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Akufo-Addo directs official flags to fly at half-mast following Queen Elizabeth’s death

Akufo-Addo directs official flags to fly at half-mast following Queen Elizabeth’s death

Africa News, Ghana News, International, World News
President Akufo-Addo has directed that all official flags should fly at half-mast beginning Friday for seven days to honour the death of Queen Elizabeth. The President gave this directive on Thursday in a tweet to sympathise with the Royal Family and His Majesty King Charles III. “She was a cherished and revered monarch of the British people, the longest-serving in their history, who will be sorely missed. We are saddened by her departure. “In honour of her memory, I have directed that all official flags in the nation fly at half-mast for seven (7) days, as from tomorrow, Friday, 9th September,” the tweet read. https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1567946849637613569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1567946852837769216%7Ctwgr%5E22b453f179ea55e0526ab4e411e...
All unregistered SIM cards to be blocked for 2days each week till September ending

All unregistered SIM cards to be blocked for 2days each week till September ending

Ghana News
From Monday, September 5, 2022, mobile network subscribers in Ghana who have still not re-registered their SIM cards and has done only stage one re-registration will start receiving punitive actions including the blocking of all their outgoing calls and data services for 48 hours (2 days) per week. This will be done in a sequential batch of numbers on a rotational basis weekly as a second punitive measure. The first punitive measure includes re-routing of all outgoing calls for a message to be played before all calls go through everyday. This is part of punitive actions the National Communications Authority (NCA) has communicated to all Mobile Network Operators (MNO) for them to institute against users who have still not re-registered their SIM Cards beginning Monday, S...
Online education receives boost as KNUST invests ¢17m on multimedia equipment

Online education receives boost as KNUST invests ¢17m on multimedia equipment

Ghana News
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has set up a $1.3 million e-learning centre with additional ¢17 million in multimedia teaching equipment. According to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson, the move forms part of efforts to improve online teaching and learning. “We will commission this facility to serve as the symbol of our continued commitment to digital education. I believe this infrastructure is just what we need to compete with the rest of the world in this era of digital Education. “I am sure we have set ourselves on the path of success and nothing can stop us now,” she said this in a speech read on her behalf by The Pro-Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo. The commissioning of the state-of-the-art studios marked the end o...
Ghana First In Sub-Region To Commit To Nuclear Power

Ghana First In Sub-Region To Commit To Nuclear Power

Africa News, Ghana News
The Director of the Nuclear Power Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Seth Kofi Debrah says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s approval for the inclusion of nuclear power into the country’s power generation mix indicates the country’s readiness to go nuclear.  The President, in a statement on Wednesday, approved the inclusion of nuclear technology into the country’s power generation mix. The statement said the decision was in line with global collective commitment to ensure sustainable power to enhance rapid industrialisation, and to propel economic growth. Prof Debrah told the Ghana News Agency that the formal announcement of approval meant the country was the first in the subregion to commit to a nuclear power programme and provided enough signa...
Low minimum wage accounts for theft at workplaces – CEO of Mckeown Group

Low minimum wage accounts for theft at workplaces – CEO of Mckeown Group

Africa News, Ghana News, Pentecost News
Chief Executive Officer of the Mckeown Group of Companies, Kwaku Adu Aninkorah, has lamented the lack of integrity among Ghanaian workers. He however says the low minimum wage paid workers partly accounts for theft at workplaces. There have been several conversations on the negative attitude of Ghanaian employees towards work. This has been frustrating to business owners. Many employees have been reported stealing, and contributing to the collapse of many businesses. But Mr. Aninkorah says lack of proper structures at the workplace, including record keeping and tax payment, makes it difficult to report theft to the Police. Speaking to David Akuetteh on Luv In the Morning on Luv FM, he said “integrity has come to naught. It is time to demonstrate honesty even ...
Over 23,000 people test positive for HIV in six months

Over 23,000 people test positive for HIV in six months

Africa News, Ghana News
A total of 23,495 people in Ghana tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). The figure is two percent of the 948,094 people who undertook HIV testing from January to June 2022, the Programme Manager of the National STIs and HIV/AIDS Control Programme, Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo said in a report filed by state newspaper, graphic online. “The figure for this new infection is too high, so we need to intensify education to let people know that HIV is still real; …We have to let people know that they need to stick to the prevention strategies…,” he said. Dr. Ayisi Addo said most of the 23,495 people who tested positive had since been put on HIV treatment. He attributed the figures to complacency and ignorance explaining that awareness creation on the par...
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