The Provost of the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Samuel Afranie, has challenged tertiary institutions to help solve the problem of graduate unemployment, confronting the nation. He asked the institutions to equip graduates with entrepreneurial skills to enable them create their own jobs after their studies. Prof Afranie was addressing the six-week entrepreneurship clinic, organised jointly by the ... Read More

Communities living near the Water Storage Facility (WSF) of the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) in Kenyasi in the Brong-Ahafo Region have appealed to management of the company to resettle them from their current location as a matter of urgency. Residents in the community are complaining that their main source of water which is from the WSF has been contaminated and is a potential danger to their health. Mr Moorey Leebi, spokesperson for six of such communities, namely; Kwaku Addiekrom, ... Read More

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has been named in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations best XI squad. The Black Stars striker scored one goal in six matches but created several assists for his teammates as Ghana finished fourth. Gyan was selected by CAF's Technical Study Group to strike upfront with Nigeria's Emmanuel Emenike who was joint top scorer with Mubarak Wakaso with four goals. African XI: Vincent Enyeama-Bakary Koné, Nando Maria Neves, Efe Ambrose-Jonathan Pitroipa, Siaka Tiéné, Seydou ... Read More

The Ghana School Feeding Programme is bedeviled with numerous challenges despite years of implementation, especially in the Karaga District of the Northern Region. Major challenges identified include poor sanitation, low quality of food served and delay in paying caterers. These came to light at a dialogue and experience sharing by community members, caterers, farmers and the District Implementation Committee. The dialogue was organised by the Netherlands Development Organisation, a ... Read More

The Ghana Football Association will keep Kwesi Appiah as coach of the Black Stars despite his failure to deliver the trophy, supersport.com understands. Public sentiment against the coach kept rising since the team's loss to Mali on Saturday. For the second year running, Ghana failed to clinch a medal despite making it to the semifinal. A Ghana FA source told supersport.com: "We know of public disappointment due to the way in which we finished this tournament. But above all, we want to ... Read More

If there is any disappointment to the nation in recent times, perhaps it was the abysmal performance of the senior national team, the Black Stars, in the just-ended AFCON 2013. Even the little boy on the street can attest that the Black Stars did not live up to the expectations of the 25 million Ghanaians. After struggling to reach the semi-finals of the tournament in South Africa, Ghanaians were expecting that Coach Akwasi Appiah and his team would fight hard to proceed to the finals. ... Read More

Due to excessive pressure on the emergency care unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, the authorities of the hospital are envisaging a likely closure of the unit soon, Mr Kwame Frimpong, Public Relations Officer of KATH has hinted. ?If things do not improve and more referral facilities are developed in the region to help cushion the pressure on the emergency care unit, a time will come when we may not be able to cater for all emergency cases,? he cautioned. The ... Read More

The Sunyani Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Mrs Philomena Boakye Appiah, has said all forms of noise pollution, including those made by preachers who use loud megaphones and blaring speakers, are illegal and punishable by law. She has, therefore, entreated the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to enforce the law on the appropriate noise levels in their areas. She suggested that taskforces should be constituted by the MMDAs to ... Read More

The 1988 year group of the Holy Child Past Students Association (HOPSA 88), has organised a mentoring seminar for the final year students, as part of activities to mark the association?s 25th anniversary celebrations. To climax the anniversary, the group will sponsor the school?s 67th Speech and Prize-Giving Day, slated for Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Cape Coast. HOPSA 88 has also embarked on projects such as the renovation of the computer laboratory and the replacement of the school?s ... Read More

Telecom giant Vodafone Ghana has confirmed its leadership in innovation with the introduction of the BlackBerry (BB) Z10, one week after its global launch. The new product will allow customers on the Vodafone network to be the first to own the latest handset which has created consumer frenzy all over the world. Vodafone is the first network to offer it to their customers along with 1.5 GB of data. According to a statement signed by Uche Ofodile, Chief Marketing Officer at Vodafone Ghana, ... Read More

Mr Jake Addo, Chairman of the 24th Movement, Tema Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has underscored the need for party members and supporters in the Metropolis to strive to capture all the three seats in the 2016 elections. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Tema, Mr Addo explained that the Movement formed in memory of President J.E. Mills of blessed memory, was bent on stopping the serial defeats of the NDC in Tema. He assured the NDC that the Movement shall mobilise ... Read More