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GFA secures attachment offers for local coaches

GFA secures attachment offers for local coaches

Ghana News, Sports
The Technical Directorate of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has brokered a deal with three European clubs, namely: Borussia Dortmund, Darmstadt FC and TSG Hoffeinheim for attachment opportunities for Ghanaian coaches. This follows deep engagements between the Technical Director, Bernhard Lippert, and the three German clubs in the last few months. The arrangement will give national team coaches (male and female) and top coaches in the top tier League the opportunity to have practical stints with the clubs at different times to broaden their horizon and also equip them with the modern trends of the game. A similar discussion is ongoing with Spanish La Liga club, Cadiz Football Club, with a formal announcement expected in the coming days. The Technical Directorate of the GFA...
Parts of Accra inundated with flood waters again

Parts of Accra inundated with flood waters again

Ghana News
Some parts of Accra were again hit by floods after a downpour that lasted about two hours yesterday[July 5, 2022] morning. The rains, which affected mostly the eastern and the northern parts of the capital, left many communities flooded and also caused heavy vehicular traffic on some major roads. As usual, flood-prone areas such as Kaneshie, Odorkor and the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange were not spared by the flood waters. Other suburbs, such as Tesano, the Dansoman Junction, the Industrial Area, the Achimota-Nsawam road and some part of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration also got flooded. Areas including Nungua, Teshie, the National Road Four (N4), which stretches from the Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange to Adenta, as well as the Kaneshie-Mallam Highway, all e...
Ghanaian leads UK team on brain disorder breakthrough

Ghanaian leads UK team on brain disorder breakthrough

Ghana News, International
People who suffer Alzheimer’s, a brain disorder, can now heave signs of relief as a major headway has been made in diagnosing the disease with a single brain scan. A Professor of Cancer Pharmacology and Molecular Imaging at the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, Eric Aboagye, has led a team of researchers in the United Kingdom to uncover how a single magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain can be enough to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Hitherto, diagnosis was done with several tests, which could take months or years for a diagnose to be achieved. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Graphic, Prof. Aboagye, a Ghanaian, said the research used machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including the regions not previo...
Ghana Engages IMF For Economic Support

Ghana Engages IMF For Economic Support

Ghana News
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has authorized Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inviting the Fund to support an economic programme put together by the government of Ghana. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information said this follows a telephone conversation between the President and the IMF Managing Director, Miss Kristalina Georgieva, conveying Ghana’s decision to engage with the Fund. “At a meeting on June 30th, 2022, cabinet indicated its support for the decision,” the statement said. “The engagement with the IMF will seek to provide balance of payment support as part of a broader effort to quicken Ghana’s build back in the face of challenges induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and, recently, t...
Ghana Needs Righteousness: Not Churches, Leaders – Apostle Nyamekye

Ghana Needs Righteousness: Not Churches, Leaders – Apostle Nyamekye

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said what the nation needs are not leaders and churches but righteousness exhibited by the citizenry through faith. He noted that although there were many churches and leaders in the country, righteous living was still an issue. The Chairman added that the change the country sought for from its leaders could only materialise through righteous living and building a righteous brand Leadership not showmanship Apostle Nyamekye was speaking at a thanksgiving service held for the new leadership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), led by its President, Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, in Accra. The Apostle said leadership was not about showmanship and accessing power to lord it over subordinates but rather a huge r...
GH¢31.7m mobilised for National Cathedral

GH¢31.7m mobilised for National Cathedral

Ghana News
The fundraising efforts by the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana towards the construction of the cathedral have accrued GH¢31.75 million since 2018. Out of the amount, GH¢2.21 million was contributed by various church denominations. The board disclosed this when it launched another mass fundraising strategy, dubbed: ‘The National Cathedral Week’, at a press briefing in Accra yesterday. The National Cathedral Week is slated for July 4 to 10, 2022. Addressing the press, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, said the commemoration was to help boost efforts at raising the required funds for the building of the national cathedral. “The result of the fundraising so far does not meet the demands of the cash flow for the construct...
Fishers differ on closed season

Fishers differ on closed season

Ghana News
Fishers in coastal communities have expressed mixed reactions to the upcoming closed fishing season, citing a number of factors, especially the current economic challenges facing the country. While some of them have called for the scraping of the closed season because it is unproductive, others have asked that it must be suspended as a result of the harsh economic conditions. On the other hand, some of them have indicated that the closed season is a good intervention but it needs proper implementation. Speaking with the Daily Graphic, the fisher folks said while they considered August the most appropriate period to close the sea, the government should also make cash payments to fishers to offset the anticipated revenue loss during the sit-home period, in the face of the current ec...
Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative hits one-year milestone

Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative hits one-year milestone

Africa News, Ghana News, Science & Technology
The Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC initiative – Saving Lives and Livelihoods – which has so far greatly helped the continent deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, is one year old. The initiative is said to be the largest public health partnership between a global philanthropic organisation and an African institution. A joint statement issued by the partners said the initiative has proven to be catalytic and is now a $1.5 billion partnership with four key objectives, namely: To purchase COVID-19 vaccines for at least 65 million peopleTo drive millions more vaccinations by enabling the delivery and administration of vaccines.To lay the groundwork for vaccine manufacturing by focusing on human capital development.To strengthen the capacity of Africa CDC. “The Saving Lives and Liv...
Ghana is experiencing 5th wave of Covid-19 – KCCR virologist

Ghana is experiencing 5th wave of Covid-19 – KCCR virologist

Ghana News, International
A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Dr Michael Owusu, says the country is currently experiencing its fifth wave of the coronavirus. He said the new wave can be attributed to the BA.4 category of the Omicron variant, adding that lack of adherence to safety measures coupled with vaccine hesitancy is likely to make the projected wave a challenge. According to him, the new variant of the virus is likely to affect about 90% of the population as compared to previous variants which affected about 40% of the populace. “Although I do not believe the new variant will be very deadly, I do believe it will be the most highly transmissible variant yet. As the pattern changes, I am looking forward to the President relooking at the E.I. again and possibly announci...
Former Ghanaian Police Officer and nurse, elected Deputy Mayor of Royal Borough of Greenwich in London

Former Ghanaian Police Officer and nurse, elected Deputy Mayor of Royal Borough of Greenwich in London

Ghana News, International
A former Ghanaian Police officer who is also a specialized Renal Rurse has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in Greater London. Councilor Dominic Mbang was re-elected on May 5, 2022, in the local government elections in the UK for the Woolwich Dockyard ward. He was unanimously elected as a Deputy Mayor for the Royal Borough of Greenwich on May 5, 2022. In his new role, Councilor Mbang will be assisting the Major. The Mayor’s major responsibility is to preside over full council sessions and ensure that the proceedings are conducted appropriately and that all points of view are heard. The Mayor must remain politically neutral during their term in office. Residents often consider the Mayor as a defender of rights, and they will make recommendations...
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