We’re confident of addressing SHS placement concerns before reopening date – Ministry of Education LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - October 10, 2025October 10, 20250 The Ministry of Education has expressed confidence in addressing concerns of parents and Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) candidates who have concerns about their Senior High School placements.Addressing the media following a visit to the National School Placement Resolution Centre in Accra on Thursday, 9th October, 2025, Press Secretary to the Minister of Education, Hasmin Mohammed said the centre has been helpful in helping the ministry address outstanding issues. He said the ministry had successfully reduced the huge number of people who had besieged the place in a desperate attempt to have their problems rectified. "We have realized that we have been able to decongest the crowd because we have moved in a lot of personnel to attend and listen
Ghana Passes Fifth Review of IMF Programme as Reset Agenda Powers Major Economic Gains AFRICA NEWS by panafricantv - October 10, 2025October 10, 20250 Ghana has reached a significant milestone in its economic recovery efforts with the successful conclusion of a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the Fifth Review Mission under the US$3 billion Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme.Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson confirmed that the Government has achieved all six Quantitative Performance Criteria and four Indicative Targets for the review period. He described the agreement as a powerful validation of the disciplined and comprehensive strategy pursued over the past nine months. The Minister noted that Ghana is beginning to see strong outcomes from President Mahama’s Reset Agenda. Economic growth has accelerated, with non-oil sectors, where most jobs are created, showing impressive expansion. Inflation has fallen sharply, returning to
Disability is not Inability: Persons with disabilities Calls for lasting peace in the Municipality AFRICA NEWS by panafricantv - October 10, 2025October 10, 20250 Persons with disabilities in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region are advocating for lasting peace to promote socio-economic development.They express that the ongoing conflict has placed a significant burden on vulnerable populations, particularly persons with disabilities, who are unable to flee to safety. They made remarks when the Nkwanta South Assembly donated start-up kits, which include fufu pounding machines, refrigerators, and cash to support over 100 persons with disabilities.In an interview with Samali Abdul Razak, Evans Boanya, the President of the Ghana Federation of Disability in Nkwanta South, emphasised the urgent need for the conflicting parties to lay down their arms and engage in peace negotiations.He noted that the conflict has caused untold hardship for persons with disabilities in
Vice President Calls For Equal Partnerships At Global Gateway Forum In Brussels LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has called for a new model of international cooperation built on equality, fairness, and mutual respect. Speaking at the 2025 Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, she emphasized that while Ghana remains open to global partnerships, it will not accept unfair or one-sided arrangements.“Ghana is open for cooperation,” she stated, “but we will not take unfair partnerships. True collaboration must give all countries an equal voice in shaping our shared future.” The Vice President’s remarks echoed the central theme of this year’s forum “Strong Partnerships for a Sustainable Future” which brings together leaders from the European Union and across the world to discuss investment priorities, address global development challenges, and strengthen cooperation.In her address during a
Why Africa Must Channel Its Technological Advancement for the Future NEWS by panafricantv - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 The Current Trajectory and the Imperative for Purposeful Channeling Africa stands at a critical juncture, often cited as the next frontier for digital innovation. The continent has already demonstrated its mastery of technological leapfrogging, bypassing legacy systems like landlines directly to mobile technology, which now boasts a penetration rate exceeding 80% in many regions. Driven by a young, increasingly educated population and a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, technological adoption is not a matter of 'if,' but 'how' and 'to what end.' The immediate success stories—most notably in FinTech, with platforms like M-Pesa pioneering mobile money—have proven that African innovators can address systemic challenges with locally tailored solutions. However, the current trajectory risks allowing technological advancement to be purely reactive, driven primarily by market
Africa at the Digital Crossroads: Why Ghana Must Lead a Sovereign AI Future LOCAL NEWS by panafricantv - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 By Kambale Musavuli A New Scramble, Waged in Data Africa is once again at the center of a global scramble. This time not for rubber, gold, or oil, but for data. Every mobile payment, social media post, satellite image, and biometric enrollment enriches the digital empires of Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, and other power centers. The pattern is hauntingly familiar: Africa supplies the raw input, but the wealth it creates flows elsewhere. But the stakes are higher now. Data is not just a new oil; it is memory, intelligence, and power. It shapes how governments deliver services, how companies build products, and how societies imagine the future. If Africa does not act deliberately, the digital century will repeat the economic and political dispossession of
Oti Regional Minister Weeps As Nkwanta South Disturbances Affects Development Of Oti Region LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 Over some years now that people in Nkwanta South have not been in good teams with each other which leads to the imposing of curfew on the municipality. Oti Regional Minister John Kwadwo Gyapong, who visited the municipal to inaugurate the sanitary pad program, upon hearing the numbers that the secondary schools in the Nkwanta South municipality are admitting bend his head down in tears. According to the Regional Minister Nkwanta South is the engine of Oti Region and seeing what has happened to Nkwanta and even they can not afford to get students for their schools Is something that affects the whole region. Hon. John Kwadwo Gyapong who doubles as the NDC chairman of the Oti Region states that everybody in the
2025/2026 National Service Re-registration Enters Day Two LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 By: George Yawson Vineh The re-registration of National Service Personnel for the 2025/2026 service year has entered day two with thousands of fresh graduates being enrolled nationwide. This follows the announcement of Wednesday, October 8, 2025, as the new date for the re-registration exercise by the Director General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Ruth Sedor. The new date follows a directive from President John Dramani Mahama after the Technical and Forensic Audit of the previous Central Service Management Platform (CSMP) was found unsatisfactory. The National Service Authority was subsequently instructed to design and deploy a more robust digital platform to ensure transparency, real-time verification and security. At a press briefing on Tuesday 7, 2025 Madam Sedoh declared that all registrations completed in June 2025
The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang in Brussels for Global Gateway Forum LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - October 9, 2025October 9, 20250 The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang and some other government officials are in Brussels to attend the Global Gateway Forum. The Global Gateway Forum is a flagship event of the European Union. The first edition of the Forum in 2023 highlighted the European Union’s external investment initiatives. The 2025 edition will bring together Heads of States and Governments, business leaders, Civil Society and key financial actors to discuss the future of strategic partnerships in a multipolar world. This year’s event is expected to focus on advancing global connectivity in the face of geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges. The Forum takes place from the 9th to 10th of October, 2025. Global Gateway is the European Union's strategy to boost smart, clean
Government to Support Local Pharmaceutical Firms with Tax Incentives — Dr. Ofosu Ampofo LOCAL NEWS POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - October 8, 2025October 8, 20250 By Stanley Kwabla Arku Government has announced plans to support small and medium-scale pharmaceutical manufacturers with targeted tax incentives and technological transfer programs aimed at strengthening Ghana’s medicinal production base. This was disclosed by Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Policy Advisor on Political Affairs at the Office of the Vice President, who spoke on behalf of Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang at the Africa Healthcare Manufacturing Trade Exhibition and Conference 2025. Dr. Ofosu Ampofo said the government is poised to implement a transformative agenda to modernize and expand the country’s medicinal manufacturing base, adding that it remains committed to re-engineering Ghana’s manufacturing sector into a globally competitive powerhouse. He noted that dwindling donor support for Africa’s health systems is a clear signal for countries