Tag: University of Ghana
Traditional media must be the reference point for true news
Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Dean of the School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana, has urged traditional media to position themselves as authenticators...
Madina votes not on auto pilot
Highly populated and lively Madina, an Accra inner city, continues to be celebrated for its multi-religious and multi-ethnic co-existence.
The...
Prof Tsikata lauds AngloGold Ashanti
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, has lauded AngloGold Ashanti for supporting the Institute in its efforts to expand...
COVID-19 has worsened self-isolation of older persons
Professor Charles Mate-Kole, the Director, Centre for Ageing Studies, University of Ghana, says the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana has worsened the social isolation...
Unaffordable housing pushes many urban dwellers into living in slums – Report
A study conducted by the Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana and the University of Lagos in selected slum...
Exorbitant filing fees meant to weed out “frivolous aspirants”
Mr Kwesi Jonah, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has waded into the debate over the GHc100, 000 filing...
Musicologist Kenn Kafui eulogized.
Late musicologist and music icon Kenneth Kwaku Avotri Kafui was on Friday eulogized for his care, concern and charity at a pre-burial...
Noguchi has not communicated on the COVID-19 testing system at KIA
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, says it has not put out any official communication on the COVID-19 testing system...
Report on Status of Women in Media launched
The Alliance for Women in Media Africa (AWMA) has launched its maiden Report on the 'Status of Women in the Ghanaian Media' setting the...
Greenstreet must resuscitate Nkrumah’s dreams – Dr. Seidu
Dr. Alidu Seidu, Senior Lecturer, Political Science Department, University of Ghana, has advised Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, Convention People’s Party (CPP) Flagbearer elect,...
Northerners can carry out their own development – Mrs Chinery-Hesse
Mrs Mary Chinery-Hesse, the Chancellor, University of Ghana, has said the sustained development and improvement in the quality of life in Northern Ghana was...
Profile of Marricke Kofi Gane, Independent Presidential Candidate, 2020 Election
Mr Marricke Kofi Gane, a 46-year old Independent Presidential Candidate for the 2020 General Election, with the campaign tagline, “Gane4Ghana” is a Chartered Accountant...
University of Ghana receives support from Dalex Finance
Dalex Finance has donated a cheque for GHC20,000.00 to the University of Ghana’s 20 for ’20 Fundraising campaign, an initiative, which seeks to...
Maiden Virtual Congregation: University of Ghana graduates 14,000.
The University of Ghana has held its maiden virtual congregation, graduating 14,295 students.
They comprised 964 students in the non-degree programmes, 8,236 undergraduates, 4,668 post...
Ghana Adopts Food Safety Policy
Many food environments worldwide have transformed in the past few decades. Consumers are often in a dilemma on what they should eat, how, and...
Huawei opens free online 5G course for UG students
Huawei Technologies, as part of efforts to develop and grow Ghana’s ICT talent pool, has opened a free online 5G training course to some...
Improve communication on implementation of social interventions – Prof Quartey tells government
Professor Peter Quartey, the Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, has asked government to provide detailed information on the...
Ghanaian students’ passion for Chinese language continues amid COVID-19
The passion of Ghanaian students for learning Chinese continues amid COVID-19 through online teaching, said Chu Beijuan, chief of the Confucius Institute at the...
Meet Etiam Kwaku Torgbenu, a student athlete who wants to make big name in...
My name is Etiam Kwaku Torgbenu aka ‘Nsawam Bolt’, a student athlete at the University of Ghana Legon studying Diploma in Public Administration. I...
It is unethical to engage in advertorial reporting- Prof Gadzekpo
Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Dean of School of Information and Communication Studies, at the University of Ghana has raised issues with the practice of...
University of Ghana final year students resume
The University of Ghana, on Monday, re-opened for final year students to prepare towards their exit examinations.
The re-opening is in line with...
COVID-19: University of Ghana appeals to students to keep visitors out
Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Academic and Students Affairs, University of Ghana, has appealed to students of the institution to keep visitors...
COVID-19: Ghanaian students arrive from Benin
Some 141 Ghanaian students stranded in Benin on Saturday arrived in the country through the Aflao Border in the Ketu South Municipality of the...
Midlife crisis and stressors: the non-medical underlying conditions of COVID-19 vulnerability
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a novel coronavirus which is associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
According to Belam,...
More than 30 Nurses and Midwives test positive for COVID-19
Thirty-two Nurses and Midwives have tested positive for the COVID-19 in Ghana and an additional 250 have been quarantined, awaiting their test results, says...
Enterprise Group announces new senior appointments
The Enterprise Group has announced changes to its Executive Management Team effective May 1, 2020. Daniel Larbi-Tieku, the former Chief Finance Officer, has been...
Mother’s Day: Prof Atsu Ayee salutes mothers
As the global community marks Mother’s Day, Professor Joseph Atsu Ayee, Senior Lecturer, Political Science Department, University of Ghana, on Sunday, saluted the...
Preparedness of Lorry Stations in Accra to prevent COVID-19
A new study implemented by Researchers at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon.
The study was aimed at determining preparedness and compliance...
Zoomlion Donates US$20k To Noguchi To help Fight COVID-19
Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has donated a whopping US$ 20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of...
University of Ghana scientists sequence genomes of COVID-19
Scientists at the University of Ghana (UG) have successfully sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, obtaining important...