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President John Mahama at the launch. President John Dramani Mahama on Friday launched Ghana’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, with plans to invest $250 million to establish a world-class AI Computing Centre. The strategy, which covers the period 2025 to 2035, is aimed at positioning Ghana as a leading AI hub in West Africa and

The news is out that American Tower Corporation (ATC) Ghana has secured a victory in international arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), against Airtel Ghana with respect to over GH¢1 billion in tower and utility bills arrears, which piled up over several years.   The ICC ruling was issued exactly on March 17, 2026.

Findings of a baseline survey conducted by International Foundation (MIHOSO) has called on the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly to invest in a software that will generate and track realistic data to improve revenue mobilization in the municipality. It urged the assembly to strengthen its sub-district structures to improve its Internally Generated Fund, calling for intensified

Professor Christian Agyare The Governing Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) at its 292nd (Special) Meeting held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 appointed Professor Christian Agyare as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University.  His four-year term of office will begin effective 1st August, 2026 to July, 31, 2030.   Prof. Agyare succeeds

Corporate Ghana has been urged to overhaul workplace systems to ensure full inclusion of persons with disabilities, as experts warn that persistent structural and attitudinal barriers continue to limit their meaningful participation in the economy.  Professor Augustana Naami, Social Work scholar at the University of Ghana, made the call at the EmpowAbility Seminar 2.0, organised

Abronye An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Bono Regional New Patriotic Party Chairman Kwame Baffoe into Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) custody over alleged offensive conduct and false publication. Baffoe has been charged with offensive conduct conducive to breach of the peace and publication of false news. He pleaded not guilty. When the case was

The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), has paid a working visit to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to brief him on the award of a GH¢400 million Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Teaching Hospital contract.  The visit led by its Administrator, Mr. Paul Adjei, was to update the Asantehene on the successful award of the contract for the procurement of

Three persons have been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for unlawful possession of suspected narcotics following an intelligence-led operation at Odumase-Krobo that also exposed an attempted GH¢100,000 bribe. According to a press release signed by Chief Inspector Bridget Opoku of the Public Affairs Unit of the Eastern Regional Police Command, the operation was

Ghana has presented 509,862 candidates for this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which began with Oral English on Tuesday.  Statistics from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) revealed that 225,274 of the candidates are males, while 284,588 are females.   In addition, 82 candidates from Togo will join their Ghanaian counterparts.  WAEC

COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director-General of CID. The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police and INTERPOL, has arrested three Ghanaians for allegedly taking, producing, publishing and processing indecent images, photographs, and videos involving children.  This is in contravention of Section 62(1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038).  Commissioner of Police (COP) Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director-General