Accra -The two entrepreneurs were awarded for their innovative ventures in the agri-food sector.

Cape Town -Former Ghanian footballer Junior Agogo has died in a London hospital, Kickgh.com reports.

Johannesburg -Thousands of deaths in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone are caused by the civil wars and political crises - the lack of peace - in West Africa, and this conflict leads to millions of people fleeing their home and crippling education and economic development in their communities.

Cape Town -A Congressional delegation led by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has arrived in Ghana.

Wisdom Addo from Ghana is the Executive Director for West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation. Addo has over 7 years of experience working with young people in schools and communities - mobilizing and training them on peace building, conflict resolution, leadership skills, and community developments. In April, he attended Wilton Park's Next Generation African Peacebuilding: New Voices, New Networks and New Strategies where he told allAfrica.com how his foundation is helping young people in Ghana

With 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, Africa has the largest population of young people in the world. Yet there are not even close to enough jobs for this quickly growing demographic -- according to the World Bank, young people account for 60% of Africa's unemployed.

The announcement last week by the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana to suspend forward sales of cocoa beans for 2020/21 until further notice and to demand the implementation of a floor price of US$2,600 per metric tonne of cocoa beans is revolutionary and must be welcomed by all those interested in fair and greater equity in international trade.

Cape Town -Time Magazine has published its annual list of the world's most influential people - and six Africans made it on to the list, according to Ugandan website Hire The Youth.

Cape Town -Just in case you didn't watch the Kids Choice Awards this year, we'll catch you up on winners...

Cape Town -The man described as Africa's premier ethnomusicologist and composer, Emeritus Professor Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia, has died, reports GhanaWeb.

Ten million people around the world became sick with tuberculosis (TB) in 2017. The World Health Organization calls it "the world's deadliest curable disease".

Cape Town -Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings parked his car and stepped into the middle of the Accra-Aflao road to direct traffic, Ghana Web reports.

Cape Town -Those fans who were doubting that award-winning artist Lauryn Hill will be a no-show apparently have nothing to worry about.

The Kofi Annan Foundation confirmed that memorial services will follow in New York City and Geneva after the state burial today.

Ghana has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. It is the first country in Sub Saharan Africa to eliminate the painful and potentially blinding eye condition trachoma. 

Cape Town -More than 50 Ghanaians trying to gain entry to Australia have been deported from the country.

Education is so much more than an opportunity to go to school; it is an opportunity to determine one's future, to establish a voice within and outside of one's community, and to dream beyond the limits of one's circumstances.

Cape Town -Public confidence in the Ghanaian government's fight against corruption has leaped in the last three years, a new report says.

Cape Town -Forty of Africa's 55 nations have improved their standards of governance in the past decade, while only 12 have seen a decline. But the rate of improvement has slowed in recent years.

Accra -Keynote address on the occasion of National Youth Day, Ghana, by H. E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SPSG) for West Africa and the Sahel, and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)