The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned the second National Fire Service Training School built by the Akufo-Addo Government. This brings the total number of Fire Service Training Schools in Ghana to three. Before the current government took office in 2017, Ghana had...
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken toured Africa as part of a relationship-strengthening exercise and to promote Just Transition this week. He said: "Along with physical infrastructure, the United States is investing in Angola's digital architecture, supporting reliable telecommunication networks — using trusted vendors — that...
Ghana’s Fire Academy and Training School has gained two new 2-storey dormitory blocks, a 2-storey classroom block and a dining hall, while Ghana’s National Fire Service has recently opened two hydraulic platforms and a Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV). The new infrastructure projects and operational vehicles were...
African stakeholders in the security sector will undergo one-week training in Niger from today as part of efforts to improve on the monitoring of issues pertaining to women, peace, and security on the continent. The training is facilitated by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre...
Over five hundred new recruits in the Ghanian fire service have successfully passed their training and qualified. The recruits undertook intensive training for over nine weeks at the National Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) in Accra. Graduates from the course included 294 males and 222...
The Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Africa have stressed the need for African countries to tighten cyber-security measures. The statement comes ahead of African nations opening their borders for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This move has highlighted a necessary need to block trans-national...
Three nations including Ghana have called upon the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) to help them develop their cybersecurity defences in their countries. The other two nations were Mozambique and Sierra Leone. The courtesy calls were led by senior officials of the cyber security institutions of these...
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has announced plans to host training for firefighters alongside establishing a new forensic science laboratory. The GFNS believes the training program would work as part of its exchange program, and would help expand the horizons of the service personnel whilst opening...
Ghana is aiming to push itself to take the lead spot as the most cyber secure country in Africa. Currently, it sits in third position. If Ghana succeeds, the move is expected to help open more doors and encourage investments in the digital space and improve...
Gabon and Ghana are two of the latest countries to sign up to the United Nations Security Council. The two nations joined alongside Israel, United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Albania, as the five countries took up the places won from an election in June 2021. The 15-member...
