The University for Development Studies (UDS) has collaborated with the United Kingdom (UK) and Economic Commission of West African Studies (ECOWAS) to develop a project that will help establish a food systems and export network for peasant farmers to help boost agricultural business in the sub-region.
The six-month project, dubbed...
The African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE), an organisation strengthening second and third cycle educational institutions through provision of professional skill development knowledge, has urged corporate organisations to support educational initiatives in the COVID-19 environment.
Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chairman of ABCDE, made this plea in his address at the...
Letshego Ghana has partnered Opportunity International EduFinance to host a webinar series themed ‘Resilience! Repositioning Your School after COVID-19’.
The partnership provides all schools with a multifunctional digital toolkit to equip schools in keeping their staff and learners safe, while mitigating the risks educational institutions face in the current unpredictable...
Government has over the last three and half years cleared 91% of debt popularly known as ‘legacy arrears’ that it inherited in the education sector from the previous government in 2017, Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said.
According to the minister, part of this debt resulted from the...
Brighter Investment, a social enterprise that provides full financial support to talented students in developing countries, in partnership with the Ministry for Business Development and the Association of African Universities (AAU) will be conducting a nationwide career-tracer study on most viable career pathways among Ghanaian graduates in August.
The study...
The Law Students’ Union of the University of Cape Coast has presented two separate citations; one in honour of GOIL Company Limited and the other for the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive of GOIL, Mr. Kwame Osei-Prempeh, in appreciation of sponsorship for the union’s Law School events and...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) will give more attention to players in the educational and arts sectors with the receipt of GH¢150million top-up funds from government for the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme.
The Executive Director of NBSSI, Kosi Yankey-Aryeh, told the B&FT that the...
Tertiary education plays a critical and positive role in the development of every nation. The increasing global recognition of relevant tertiary education as a major driver of economic transformation has contributed to the growing demand for high quality tertiary education. To this end, educational institutions the world over are...
In a unique move to build the digital capacities of job seekers, the Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, has launched another flagship programme - ICT Skills Training for Students and Job Seekers.
This programme is expected to...
MTN Ghana Foundation has completed screening applications for its Bright Scholarship scheme for tertiary students for the 2020/2021 academic year.
A total of 1,180 applications were received out of which 184 applicants were shortlisted for the final batch of the Scholarship. The shortlisted applicants comprised 134 males and 52 females...