Accra, Ghana//-Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana have asked the Akufo-Addo led government to stop reducing abolished criminal libel regime to harass and intimidate media practitioners and other critical voices in the country.
Category: Governance
Ghana: Mahama’s Letter to Akufo-Addo on Media Attacks
Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has sent a letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the recent callous attacks on media practitioners in the country.
Ghana: #FixTheCountry Convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor Arrested at KIA
Accra, Ghana//-One of the #FixtheCountry Movement conveners, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been arrested by operatives from the National Security at the Kotoka International International Airport (KIA).
M-Net Channel 101 Acquires Janet Jackson Documentary
M-Net announced on their social media platforms that globally acclaimed documentary, ‘Janet Jackson.’ will debut on the channel.
Ghana: Hubtel Expands its Operations to Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana//-Hubtel has expanded its operations to the people of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana after successful operations in four of Ghana’s major cities-Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi.
African Eye Report’s Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh Shortlisted For Prestigious IFEJ Awards
Accra, Ghana//-Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, the Editor-In-Chief of African Eye Report, a leading Pan-African ICT, economy, business, banking and finance, mining and energy news website, has been shortlisted for the 2021 edition of the annual business and financial journalism awards by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ).
Attack on the Freedom of the Press in Cameroon: Senator Intimidates Newspaper and its Director
Yaoundé, Cameroon- Chased in a lawsuit by the company CONGELCAM SA and its Director General, Sylvestre NGOUCHINGHE following an investigation published on November 19th, 2021, and denouncing unorthodox practices in the supply of fish in Cameroon, including the violation of OHADA Law.
Saving Journalism: Views on How to Pay for Reliable Information
Newsrooms in Africa are struggling to stay afloat amid declining revenue margins. Fredrick Omondi/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Rhodes University Journalism globally faces a sustainability crisis . It largely stems from declining advertising revenue, loss of revenue to technology giants, control of news media by political actors and individuals with business interests, disinformation and dwindling […]
Continental Reinsurance Announces Judges for 2022 pan-African Journalism Awards
Lagos, Nigeria//- Continental Reinsurance Plc has named the most diverse panel of judges yet for the 7th edition of the pan-African (re)insurance Journalism Awards.
Ghana: Afrobarometer’s Josephine Sanny Named IPR Discovery of the Year
Accra, Ghana//-Afrobarometer Knowledge Translation Manager Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny has been honoured as Public Relations Discovery of the Year 2020 at the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana Excellence Awards Friday in Akosombo, Ghana.