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GEIG Founder To Participate in UN’s 55th Commission on Social Development Event 

  The Girls Education Initiative Ghana – US, Inc. (GEIG) Founder and President Elizabeth Patterson will participate in a panel discussion at the 55th Commission...

GEIG To Screen Films in Harlem for International Disabilities Day

The Girls Education Initiative Ghana – US, Inc. (GEIG) will hold an event to commemorate the 2016 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The event will feature the screening...

GEIG, Butterfly Dreamz Partner To Empower Ghanaian Girls

In 1995, my family traveled from Ghana to New York City, where I was afforded the resources and access that I otherwise would not have had in Ghana. I was able to attend some of the best schools and benefit...

Ahead of the Pack: 2 GEIG Girls Head to Senior High School

The Girls Education Initiative of Ghana (GEIG) is an educational organization founded to provide academic and financial support to girls and those with special needs so they can access higher education...

GEIG Academic Support Program Boosts Girl Students Forward!

  After Girls Education of Ghana (GEIG) began its academic support programming in August 2014 — and continued to offer supplementary Saturday classes during the 2014/2015 academic...

Beninese Photographer, Senegalese Stylist Join Forces for ‘The Prophecy’

Belgian-Beninese photojournalist Fabrice Monteiro (pictured below) and Senegalese stylist Doulsy teamed up to create “The Prophesy,” a photo series that brings environmental issues...

Nigerian Professer Says He Has Solved Riemann Hypothesis

After 156 years, the Riemann Hypothesis may have been finally solved by Nigerian professor Opeyemi Enoch (pictured), according to CNN. SEE ALSO: Ahead of the Pack: 2 GEIG Girls Head to Senior...

Uganda’s Supreme Court Rules Bride Price Refunds Unconstitutional

While bride prices or dowries tend to be a standard practice across much of Africa, Uganda’s Supreme Court recently ruled that “bride refunds” — required from wives who wish to...

Ghanaian-American Looks To Uplift Girls Through Education Organization

In recent times, there’s been the call for Africans in the Diaspora to contribute toward the development of the continent and not leave it solely at the doorstep of the Western world and its development...