Voters in Ghana elected the country’s first woman vice president, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, in early December 2024. Voters also elected John Mahama as president, a man who had served as president ...

As part of the column ‘Women by Women: A Shared Vision,’ created to expand and develop the theme chosen for our Global open ...

Ani Akpe, founder of African Women in Technology, has been working hard empowering African women with skills in technology fo ...

Under the scorching afternoon sun of Bolgatanga, a rural community north of Ghana, Patience Apambila is splitting strands of dry grass in preparation for weaving them into baskets. Apambila is one of ...

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana's capital of ...

Nigerian Chef and entrepreneur, Hilda Effiong Baci, has sparked controversy with her comments comparing Nigerian and Ghanaian men in a podcast that has gone viral. Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci In the ...

Despite major advances in genetic testing for breast cancer risk prediction, death rates remain disproportionately high among ...

Every day Esi Akomade, a mother-of-five from Mumford in Central Ghana, heads down to the beach at 4am to purchase sardines, mackerel, and anchovies from the catch of fishermen arriving home in their ...

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A cybersecurity official in the Ghanaian police force has cautioned women and girls against using digital devices to take and share intimate pictures. The assistant commissioner of police, Dr. Gustav ...