Author Archives: larryehu

OKADA, PRAGYA RIDERS TRAINED BY CLEMENT C. BLAY FOUNDATION IN ELLEMBELLE DISTRICT

Clement C. Blay Foundation “Shaip Africa Foundation” in conjunction with the Ghana National Fire Service in Jomoro municipal and the Ghana Police Service in Aiyinase in the Ellembelle district of the Western Region, has organised an educational workshop for about 200 motor and Pragya riders on various road safety regulations. The riders from Essiama, Aiyinase and Asasetr3 were taken through ...

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MP FOR WASSA AMENFI EAST DONATES SPORT KITS AND CASH TO THREE TEAMS

  The Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency in the Western Region, hon. Nicholas Amankwah, a.k.a “Home Boy” on Friday 20, donated sports kits to there Second Division Clubs in the constituency. Amenfi East second division teams are Akropong United in Wasa Akropong, Budo FC of Wasa Grumisa, and Kings FC located in Wasa Jukwa Heman Mpatase upon ...

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Agenda 111: GHS1.4bn cost slashed to GHS779m – Minority doubts project’s feasibility

The Minority in Parliament has demanded clarity from the Akufo-Addo government in connection with some GHS636 million it claims has already been allocated to the Agenda 111 project even before it was launched on Tuesday, 17 August 2021. In a statement, the Minority caucus claims some GHS600 million had already been allocated to the project, which is meant to build ...

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Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara trial fixed for October 11 in Ouagadougou

The trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon killed with 12 others in a 1987 coup, will begin on October 11 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s military prosecutor announced Tuesday. “The military prosecutor at the military court of Ouagadougou, informs national and international opinion that the trial of those accused in the case of the assassination of President ...

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Burundian economist in transformative wood art

Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura is also the central African country’s artistic and creative powerhouse. Clovis Mwizero, an economist-cum artist lives here. With his wife, Mwizero has created La Maison du Bois where he designs and makes decorative objects and furniture out of wood. “La Maison du Bois is an art company, a family business founded by two people who are ...

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App disrupts health care services in eastern DR Congo’s Goma

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, access to quality healthcare is expensive and tedious. But Bienvenue Zigabe has managed to create an application to facilitate quicker access to medical services. “Wiiqare” helps patients pay for treatment and drugs using their savings or on credit. “Our goal is for everyone to have access to health care. When you feel sick and ...

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We haven’t abandoned projects; blame covid for unfinished projects – Agyeman-Manu

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has attributed delay in the construction of some infrastructural projects to the impact of COVID-19. Mr Agyeman-Manu’s statement follows former President Mahama’s claims that the Akufo-Addo-led government has abandoned projects he started under his administration. The lack of continuity of projects, according to Mr John Mahama, has left the unfinished projects in a deplorable state. “No ...

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Ivory Coast steps up Ebola vaccinations after second case

The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus had been detected in Ivory Coast. World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that as of Monday, there had been one confirmed and one suspected case, with nine contacts identified so far. No deaths have been reported. He said the WHO ...

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Retract your ‘coldly calculated’ expulsion letter in 72hrs or I sue – Koku tackles ‘Mosquito’ on ‘vile vendetta’

A former Deputy General Secretary of the biggest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has given the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and its other leaders, a 72-hour ultimatum to retract a notice of his expulsion from the party or face him in court. Mr Anyidoho also wants Mr Nketia to set aside ...

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Scottish club interested in signing Mathew Anim Cudjoe

Scottish top-flight club Dundee United are considering a swoop for Ghanaian midfielder Mathew Anim Cudjoe. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder most recently played for Legon Cities on loan from Young Apostles in Ghana’s Premier League – where the season has just finished. He is capped at the U20 level as Ghana won the Africa Cup of Nations in March this year ...

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