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The Coalition of the Right to Information (RTI) is to step up its request for information to monitor institutions that are complying with the Right to Information Act, Act 989. It said the exercise would identify and commend institutions that were complying with the law, and shame those that were doing otherwise. The exercise will culminate into a hall of fame and shame activity where institutions that are complying with the RTI Act will be commended and those that are not will be called out," a Vice Chairperson of the RTI Coalition, Ms Mina Mensah, said at a press conference in Accra yesterday. The event formed part of activities to commemorate this year's International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on the theme: “Ghana’s Right to Information Law: The need to build public trust in the implementation process.” The UN proclaimed September 28 as IDUAI at its 74th General Assembly in October last year. Compliance Ms Mensah, who is also the Director of the Africa...

  By  Gabriel Myers Hansen 9 Sep 2020 - 10:32 African Export-Import Bank, the organiser of the Cookout Africa Songwriting masterclass, is calling on emerging and established songwriters in Anglophone West Africa to register for the next edition in the series.                             US composer and producer Vincent Le Carl Berry II. The webinar will be facilitated by Vincent Le Carl Berry II, a six-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer who has collaborated with international musicians including J Cole,  Akon , Ari Lennox, Babyface, Brandy and Chris Brown. Cookout Africa is put together in partnership with the African Union as part of the second biennial Intra-African Trade Fair. The organisers said the event would create a "unique interactive and educational experience that will see a song written in real time through a truly collaborative process." Participants ...

  By Lucy Ilado The #HeritageAlive online journal for NGOs within the area of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is accepting research papers on traditional musical instruments. All papers should be sent to #HeritageAlive editor-in-chief Eivind Falk. #HeritageAlive was launched in 2012 by the  ICH NGO Forum  to provide  UNESCO -accredited NGOs and experts with a platform to share knowledge from fieldwork in communities with practitioners and to learn from each other. So far, the journal has published articles on a variety of subjects such as traditional crafts, festivals and naming practices. The selected articles will be compiled into a book on traditional musical instruments that will be published by the end of 2021.  The articles to be submitted should: Reflect the NGOs' and experts' experiences from the field when working with projects related to musical instruments, making or performing. Reflect the challenges, methodology and experiences in safeguardi...

Storyline by: Ano Shumba (MusicInAfrica) The organisers of the  Midem  music trade event have cancelled the 2020 edition of the event scheduled to take place in Cannes, France, from 2 to 5 June.  Despite the cancellation, the organisers said they would broadcast the event digitally.  Midem Director: Alexander Denoit.  Photo; Koria "We are reloading with a new online service, called the Midem Digital Edition," Midem director Alexandre Deniot said. "Starting 2 to 5 June 2020 – the dates we should have been together in Cannes – we want to bring Midem to you." Deniot said the Midem Digital Edition would stream keynote sessions, talks and presentations, as well as opportunities for online conversations and speed meetings with participants. "We will be in touch with you shortly to explain how everything works. Stay tuned for details!" he said in an online note, adding that Midem's programming would be accessible to everyone around th...

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On Sunday, Guinea Bissau's interim leader Cipriano Cassamá announced that he was resigning from the post to which he had been appointed the previous Friday. Lawmakers belonging to the majority African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) had elected Cassamá as president a day after the swearing-in of former-general Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was the declared winner of December's presidential election. In a statement to the press, he justified this move citing the insecurity that enveloped him and his family since he was named leader, further adding, "I decided to take this decision to avoid confrontation between the forces on the other side and the forces that guard me, and also to avoid a … civil war." Some Background to the political situation in the country. The political situation in Guinea Bissau has been on a slow decline since December's polls. At the time, the national electoral commission announced Embalo as the winner wit...

2019 - I Love Jesus Concert The much anticipated gospel show of the year dubbed ‘I Love Jesus Concert 20’ came off yesterday at the Elim Glorious Church, North Kaneshie, Accra. The event was graced with highly spiritual gospel music from seasoned gospel song ministers and renowned gospel artistes. Minister Francis Amo started the performance with a satisfying worship, Minister Helen ignited the audience with her electrifying voice in worship whiles Minister Fisher gave an exciting performance to cheer the crowd.   Min. Fisher  MC Christos and Organizer of I Love Jesus Concert The Chief Executive Officer of the I Love Jesus Concert, Minister Jay in an interview with Nick Paakwesi (a blogger), promised fans to expect the best of him.  Evangelist Diana Asamoah ministering Undoubtedly, he turned sitting audience to a dancing mood when he started his band coordinated performance.  Evangelist Diana Asamoah impres...

The Free Senior High School (FSHS) program was an excellent decision taken by the previous government on the grounds of Free Progressive Senior High education where parents / guardians were partially paying for the cost involve. As a major campaign promised made in the general election in 2016 by this government, it came to the realization of even a class one pupil that, the next NPP government will indeed implement this flagship program without or with little challenges that can be managed. It is a fact that the beginning of everything is difficult but the degree of promise demonstrated and convinced many that, it’s extremely smooth program to be enrolled. One may say, if you cease to dream, you cease to live is such a program. At the beginning of this FSHS, Heads of institutions were sanctions In the absence of clearly defined goals, we are forced to concentrate on activity and ultimately become enslaved by it. On Friday 15th November, 2019, the second batch of FSHS stu...

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Africa Office has celebrated the  much anticipated International Children’s Day through a social media awareness  creation.  The International Children’s Day was marked on 20th November yesterday. In a post on Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s Africa Office Facebook page,  the office shared some educative rights of children as well as some basic needs  which parents, society and the nation must provide to help the future leaders grow  in peace and sound mind. Other Civil Society Organizations(CSOs) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have marked the day through its Convention on the Rights of the Child  (CRC) whose celebrating its 30th anniversary on championing the goals for the  Rights of the Child. CHRI Africa Office wishes all children around the world a blissful International  Children’s Day

Online Drivers Association of Ghana in an interview with a local radio station in Accra, Zylofon FM recently, expressed their displeasure against directives from DVLA to register for a sticker license.  This has raised lot murmuring among the online drivers protesting vigorously against the directives.  The online drivers comprising of local and international drivers uses a mobile phone app to access customer commuting services believes the business has issues, where management of these online transport service apps are refusing to adhere to the odds in the business of the local drivers unlike the western drivers using same apps with  a lot profit margin.  The group appealed to the government especially the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana to get his feet stepped into the issue relating to his recent activities on digitization in Ghana.