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World Radio Day 2026 Today, the world celebrates another World Radio Day, an international day proclaimed by UNESCO in 2011, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. Every February 13, the world celebrates and honours broadcasters for their voices, the stories they tell and amplify, and the vital role radio continues to

GIBA elected new Executive Council Members to lead the Association during its last Annual General Meeting held in Kumasi. The AGM brought an end to the service of former President, Cecil Thomas Sunkwa-Mills. with Abdulai Awudu being elected unopposed as President of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA). Mr. Awudu, joined the Multimedia Group Limited

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO ALL MEDIA AGENCIES THE PRESIDENT MUST RE-DEDICATE TO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE GALAMSEY CRISIS Accra, Monday, September 15th, 2025: The Coalition Against Galamsey (CAG), like many of our concerned compatriots in Ghana, is outraged. Our Government's failure to see the urgency and crisis we face from illegal and irresponsible mining is

Accra, Friday, 1 August, 2025 PRESS RELEASE: GIBA STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS BY SECURITY AGENTS The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) is outraged and deeply concerned by the recent attacks and brutalities meted out to a Reporter working with a member station – JoyNews, Carlos Carlony, by persons identified to be military officers believed

  GIBA Congratulates Rev. Ing. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko on His Appointment as Director-General of the National Communications Authority Accra, January 24, 2025 The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) extends its heartfelt congratulations to Rev. Ing. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko on his recent appointment as the Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA). This announcement was made

  Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association Congratulates Samuel Nartey George on His Nomination as Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations Accra, January 24, 2025 The President and Executive Council on behalf of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) extends heartfelt congratulations to Samuel Nartey George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, on his nomination as

Press Statement Accra, Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed members of the media. I wish to first congratulate the incoming president of Ghana, his vice and all newly elected parliamentarians and the Vice President for his maturity in the declaration made early in the outcome of the elections. It is with immense pride

Memorandum of Understanding with Total Family Health Organisation (TFHO) GIBA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Total Family Health Organisation (TFHO), Implementing the USAID Social Marketing and Private Sector Activity, on the 9th of September, 2024. As part of the partnership, some staff of GIBA Member radio stations, representing the membership spread across all 16

Accra, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Happy World Radio Day! This year, as we celebrate “Radio: A century informing, entertaining, and educating,” we not only acknowledge the global significance of this enduring medium but also pay special tribute to its profound impact in Ghana. Since its inception, radio has played a pivotal role in shaping societies,

ACCRA, Monday, October 9, 2023 The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), in no uncertain terms, condemns the invasion and attack on the presenter, panellists, and studios of UTV Ghana. This politically motivated attack against freedom of speech and the protections guaranteed the media in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana is another indicator of an increasingly