Alkians Aid has partnered the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme [GNHIS] to offer free Health Insurance registration to residents in Accra. A budding Non-Governmental Organization [NGO], Alkians Aid, has partnered the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme [GNHIS], facilitators of the national health insurance intervention programme, to offer free Health Insurance registration to residents in and …
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Meet Karmzah, a heroine with cerebral palsy and super powers
For fans of comics, superheroes, and heroines, there’s a new badass heroine in town called Karmzah. Karmzah, a comic that portrays a person with cerebral palsy as a heroine was launched on Saturday, 6th October to coincide with the celebration of World CP Day worldwide. The Comic to be made available online on the Afrocomix App …
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Interview With Jarreth Merz – Director; An African Election documentary
“Ghana found itself in the same place in which the U.S. election stalled in the 2000 presidential elections. But instead of the unwillingness of the candidates to allow the system to proceed and the people to decide, Ghana honored democracy and its people.†(Jarreth Merz) Sometime last month (Ma5 5, 2012); during our Blogcamp 2o12 …
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Survey: Job Creation Is Highest Ghanaian Voter Priority
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Ghanaians say job creation should be the priority of the next President, with 20% prioritizing Education and 14% choosing Health-care as their top area of concern. Other possible priorities were fighting corruption (11%), food/fuel prices (10%) and roads (7%). This national poll comes at a critical time, with main political parties …
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Binyavanga Wainaina: How Not to Write About Africa. Narrated by Djimon Hounsou
When Bono edited the Africa issue of Vanity Fair, it included an essay written by Kenyan Writer – Binyavanga Wainaina. Through that, they became aware of another piece he’d written for Granta a number of years ago called “How (Not) to Write About Africa.” Director Jesse Dylan and his company FreeForm worked with Binyavanga and …
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Infographic: The Reality of Her Day, Everyday on International Women's Day.
The Reality of Her Day, Every Day… International Women’s Day Infographic – UN Foundation Today, the whole world is celebrating International Women’s Day for the 101st time. The 1st Women’s Day was celebrated on March 19th, 1911. The whole idea to have a day dedicated to women was first established in Copenhagen in 1910 by …
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Infographic: The Reality of Her Day, Everyday! #IWD
Today, the whole world is celebrating International Women’s Day for the 101st time. The 1st Women’s Day was celebrated on March 19th, 1911. The whole idea to have a day dedicated to women was first established in Copenhagen in 1910 by Clara Zetkin. March 8th was chosen and kept as the official International Women’s Day …
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Perspectives on Traveling Within Africa | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
On February 12th, I left Accra en-route to Nairobi to work on a project by Blogging Ghana on Ethiopian Airways with a 3hr lay-over in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We touched down at Bole International Airport (formerly known as Haile Selassie I International Airport) at approximately 20:45 GMT+1 local time. Arrival: I was very impressed with …
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BBC Africa Debate: Is an African Spring Looming on the 2012 Horizon?
Is an African Spring Looming on the 2012 Horizon? BBC Africa Debate explores and deliberate with Ghanaian listeners at the launch of their new program. While researching towards this article, I couldn’t use any quote to support my opening than borrowing this from the Guardian’s Dave Sherman: “Democracy does not begin and end with the …
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Apps4Africa Climate Change (West Africa) Winner Announced.
Congratulations to the winners of the App 4 Climate Challenge (West Africa). From the Apps4Africa Blog: 1st prize $15,000 – HospitalManager by Victor Ogo Ekwueme (Nigeria) HospitalManager is a web-based application that helps hospitals and health organizations prepare for disasters such as floods and storms. More frequent heat spells, rains, and floods are leading to …
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Bright B. Simmons Named Among 2011 Innovators Challenge Winners
Congratulations to Bright B. Simmons (TED Fellow) named one of the top mobile health innovators of 2011 by the mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation. Bright Simmons is the founder of mPedigree, a mobile phone and cloud-computing platform designed to combat counterfeit drugs by providing instant, free access via text-messaging to a drug quality verification system …
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Aliko Dangote Tops Africa's Billionaire List
How much would it cost to be on the Top Billionaires List for Africa? GHC1 billion (Ghana Cedis), N1 billion (Naira) or R1 billion (Rand)? It is that time of the year, the American business magazine; Forbes.com has published its annual list of the richest people on planet Earth. According to the 2011 Forbes Billionaire …
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