“A couple of months ago,” recalls Stephen Kwame Coffie, a 24-year old electrician based in Kumasi, “I saw it on TV that a building had collapsed on school children at Jamara and the Multimedia group was undertaking a campaign to mobilize resources to build a new school block for the community.” When Stephen heard that […]

STAR-Ghana Foundation is a Ghanaian-owned and led national centre for active citizenship, civil society and philanthropy. The Foundation builds on phases 1 & 2 of the STAR-Ghana programmes, a 10year multi-donor funding mechanism. Phase 2 of the STAR-Ghana programme is a £22 million multi-donor funding arrangement consisting of funds from UKAid, the EU and DANIDA. […]

STAR Ghana Foundation, with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID), otherwise known as the UKAid, and the European Union (EU) has launched 26 projects under its Election 2020 Grant Call. The event, which witnessed the signing of grant documents was held at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra on Tuesday 26th November 2019. […]

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has engaged representatives of key stakeholder groups on the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill at the Parliament of Ghana in Accra, today Monday 25th November 2019. The purpose of the engagement was to provide a platform for key stakeholders to appreciate the need for the […]

Program Director and Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Star Ghana Foundation, Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu has called for a cautious approach to the implementation of the Government of Ghana’s policy on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, (MMDCEs’) in Ghana. Speaking on a GJA/STAR-Ghana platform dubbed `WE THE PEOPLE`, Ibrahim-Tanko acknowledged that: “Election of […]

The Executive Director of the Afrobarometer, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, has bemoaned governance practices in the Fourth Republic where government business has become virtually inseparable from party political business. He has also expressed strong disapproval over the practice of government and party functionaries doubling as board chairpersons and chief executive officers of public institutions. Speaking at […]