Appears in coverage of vaccine development and climate research, hosting the 2026 Oxford Africa Conference where Ghana's Vice President delivered keynote remarks.
… It comes as scientists at Oxford University in the UK are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months. …
… About the Author This Policy Brief is authored by Elizabeth Dansoa Osei [B A Political Science with Philosophy (University of Ghana), Master of Public Policy (University of Oxford)], a Fellow with Africa Education Watch. …
… Delivering her address at the Andrew Wiles Building of the University of Oxford, Professor Opoku-Agyemang tied the credibility of institutions like the United Nations directly to their willingness to reform. …
… Speaking to an international audience of academics, policymakers, and investors at the 2026 Oxford Africa Conference at the University of Oxford on Saturday, 16 May, the Vice President acknowledged that while structural and institutional reforms are beginning to bear fruit, the n …
… 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. …
… 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. …
… 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. …
… 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 …
A personalised vaccine called Intismeran, developed by Merck and Moderna, combined with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda, extended the time cancer-free in patients with high-risk melanoma after surgery during a phase three trial of over 1,000 patients. Cancer experts call it a breakthrough but caution that full results remain unpublished and unreviewed, and the treatment would still require regulatory approval before becoming available.
A personalised vaccine called Intismeran, developed by Merck and Moderna, combined with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda, extended the time cancer-free in patients with high-risk melanoma after surgery during a phase three trial of over 1,000 patients. Cancer experts call it a breakthrough but caution that full results remain unpublished and unreviewed, and the treatment would still require regulatory approval before becoming available.
A 37-year-old UK man became the first volunteer to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine developed using the same technology as the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The vaccine was developed in eight weeks, and the trial will recruit 50 healthy volunteers aged 18–55 to assess safety and immune response against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola.
Guy Scott, Zambia's only white Vice-President and acting President, has died at his farm in Lusaka at age 82. Scott served as Vice-President from 2011 to 2014 and as acting President from October 2014 to January 2015 following President Michael Sata's death.
The University of Oxford has begun the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, testing the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine in 50 healthy adults aged 18 to 55 in response to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The Serum Institute of India has manufactured and stockpiled about 620,000 doses of the vaccine candidate and supplied 4,000 investigational doses for the early-stage study.
The 78-year-old former Conservative minister was found with serious injuries at her Devon home on Thursday; police believe the attack occurred on Wednesday around 12:30 pm. Detectives are searching for a white male suspect after releasing a 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder.
A clinical trial of two therapeutics for the Bundibugyo virus strain of Ebola has begun in the DRC with the enrolment of the first patient, the WHO announced. The current outbreak has confirmed over 1,400 cases and 438 deaths in the DRC as of 30 June, with additional cases reported in Uganda and France.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's proposed 24-hour economy, rather than straining the power sector, could address structural challenges by improving asset utilisation, attracting private investment, and creating a more financially sustainable electricity market. The article notes that Ghana has significant underutilised generation capacity during off-peak hours, particularly late evening and early morning.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's leadership conversation focuses too much on personalities and politics while overlooking the economic costs of leadership failure—weakened institutions, market inefficiencies, deterred investment, eroded public trust, and hidden costs to ordinary Ghanaians and businesses.
Access Bank (Ghana) PLC has announced the appointment of Eugene Ocansey as Executive Director, Retail and SME Banking, and Nana Kwabena Afoom as Executive Director, Wholesale Banking, following regulatory approval from the Bank of Ghana. The two appointees bring more than four decades of combined experience in retail banking, SME development, corporate and institutional banking, digital transformation, and risk management.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and two other groups to accelerate development of vaccines against Ebola Bundibugyo, which has swept through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the virus, which has caused 282 confirmed cases and 42 deaths in Congo, plus nine confirmed cases in Uganda.
The World Health Organization has raised the public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from "high" to "very high," while the wider African region faces a "high" risk and the global risk remains "low." The rare Bundibugyo species, with no proven vaccine and a fatality rate of about a third, has resulted in 177 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases so far.
Ghana's National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), established in 2020 to ensure quality assurance in pre-tertiary education, faces major governance gaps and operational independence issues that limit its ability to regulate impartially and weaken credibility of the education quality assurance system.
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang engaged with Ghanaian students at the University of Oxford during the Oxford Africa Conference, discussing leadership, education, identity, and the role of young Africans in a connected world. She emphasized integrated thinking, learning beyond the classroom, women in leadership, and the importance of examining cultural traditions critically.
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has criticized the international geopolitical system as fundamentally unbalanced, arguing that African nations' exclusion from critical decision-making bodies like the UN Security Council undermines democratic legitimacy and that institutions must reform to remain responsive to contemporary realities.
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has warned that recent improvements in macroeconomic indicators should not be mistaken for final economic victory, cautioning that while structural and institutional reforms are beginning to bear fruit, broader development goals remain incomplete and leadership must continue strengthening the economic architecture. Her warning aligns with Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson's message that Ghana's exit from the IMF Extended Credit Facility programme does not signal a return to unchecked spending.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.