Made-in-Ghana Cars Ready for Market

Made-in-Ghana Cars Ready for Market

Interview with Nathaniel Padi - A 14 year old mobile entrepreneur in Ghana.

Nathaniel walked into Mobile Web Ghana Lab in early October 2012 and asked us 
if we could help him develop a mobile version of a software he had created with his 
friend. We are amazed about this young entrepreneur, so much that we decided to 
create this interview about him. Interestingly, he wanted to sell his app in order to
raise money to buy himself a laptop.

Female technology entrepreneur in Ghana - featuring Regina Agyare

Regina Agyare was the first female IT at an international bank in accra before 
leaving in 2012 to start her own business, Soronko Solutions

Female Teachers Using Technology Fellowship

FTUT logo Photo credit: savana Signatures

The Female teachers Using Technology Fellowship has been initiated by Savana Signatures to promote female participation in ICTs. Each year, applications would be open to female teachers to apply. 10 Applicants would be selected each year for the fellowship and they would mentor young female students in their schools while they acquire ICT pedagogical skills to enable them use technology to prepare and deliver their lessons.

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Young People Commemorate WAD in Nalerigu

 
Two Junior High Schools in Nalerigu in northern Ghana test their knowledge in 
sexual reproductive health and HIV/AIDS issues during a quiz competition to 
mark World AIDS Day.

A scene of the interactive drama during the durbar to mark World AIDS Day

Hundreds of young people commemorate World AIDS Day (WAD) in Kolinvai, a farming community in Nalerigu in Northern Ghana. The event to mark the day was organized by the Association of Church-based Development NGOs (ACDEP) in collaboration with the Baptist Medical Centre (BMC).

Activities marking the day included a radio discussion, quiz competition, interactive drama and a grand durbar of young people and adult community members. The durbar was enlivened with cultural drumming and dancing by sons and daughters of Nalerigu.

The global theme for the Day is: “Getting to Zero”, while the national theme is: “Ghana towards an HIV free generation through PMTCT, safe sex and Stigma reduction”.

This is the second time that ACDEP is organising this event to create and deepen awareness on sexual and reproductive health issues and provide an opportunity for young people to celebrate life and unite in the fight against HIV; show their support for people living with HIV and AIDS and to commemorate people who have died through AIDS.

ACDEP’s decision to support young people to commemorate the day is in fulfilment of a statement Mr. Malex Alebikiya, Executive Director of ACDEP made during the 2013 event in Tamale, where he declared: “Part of the decision of organizing this event is sustainability. It only makes sense to organize this event if we believe there is a future for it. And we think there is.” The 2013 event was organised with support from IICD / volunteers of the WoD programme.

The commemoration of the 2014 World AIDS Day event was made possible by our partners: Connect4Change, Baptist Medical Centre, Ghana Health Service, Ghana AIDS Commission, the East Mamprusi District Assembly and the traditional authorities.

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Interview with Nawsheen Hosenally

ARDYIS Youth Exchange and Training Workshop on Web 2.0 

for Agricultural and Rural Development in Accra, Ghana at 

CSIR-INSTI

ACDEP Organizes Training for HMIS Administrators

ACDEP Organizes Training for HMIS Administrators

Following the establishment of electronic Health Management Information System (HMIS) at the first set of five ACDEP partner Health Centres in Northern Ghana, ACDEP organizes a three-day training workshop for System Administrators of HMIS. The workshop is to equip the Administrators with basic information and skills needed to operate the system and also build their capacity to be able to provide a single point of communication to all end-users concerning Health Management Information System issues
at their various clinics. The workshop forms part  

Christiana practising her skills during the training Photo credit: John Faile 

of series of training / capacity building sessions planned to build capacities of system administrators and end-users to facilitate successful implementation of the electronic system at the various clinics to improve efficiency in their work to access, analyze, manage, and utilize information that is essential to patient care and the overall healthcare delivery services.
Participants are being provided with hands-on skills in system installation, the Key members of the Tech Support group based in Tamale are also participating in the workshop as part of a capacity building plan to build local capacities to provide technical support services to the clinics during the implementation phase.
Participants are being provided with hands-on skills on functionality of the various modules including how to connect to the server, login / logout, assigning users and user login rights; access and control, how to add a patient, search for a patient, create an encounter, perform prescriptions and dispense drugs.

http://projects.connect4change.nl/en/project/1268/update/6571/