… Delivering the keynote address at the 16th Oxford Africa Conference at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, Prof. …
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Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has arrived at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom to participate in the Oxford Africa Conference 2026. …
Photos: Vice President arrives at Oxford for Africa conference 2026… Researchers from the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich argue that climate models may still struggle to fully capture the large-scale atmospheric circulation systems that determine where rain eventually falls. …
Think The Weather Forecast Is Unreliable? Here Is Why… Ben Ansell, a professor at the University of Oxford, noted the mounting pressures, stating, “Keir Starmer is playing existential problems buckaroo at the moment, as he stacks them on the back of his electoral donkey. …
Early UK local election results point to big losses for Starmer’s Labour Party… Researchers from the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich argue that climate models may still struggle to fully capture the large-scale atmospheric circulation systems that determine where rain eventually falls. …
Think the weather forecast is unreliable?: Here is why… e resorts or urban expansion, but in protecting the very landscapes that make destinations unique in the first place. ******** The author, Maxwell Agbagba, is a journalist with Joy FM and JoyNews, and an alumnus of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the University of Oxford …
Visit South Africa: How Clarens is setting the standard for sustainable tourism- April 2026
… He holds degrees from the University of Ghana, the University of Dundee, and the University of Oxford, and is a Fellow of CIMA and a former Board Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). …
Npontu Technologies appoints Finance and Digital Strategy expert Prof. Noel Tagoe to its board… The SAPPHIRE Project is a two‑year initiative funded by the United Kingdom’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) under UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and led by Professor Manjit Dosanjh, University of Oxford. …
GAEC hosts major international SAPPHIRE workshop to boost cancer treatment capacity in AfricaElsie Addo Awadzi, Visiting Fellow of Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and former Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana, outlines the opportunity cost of failing to give women leaders meaningful authority in Africa’s most powerful institutions and her proposal …
“Flying with two wings”: Africa’s opportunity to strengthen economic governance… Universities benchmark themselves against institutions like University of Oxford and Harvard University. …
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Africa must build systems, lead own transformation – VP
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Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang told the Oxford Africa Conference that Africa has the talent and resources to shape its future, calling for leadership focused on credible implementation, institutional resilience, and practical governance that improves citizens' lives. She cited Ghana's economic reforms, cocoa processing expansion, 24-Hour Economy policy, and Women's Development Bank as examples of efforts to reduce dependence on raw material exports and broaden economic participation.
Why it matters
Vice President's keynote at Oxford Africa Conference articulating Ghana's development vision—from cocoa processing to Women's Development Bank—signals government's continental leadership and domestic policy direction.
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Africa must build systems, lead own transformation – VP
Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang told the Oxford Africa Conference that Africa has the talent and resources to shape its future, calling for leadership focused on credible implementation, institutional resilience, and practical governance that improves citizens' lives. She cited Ghana's economic reforms, cocoa processing expansion, 24-Hour Economy policy, and Women's Development Bank as examples of efforts to reduce dependence on raw material exports and broaden economic participation.
15 hours ago · Joy Online →
Vice President attends Oxford Africa Conference 2026
Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang arrived at the University of Oxford to participate in the 16th Oxford Africa Conference 2026, where she will deliver the keynote address at an event themed "Anchoring Africa: Grounded Leadership in the Age of Disruption." The annual conference brings together African leaders, policymakers, academics, entrepreneurs, and students to discuss governance, innovation, economic transformation, and sustainable development.
16 hours ago · Joy Online →
Tuesday 12 May
Climate models struggle to predict rainfall location
Researchers from the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich say climate models have difficulty fully capturing large-scale atmospheric circulation systems that determine where rain falls, even though scientists understand that warmer air holds more moisture and increases intense rainfall likelihood.
12 May 2026 · Daily Guide →
Friday 8 May
UK local elections see historic losses for Starmer's Labour Party
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suffered sweeping losses across traditional heartlands in British local elections, with the hard-right Reform UK and Green Party making significant gains and reshaping the UK's political landscape. Despite the electoral defeat, Starmer rejected calls to resign.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Climate models struggle to predict where rainfall will occur
Scientists from the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich say climate models may struggle to fully capture large-scale atmospheric circulation systems that determine where rain eventually falls. According to their findings published in Nature, while warmer air holds more moisture increasing intense rainfall likelihood, predicting exactly where that rainfall will occur remains far more difficult.
8 May 2026 · The Chronicle →
Journalist visits Clarens, South Africa, for sustainable tourism feature
A Ghanaian journalist, part of a hosted media delegation for Africa's Travel Indaba 2026, travelled through South Africa's heartland and visited Clarens, which the article presents as an example of sustainable tourism. The delegation was organized by South African Tourism as part of preparations for the Africa's Travel Indaba event scheduled for May 12–14, 2026, in Durban.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Wednesday 29 April
Npontu Technologies appoints Prof. Noel Tagoe to board
Npontu Technologies Limited, Ghana's AI and digital solutions company, has appointed Professor Noel Tagoe as a Board Member. The appointment aims to strengthen governance and support the company's expansion across Africa in fintech, enterprise software, and AI-driven infrastructure.
29 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Tuesday 28 April
GAEC hosts SAPPHIRE workshop to expand African cancer radiotherapy capacity
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission held an international training workshop from 13–18 April 2026 under the SAPPHIRE Project, a UK-funded initiative aimed at strengthening radiotherapy capacity across Africa by addressing shortages of skilled medical physicists, limited access to advanced technologies, and equipment breakdowns. The workshop brought together over 40 participants from Africa, Europe, and North America for technical training and knowledge exchange.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Africa must strengthen women's leadership in economic governance
Elsie Addo Awadzi, a former Deputy Governor at the Bank of Ghana, argues that African governments face increasingly complex economic challenges and cannot perform optimally while underutilizing women leaders in finance ministries, central banks, and financial regulators. She proposes a Women in Economic Governance Initiative, framing expanded female leadership as essential institutional capacity rather than merely a fairness issue.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Monday 27 April
Ghana's development constrained by colonial narrative, not colonialism itself
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's main economic constraint is not colonialism's legacy but the intellectual comfort that blaming colonialism provides, and that the country is increasingly filtering economic and institutional questions through a colonial lens rather than addressing root causes.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →