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Education

Ghana: Asantehene Commends Getfund for Bringing Knust Teaching Hospital Vision to Life

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), led by its Administrator, Mr Paul Adjei, has paid a working visit to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to brief him on the award of a GH¢ 400 million contract for the procurement of state-of-the-art medical equipment for the new teaching hospital at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Education

Ghana: Ho Teaching Hospital Launches Green Drive to Boost Patient Care

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has launched an environmental sustainability and beautification initiative aimed at transforming the facility into a serene, patient-friendly and globally competitive healthcare centre.

Education

Ghana: A Turning Point for Secondary Education If We Get It Right

Yesterday at 19:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The announcement that government has secured a US$300 million World Bank facility to upgrade 50 senior high schools (SHSs) under the Transformative Secondary Education for Access, Results and Relevance for Jobs (STARR-J) project is, without doubt, a significant moment for Ghana’s education sector.

Lifestyle

LATEST update for June 2026 SASSA Old-Age Grants

Today at 10:14 AM, via The South African

Beneficiaries want to know if June 2026 SASSA Old-Age Grants will go ahead as scheduled after the Social Development Minister’s firing …

Science/Tech

Japan Runs Out of Robot Wolves In Fight Against Bears

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Japan’s worsening bear problem has created a shortage of handmade “Monster Wolf” robots, which are $4,000 solar-powered scarecrow-like devices with glowing eyes, sensors, and blaring sounds designed to frighten the animals away. “We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months,” company president Yuji Ohta recently told the AFP....

Health

Some Medicare Patients Can Now Get Free CBD

Yesterday at 16:47 PM, via New York Times

The Trump administration has authorized a test program to see if the cannabis compound can ease some symptoms and reduce health care costs among older patients.