Mr Henry Kerali, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone has challenged Ghana to institute actionable strategies to exploit the country’s abundant resources to get people in the savannah zone out of poverty. “There is no reason why ... Read More

A new United Nations (UN) brief says an estimated 80 per cent of global deforestation occurs as a direct result of agricultural chain-practices. It said in a release to the Ghana News Agency that government subsidies, estimated at $ 200 billion ... Read More

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support smallholder farmers, who lost their livelihoods in the June 3 disaster. The agreement is to restore farming activities of 2,200 ... Read More

Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed an agreement with a view to implementing decisions reached to advance the course of social and economic development of the two countries. The accord follows a successful completion of the second ... Read More

Mr. Gideon Quarcoo, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), says Ghana’s participation in the ongoing 84th Izmir International Fair was an opportunity to explore Turkish technology. He said building on the lessons Ghana had learnt from participating ... Read More

The Embassy of Israel in Ghana has committed itself to playing a key role in having Israeli companies invest in the Ghanaian economy. Mr Ami Mehl, the new Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, hinted that by the end of the first quarter ... Read More

Christine Lagarde - Managing Director of IMF The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday August 31, 2015, completed its first review of Ghana’s economic performance under the programme supported by its $918 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) ... Read More

TechnoServe with funding from the UK Government through the Department for International Development (DFID), has organised the second edition of the Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises (ENGINE) investors and financing dialogue in Accra. The dialogue was to strengthen linkages and closure ... Read More

Finland has emerged as the most innovative country in the world, with Switzerland coming a close second, the World Economic Forum’s annual ‘Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015’ says. The report copied to the Ghana News Agency evaluates 144 of the world’s economies ... Read More

The Deputy Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Wang Sheng, has advised his compatriots to observe Ghana’s laws and regulations in order not to have a brush with the law. He said there were about 10,000 Chinese living in Ghana contributing their quota ... Read More