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Ghana’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Eric Nkansah, has offered to sponsor the WAEC awardees for their tertiary education.The recipient, Akosua Adjei-Boateng, is also an orphan and was unable to continue his education due to lack of funds.She was the best student in the Technical Programme category of the 2023 WASSCE.Ghana’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Eric Nkansah, has pledged to cover the tertiary education costs of West African Examination Council (WAEC) winners.The recipient, Akosua Adjei Boateng, despite excelling in the 2023 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), was unable to continue his education due to lack of funds.Akosua Boateng…

Ghanaian dancer Afronita shared unforgettable childhood photos to celebrate her dad on Father’s DayShe wrote a touching message to her dad, Mr. Yeboah, and acknowledged the sacrifices he had made for her and her siblingsMany admired the bond she shares with her dad, while others talked about the alleged feud between her and dance protégé Abigail Dromo Ghanaian dancer Afronita celebrated her dad on Father’s Day with adorable throwback photos from her childhood.Afronita and her dad in photos. Image credit: @afronitaaaSource: InstagramAphronita celebrated her dad on Father’s DayAphronita took to her verified Instagram page to share a beautiful moment from…

BandLab CEO Meng Ru Kwok believes that AI is no substitute for a real musician. Photo: Roslan RAHMAN/AFPSource: AFPMusicians around the world have described artificial intelligence as a threat to creativity, but the CEO of a popular platform told AFP he thinks critics are getting it all wrong.BandLab, a primarily free online music workstation and distribution platform based in Singapore, has more than 100 million registered users.It recently added an AI-powered music-making tool called SongStarter, which generates song ideas from genre, key, rhythm, and lyric prompts.For BandLab founder and CEO Meng Ru Kwok, whose company bought music magazine NME in…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Anyaa Soutuom, Dr Dickson Adomako Kisi, has admitted that Ghana’s response to the medical supplies currently stuck at the port of Tema has been flawed. These supplies, provided by the Global Fund, have been stuck there for over a year, posing major challenges to the country’s medical infrastructure. In an interview with Channel One on Saturday, June 16, Dr. Adomako Kisi spoke about the significant problem of delays in medical supplies that were initially provided free of charge by international agencies such as the Global Fund and GAVI. He expressed regret…

The event is part of activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of preventive insurance Prudential Life Insurance Ghana (PLIG), a leading life insurance company in Ghana, today officially launched the fifth edition of the annual cycling event in the city. PruRide 2024.The event which is part of the activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Prudential Life in Ghana was launched on the sidelines of the Emy Africa Expo at the Accra International Convention Center (AICC). The launch attracted officials from the National Sports Authority, the Ghana Cycling Federation, cyclists, cycling enthusiasts and other Prudential Life partners and the media.…

The people of Martinique already enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate the Olympic Torch yesterday evening, after its arrival on the trimaran Maxi Banque Populaire XI sailed by the duo of skippers Armel Le Cleac’h and Sebastian Joseaccompanied by Tony Estanguetpresident of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, and four abroad athletes Laura Flessel, Coralie Balmy, Kéni Pipérol-Dampied and Thomas Debierre. Sunday’s celebrations concluded with the lighting of the celebratory cauldron in Fort-de-France by the Olympic swimming champion Coralie Balmy. Having celebrated the end of the day in style, Martinique also saw the next stage on Monday! The route was designed to…

Singer Wizkid’s mom, Jada Pollock, is in fashion after a photo of her went viral on social media.The mother-of-two, who is also the singer’s manager, sparked pregnancy rumors after fans spotted pictures of herIt looked like Jappa had a bump in the photo, leading fans to think she might be pregnant with her third child.Nigerian singer Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid may be expecting his fifth child with his mom Jada Pollock who is also his manager.Jada, who met Wizkid in 2021 while she was still managing American pop singer Chris Brown, shares two children with the music star.Cheers…

In one long day at the Kwapong Health Center in rural Ghana, Beatrice Nyamekye inserted contraceptive implants into the arms of half a dozen women and gave eight or nine more a three-monthly hormone injection to prevent pregnancy. Some looked to condoms or birth control pills, but most wanted something that would last longer.”They like implants and injections more than anything,” said Ms Nyamekye, a community health nurse. “It relieves them of worry and it’s private. They don’t even have to discuss it with a spouse or partner.”The hubbub at the Kwapong clinic reverberates across Ghana and much of sub-Saharan…

An appraiser examines a gold ring at a jewelry exchange in Buenos Aires. Photo: JUAN MABROMATA / AFPSource: AFPIn Argentina’s strangled economy, one industry is thriving: pawn shops that buy gold and other family treasures that many are forced to sell to pay their bills.”When you’re drowning in debt, sentimentality falls by the wayside,” said Mariana, 63, who went to a gold dealership in Buenos Aires to sell a watch her grandfather gave her father as a graduation present.Inflation of 270 percent year-over-year has eaten away at her pension as a court clerk, and she will use the cash for…

Master Kwame Junior, 14, on Tuesday bravely took down the giant 14-foot long python at a sugarcane plantation in Benyaze, near Elmina in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abremu (KEEA) Local Government Area of ​​the Central Region. The boy’s bravery prompted a flood of praise as the snake has long plagued residents in the mostly agricultural area. Junior said he was harvesting sugarcane for his pigs when he stumbled upon the giant python, which had been caught in his brother’s trap. The snake thrashed around in the trap, struggling violently to survive, uprooting plants in a show of its strength. Junior…