Renowned ethnomusicologist and composer Professor John Collins is urging music stakeholders and authorities to encourage live performances as he claims “You’re A Slave To Your Songs If You Mime – Prof John Collins”. The professor in a conversation with Hitz FM said government through the Ministry should come up with […]
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American-born Akon with Senegalese roots believes now is a good time to invest in Ghana and other African states because of bountiful returns to be made as he edges African-Americans to buy property in Ghana in Year of Return Akon, born Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, stated that he was […]
Coffin makers in Ghana are adding a touch of fun to burial processes. They are creating fascinating coffins that will leave you with a dropped jaw. They make coffins that are shaped like Mercedes, lions, fowl and even food ingredients among others. Just name it and they’ll get you a […]
As the year wraps up and families plan to meet and bond, Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ Secretariat (YoR) has indicated that its data for the first nine months of 2019 showed 80,862 more arrivals from the United States of America (USA), Britain (UK) and other key target nations than the […]
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue has been removed from the University of Ghana, after claims that the Indian leader was racist. Mahatma Gandhi’s statue which was unveiled in 2016 by India’s former President Pranab Mukherjee, was removed after University of Ghana lecturers started off a petition in which they cited passages written by […]
Born on April 24, 1827, Ghana’s Kwasi Boakye is the world’s first black engineer. The African-Dutch mining engineer was a prince of the Ashanti Empire and the eldest son of Kwaku Dua II, a king of the Ashanti kingdom. In 1837, along with his cousin Kwame Poku, the prince left […]
A Ghanaian teenager, who taught himself software programming, has designed a predictive analytics model using artificial intelligence to diagnose breast cancer. 19-year old Mustapha Diyanol Haqq from Kumasi, the capital of the country’s Ashanti Region, drew inspiration from “seeing how the big tech companies used innovation to solve some of […]
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About 24 young senior high school girls from Ghana are placing their country on the global map with their innovation that transforms banana and plantain stems into paper bags. The girls, from the Methodist Girls High School in Ghana’s Eastern Region, came up with the idea as an alternative to […]
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Famous for The Steve Harvey Show and his Miss Universe mishap in 2015, American comedian and actor, Steve Harvey, is in Ghana on vacation and for the ‘Year of Return.’ The comedian, alongside his family, will visit some selected tourist sites including castles where slaves were kept. This will expose […]
Alex Korankye, a father of one of the three kidnapped girls in western Ghana has rejected a police forensics investigation into body parts retrieved late last week. According to him, the police could not be trusted over the investigation and that the families were demanding an international probe. he said […]
