Padi “Davido” has only being in the industry for some year’s and it looks like he has been for a decade, many ladies are attracted to the pop star for various reasons, some claimed they […]
Petrol station fire in Accra, Floods bring chaos, Death toll at 96
A blaze at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has killed at least 76 people, the Ghana National Fire service says. The fire started as people in the city are trying to cope with two days of heavy rain, which has left many homeless and without power. There are chaotic scenes with many roads […]
Ten Hottest African Artistes Making Global Waves
Africa has continued to churn out exquisite talents in the entertainment industry and music has continued to enjoy wide publicity and popularity. ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM writes on 10 top African artistes making wave at home and abroad. Today, Africans are commanding respect in the field of music, having proven to the world that they too […]
Ghanaian scientist, Dr Thomas O. Mensah admitted into he US’s National Academy of Inventors
Ghanaian scientist, Dr Thomas O. Mensah, is known globally as one of the great minds of the 21st century. He was recently admitted into the American Academy of Inventors, the first African to receive this honour. 65 year-old Ghanaian scientist, Dr Thomas Mensah, added yet another accolade to his bulging CV by being inducted into […]
Ghana to halt oil exploration
Until a maritime territorial dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast is resolved, any new offshore oil exploration must stop, says the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Both Ghana and Ivory Coast claim the waters as their own and a final decision on this dispute could take two years. From Ghana’s oil city […]
