Old Mutual Ghana advocates for early breast cancer detection
As part of our commitment to supporting the health and well-being of our customers and community, Old Mutual Ghana is proud to participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. We are calling on...
$1.6 million family planning commodities stuck at Tema Port for 7 months
A coalition of 55 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ghana’s reproductive health sector has urgently appealed to the government to clear the US$1.6 million worth of essential family planning (FP) commodities that have been...
AT Ghana donates GHS20,000 to 37 pediatric sickle cell unit
Telecoms operator, AT Ghana (formerly AirtelTigo) has donated an amount of GHS20,000 to the Pediatric Sickle Cell Unit of the 37 Military Hospital in support of the 20th anniversary celebration of the unit.
The donation will...
Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey to embark on “Red Band” protest
The Ghana Coalition Against Galamsey has announced the launch of a "Red Band" protest, set to begin on October 10, 2024, to demand urgent action against illegal mining activities, also known as galamsey.
The protest,...
MiKO Pharma to build state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Akosombo
MiKO Pharma Gh., Ltd., a leading player in the pharmaceutical industry, is set to break ground on a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in the Akosombo-Akwamu Traditional Area.
The ground-breaking ceremony, scheduled for October 1, 2024,...
UK hospitals to use drones to courier blood samples
Hospitals in London are set to start using drones to transport urgent blood samples taken from patients for analysis to avoid traffic across the capital, BBC has reported.
This is coming several years after Ghana...
No link between mobile phones and brain cancer – WHO Report
There is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new World Health Organisation-commissioned review of available published evidence worldwide.
Despite the huge rise in the use of...
Former MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa dies
Former MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa has passed on, according to Chris Maroleng, the telco's former group executive corporate affairs, who announced the news on X (previously Twitter).
Dabengwa served as CEO of MTN until...
Court exonerates Tobinco and Chairman from fake drugs import allegations
An Accra High Court, presided over by Her Ladyship Audrey Kocuvie-Tay has discharged Group Chairman of Tobinco Pharmaceutical Limited (TPL), Samuel Amo Tobbin, and the company itself from allegations of importing fake drugs into...
Conquering Mount Elbrus: A Journey of Grit and Friendship
I had prayed for a good night's sleep before our summit attempt today, but sleep eluded me. We were supposed to start at 3am, but the team was ready by 2:30am. We stood in...