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The Mastercard Foundation celebrates the decennial anniversary of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Launched in 2012, the Program began as a $500 million initiative to develop the next generation of leaders who would drive social and economic transformation. The Program identifies talented young people from economically disadvantaged and hard-to-reach communities, …

TotalEnergies has commissioned its first Electric Vehicle (EV) charging unit in Ghana as part of efforts to boost the increasing demand and usage of Electric vehicles in Ghana.Managing Director of TotalEnergies Ghana Plc. Mr. Olufemi Babajide stated that the EV charging unit is the first in West Africa and serves …

The Ayawaso West Assembly has come under intense fire after illegally demolishing a structure in a prime area at East Legon in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday. The most shocking aspect of the exercise is that the Estate Developer, Nana Ofori Boasiako, has already been granted a permit by …

Bank heists in Lebanon have become a growing trend – but these armed “robbers” storming into banks are not stealing anyone else’s money. They are just demanding access to their own savings. And instead of being prosecuted, the perpetrators have largely been allowed to remain free and have become folk …

The Minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has expressed shock at the action taken against an aviation security officer by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL). According to the Minister, he is shocked to hear about the interdiction of the security guard, Awudu Basit. He said though there was such …

Another shocking revelation coming in indicates that Aisha Huang alias EN Huang, the Chinese galamsey queen accused of engaging in illegal mining is married to a Ghanaian business tycoon based in Kumasi. The husband is said to be a Ghanaian who schooled in China but currently domicile in Kumasi in …

South Korean police say they have arrested a woman accused of murdering her two children who were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month. In a case that shocked the country, the bodies were discovered by strangers who had bought the abandoned suitcases from a storage unit in Auckland. …

Four men have been imprisoned for life after being convicted of rape in Nigeria’s northern state of Jigawa. The state’s high court in the town of Birnin-Kudu found them guilty of raping four girls in separate cases. In a statement, the state justice ministry says two pupils – both eight-year-olds …

The Ministry of Works and Housing is rolling out a national revised affordable housing programme to provide an initial 12,000 housing units at Pokuase, near Accra, and Dedesua in the Ashanti Region. Dubbed: ‘Me Fie’, to wit ‘My House’, the programme is expected to take off in November this year. …

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA) Emmanuel Kojo Appiah has pleaded with fans to desist from stealing toilet rolls when they visit the washrooms at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Emmanuel Kojo Appiah was speaking on preparations made by his outfit ahead of Asante Kotoko’s CAF …