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  Dembe-Sembel and Semaetat high schools in the Central Region presented awards to 253 outstanding students who scored high marks in the national school-leaving and eighth-grade examinations. Dembe-Sembel High School awarded 60 students who scored a GPA of 3 to 4 in the national school-leaving examination and 74 students who scored over 90 points in the eighth-grade national examination. Mr. Negasi Woldu, director of the school, congratulated the awardees and […]

  Kwaku Nsiah-Asare, CEO of Ghana-based gold mining company Typhoon Greenfield Development Limited (Typhoon) will participate at the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) – Africa’s premier gathering for mining stakeholders – as a speaker.  Nsiah-Asare will feature on a panel titled Ghana’s Gold Renaissance: Refining and Innovation, Enhancing the Nation's Golden Potential, where he is expected to spotlight Typhoon’s contribution to maintaining Ghana’s position as Africa’s top gold producer and […]

  The joint parliamentary oversight delegation concluded its engagements with municipalities in Gauteng on Friday, emphasising the need for cooperation, accountability and consequence management in municipal governance. The delegation, comprising the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General, conducted oversight last week in North West and Gauteng together with the provincial legislatures. This oversight visit formed […]

  President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to hold his first presidential media engagement in his second term on Wednesday, 10 September 2025. The encounter, according to the Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, will provide journalists with a direct opportunity to question the President on his policy interventions, his “Resetting Ghana Agenda,” and a range of urgent national issues. A statement issued by the Minister said the platform […]

  Karavan Press, an independent publisher based in Cape Town, South Africa is the winner of the 2025 edition of the CANEX Book Factory Prize for Publishing in Africa that celebrates and recognises outstanding contributions of African publishers and authors to the literary world. Karavan Press was recognised for its book In Silence My Heart Speaks by Thobeka Yose, winning the $20,000 top prize. The Prize was presented by Algeria’s […]

  Speaker Anita Among has urged member states of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) to anchor their work on promoting inclusivity in global governance. Among, who was delivering President Yoweri Museveni's message at the opening ceremony of the 63rd Annual Session of AALCO held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo and Conference Centre, on Monday, 08 September 2025, urged member states to ensure respect of diversity and inclusivity. “Promoting inclusivity […]

  FIND (www.FINDdx.org)  will showcase seven years of impact in strengthening Lassa fever preparedness at the 2nd Lassa Fever International Conference, taking place from 8–11 September 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. FIND CEO Dr Ifedayo Adetifa will speak at the opening session on 9 September, focusing on how diagnostics are bridging gaps in pandemic preparedness and response and shaping global health security. Since 2018, FIND has led a portfolio of […]

  Maggy Shino, Petroleum Commissioner at Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, underscored the importance of regional collaboration as Africa’s new wave of producers enter the global energy stage during the Angola Oil&Gas 2025 Conference and Exhibition last week. Delivering a keynote address on behalf of Kornelia Shilunga, Presidential Special Advisor and Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Office of the President, Shino highlighted how lesson learned by […]

  Thirty Libyan journalists, media professors, students and fact checkers joined a UNSMIL-backed online training session Thursday to sharpen their skills in digital research and verification, as part of wider efforts to strengthen the country’s media sector against the spread of false information.   The Zoom-based workshop was organised by the UNSMIL as part of its Basirah professional development programme. Pamela Kesrouani from the Google News Initiative presented the training, which […]