The Bank of Ghana has directed Mobile Money Fintech Limited to pause the rollout of a proposed 0.75 percent fee on direct wallet-to-bank transfers, putting the charge on hold just days before it was due to take effect. The fee had been scheduled to come into force on 1 June […]

A modern, solar-powered ICT laboratory has been commissioned in Damango, giving students in the Savannah regional capital access to a facility that runs entirely on green energy and will not be affected by power outages or disruptions from the national grid. President John Dramani Mahama commissioned the Yamoransa Model Lab […]

One hundred and seventy-two communities in the Savannah region that have never had access to electricity are set to be connected to the grid, with contracts signed and contractors already mobilising to begin work on the ground. President John Dramani Mahama made the announcement on Saturday during a community engagement […]

The Savannah region is in line to receive a sports stadium as part of a national programme targeting Ghana’s six newest regions, though the facility will not break ground until next year, with the new regional hospital taking priority in the current budget cycle. President John Dramani Mahama disclosed the […]

President John Dramani Mahama has proposed a partnership model that could see ICT laboratories rolled out across districts nationwide, with District Assemblies funding the construction of buildings while the Helping Africa Foundation supplies and installs the equipment inside. The President floated the idea on Saturday during the commissioning of the […]

A community that spent years trying and failing to establish a secondary school of its own will finally get one, and it will be no ordinary institution.  President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod on Friday for the construction of a STEM Secondary School in Tenga, a facility funded by […]

The Savannah region is to get its own university of science and technology, with President John Dramani Mahama confirming on Friday that $30 million from the Chinese government has already been secured toward its construction, and that a further $100 million from other financing institutions is being finalised. President Mahama […]

Bole in the Savannah region is set to get one of the largest of 261 modern 24-hour markets being built across every district in Ghana, President John Dramani Mahama has announced, with construction now underway following a sod-cutting ceremony on Friday. The market, which will operate round the clock, is […]

A college of education for Bole in the Savannah region is finally moving from plan to reality, with President John Dramani Mahama cutting the sod for the long-awaited institution on Friday during his Resetting Ghana working tour of the region. The project has been in the works since Mahama served […]

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that a new basic school curriculum currently in development will formally include Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, covering artificial intelligence and robotics. This forms part of a wider push to give every Ghanaian child access to practical science education from an early age. The […]