3 h. ago GNPC disburses scholarship funds for 2023 and 2024 academic years

The GNPC Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has announced the immediate commencement of bursary disbursements to its scholarship beneficiaries across the country.

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8 h. ago End the Scholarship Waste & Invest in Skills That Build Nations

For far too long, government scholarship schemes have poured scarce national resources into generic academic programmes such as International Relations, Human Resource Management, Public Administration, Journalism, and Marketing. These are subjects that are easily taught in Ghana at far less cost and with little to no local impact in terms of job creation or industry development.

Events

50 h. ago Ho West MP secures 100 international scholarships for constituents

The Member of Parliament for Ho West, Emmanuel Bedzrah has announced securing 100 international educational scholarships for his constituents. He said that the scholarship with, being issued by his Russian partners aimed to produce a science and technologically inclined human resource to help develop his constituency. Mr. Bedzrah said the initiative aims to harness the […]

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60 h. ago Inexperienced Scholarship Boss has ruined Ghana’s goodwill with foreign schools – Kofi Ofosu

Former CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has launched a stinging criticism of the current head of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Kwaku Asafo-Agyei, accusing him of inexperience and poor negotiation skills that have harmed Ghana’s longstanding goodwill with international academic institutions.

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61 h. ago 2024 WAFCON: Banyana Banyana cruise into Knockout Stages with convincing win over Mali

CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations reigning champions, South Africa produced a dominant display to brush aside Mali 4–0 and seal top spot in Group C, securing their place in the knockout stages in style. Banyana Banyana started brightly and wasted no time in asserting their authority. Just five minutes in, Lebohang Ramalepe opened the […]

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3 d. ago Heritage Christian University sign up for JoySports Invitational Tournament 2025

Heritage Christian University has joined the list of reputable organizations to have signed up for the JoySports Invitational Tournament 2025, after officially confirming participation in the event. Heritage Christian University is a higher learning institution that promotes transformative education through active engagement in scholarship, professionalism and creative pursuits in entrepreneurship. The JoySports Invitational, Ghana’s leading […]

Sport

4 d. ago Minority demands urgent aid for Ghanaian scholarship students facing deportation

A deepening financial crisis affecting Ghanaian students on government scholarships abroad has reached a critical juncture, prompting the Minority in Parliament to issue an urgent plea for immediate government intervention.

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8 d. ago ‘Okrika Reclaimed’: Confronting fast fashion’s fallout in Ghana through art

Ghana is the final stop for the world’s unwanted clothing, where the fast fashion industry’s overflow ends up in bales on the backs of porters, flooding Kantamanto Market, and ultimately, choking beaches and drains with textile waste.

Culture

9 d. ago Scholarships Authority Bill goes before Parliament, targets eliminating cronyism and nepotism

Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has laid before Parliament the Ghana Scholarships Authority Bill—a legislative proposal aimed at transforming the country’s scholarship system and eliminating what he described as widespread cronyism and nepotism in the current regime. Presenting the bill to the House, Mr Iddrisu conceded that the existing structure for awarding government scholarships lacks […]

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1 week ago Deportation looms for Ghanaian students in UK as scholarship support collapses

President of the Ghana PhD Cohort, Prince Bansah, has boldly spoken out on the escalating crisis confronting Ghanaian government-sponsored students in the United Kingdom, describing the situation as deeply distressing, worsening daily, and now jeopardising Ghana’s diplomatic standing.

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1 week ago Education Minister to lay Scholarship Authority Bill before Parliament

The Government will next week place before Parliament the Scholarship Authority Bill, as part of efforts to deal with nepotism and cronyism in the award of scholarships. 

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1 week ago ‘We make excuses for waste and stealing’ – Kofi Bentil laments

Ghana’s latest economic blueprint, President John Dramani Mahama’s “24-Hour Economy”, has been met with scepticism from Kofi Bentil, Vice President of IMANI Africa. Speaking on JoyFM’s Newsfile on Saturday, July 5, Mr Bentil characterised the policy as largely a rehash of past initiatives, warning that without a fundamental shift in implementation, it risks becoming another […]

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1 week ago Zoomlion deepens Africa expansion with strategic partnership in Kenya

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a leading waste management company under the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has reiterated its commitment to deepen its African expansion. Given this, the Jospong Group, led by its Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, paid a working visit to Mombasa, Kenya, where he held high-level discussions with the Governor of Mombasa […]

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1 week ago Memphis University threatens to drop Ghanaian scholarship students over unpaid fees by gov’t

The University of Memphis has issued a stern warning to Ghanaian scholarship students after the Ghanaian Government fell significantly behind on fee payments. Under the Ghana Government Scholarship Scheme, 185 Ghanaian students in the US have received full sponsorship.

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2 w. ago Burning of waste bins and indiscriminate dumping threaten sanitation management efforts – Zoomlion

Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana is raising concerns over what officials described as persistent attempts to sabotage its operations by unscrupulous persons who have mastered the art of burning refuse collection containers. The company says this act and indiscriminate dumping of waste at collection sites without recourse to lay down arrangements undermine its goal to […]

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2 w. ago USAID officially closes, attracting condemnation from Obama and Bush

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has officially closed its doors after President Donald Trump gradually dismantled the agency over its allegedly wasteful spending.

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2 w. ago Ongoing decongestion exercise in Accra reduces solid waste by 14.4 tonnes – AMA

The ongoing decongestion exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has resulted in a 14.4-tonne reduction in the volume of waste collected from the Central Business District (CBD).

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2 w. ago Go Circular Ghana project closes with strong results in fight against plastic waste

With plastic pollution threatening Ghana’s environment, health, and economy, government officials, businesses, and civil society groups have come together to mark the end of the Go Circular Ghana Project.

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2 w. ago Ghana could reap $4m from solar waste: New study highlights urgent need for recycling

A groundbreaking study published in the International Journal of Green Energy reveals that Ghana stands to recover as much as $4 million from solar photovoltaic (PV) waste through the implementation of proactive recycling and materials recovery strategies.

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2 w. ago Zoomlion deploys 200 new trucks to tackle waste management nationwide

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has deployed 100 out of 200 new state-of-the-art waste management trucks nationwide, with the remaining 100 trucks expected to arrive soon.

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