Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Ursula Owusu Ekuful is providing 50 women training in cosmetology as part of a bespoke programme to empower women in her constituency. The two-year training which is squeezed into six weeks is the first of its kind according to the trainers with the trainees being given a 10 per cent theory and a 90 …

The Bosome Freho District Directorate of Health Services, has consistently recorded higher teenage pregnancy incidences in the communities, over the past five years. Mr Clement Nti Boateng, District Director of Health Services who stated this, said the incidence represented between 17-20 per cent of teenage pregnancies recorded annually, within the period under review. Speaking at a community outreach education campaign …

AbdulEditor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., has urged the National Communications Authority (NCA), to find ways of applying some level of ‘humanity’ and ‘common sense’ in the discharge of their duties. The NCA on Thursday closed down two Accra-based radio stations known to be affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking to this …

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the leading African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme is a 10-year, $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs. The Programme’s objective is to generate at least 1,000,000 new jobs and create at least …

The World Food Programme has demanded Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement stops diverting desperately needed food aid from people in areas under its control. A survey by the UN agency said people in the capital Sanaa had not received rations to which they were entitled. The WFP said lorries were illegally removing food from distribution areas, with rations sold on the …