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HERPol Africa gives grants to 3 students for their final-year research work

HERPol Africa gives grants to 3 students for their final-year research work

In all, 80 students applied for the grant and 30 students were shortlisted for the interview but 3 were chosen for the grant. The scholarship termed “the kaaka Dissertation/ Research grant” is in honour of…

Redefining today’s damongo | Youth turns to Tech and Agric

Redefining today’s damongo | Youth turns to Tech and Agric

Young women in the capital of Savannah Region, Damongo are re-mapping and positioning the wildlife community into a cultural and spiritual journey. The men are growing food and going green. Before 2019, the Savannah Region was…

ÉnergieRich- Empowering the local community to take charge of their energy production

ÉnergieRich- Empowering the local community to take charge of their energy production

Rahama Zakaria | Sanatu Zambang The northern region of Ghana is blessed with an abundance of sunshine. This sunshine which can be used for clean energy has not been adopted by the local communities. Everyone…

Walewale start-up summit 4th edition- The year of nursing mothers

Walewale start-up summit 4th edition- The year of nursing mothers

Story By:  Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang Northern Innovation Lab (NIL) held its annual Startup Summit on the 31st of August 2022 at the Walewale Social Centre on the theme ‘’ Digitizing Agriculture for Sustainable Business…

UDS and FINDGh hold Forensic Science Summit in Tamale

UDS and FINDGh hold Forensic Science Summit in Tamale

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the Department of Forensic Science of the University for Development Studies, collaborated with Forensic Investigation for National Development Ghana (FINDGh) to host their maiden Forensic Science Summit in Tamale. The august event took place at…

Forensic Summit: Prof Teye calls for a modern approach to crime investigation

Forensic Summit: Prof Teye calls for a modern approach to crime investigation

Vice-Chancellor of UDS, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye has called on the use of 21st-century tools and approaches in criminal investigations. Prof. Teye spoke as Special Guest of Honour at the Forensic and Security Summit organized…

Reengineering the mindset of the next generation through art spaces in Tamale | The Ibrahim Mahama Fashion

Reengineering the mindset of the next generation through art spaces in Tamale | The Ibrahim Mahama Fashion

Story: Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria  In every generation, we have people who come to offer their selfless service to the community without asking anything in return. Northern region especially Tamale is lucky to have those people live with…

Unearthing the next digital generation in North East Region | the story of Northern Innovation Lab

Unearthing the next digital generation in North East Region | the story of Northern Innovation Lab

Story: Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria || Sanatu Zambang Barely three years in the North East Region, Northern Innovation Lab (NIL) have successfully crafted a niche for themselves in terms of bridging the digital divide between the urban and rural communities…

HERPol Africa takes COVID-19 outreach to Tamale streets and markets

HERPol Africa takes COVID-19 outreach to Tamale streets and markets

Story by: Abdul-Hakim Zakaria HERPol Africa, a Tamale based NGO is one of the few remaining organizations focused on mitigating the adverse impacts of COVID-19. As part of Phase II of the COVID-19 Intervention and…

Tracy Thompson Fine Art Workshop at SCCA Tamale

Tracy Thompson Fine Art Workshop at SCCA Tamale

Tracy Thompson is a Ghanaian artist who explores the latent ability of ubiquitous materials (synthetic or natural) transforming into unrecognisable, strange, new and mimicry form through alchemical processes of dissolution and crystallisation of the varied…