Mr Iain Walker Mr Iain Walker, the United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Ghana, has commended the country for being the first in Africa to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, shipped via the COVAX Facility. “I was delighted to stand alongside the ... Read More

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration-designate, has appealed to Serbian investors to come and invest in Ghana. The Foreign Minister-designate, made the appeal on Tuesday, when Mr Djura Likar, Ambassador of Serbia to Ghana, paid ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for the launch of a global vaccination plan under the auspices of the Group of 20 leading economies to help head off the coronavirus pandemic. Guterres told the ... Read More

Ghana has presented 100,000 units of election thumbprint pads to the Republic of Niger to support its second round of presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, February 21. Mr. Jonathan R. Magnusen, Ghana’s Ambassador to Niger, handed over the materials to the ... Read More

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her “historic” appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. In a letter addressed to the new WTO boss, President Akufo-Addo expressed delight at the ... Read More

Mr Iain Walker - British High Commissioner to Ghana The United Kingdom (UK) government has said it will continue to support Ghana on its development agenda, particularly in addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. This will comprise ... Read More

The Cuban Government has offered to transfer technology on a COVID-19 vaccine — currently undergoing trial in that country — to Ghana through an agreement with the Ghanaian pharmaceutical industry. Under the agreement, the Cuban Government will supply active pharmaceutical ingredients ... Read More

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala World Trade Organization (WTO) members made history on Monday, February 15, 2021, when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on March 1, ... Read More

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra Monday to attend the 7th Session of the Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State of G5 Sahel in N’Djamena, Chad. President Akufo-Addo who is attending in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority ... Read More

Mr Pierre Laporte, Country Director, World Bank It will cost the country a minimum of $180 million to procure COVID-19 vaccines against the virus for 60 per cent of the population, the World Bank has said. The estimate is based on ... Read More