Ghana will soon know whether it qualifies for the release of the second tranche of funds under the IMF program it has entered into. Some 114 million dollars is expected to be released to Ghana by the Bretton Wood Institution ... Read More

South African Airways (SAA) has launched a new direct flight from Accra to Washington DC beginning August 3, 2015. The flights from Accra to Washington DC will be offered four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Washington-Accra flight ... Read More

The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a record investment of $700 million in guarantees for Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project - a transformational project that will help address the country’s serious energy shortages by developing new sources of clean ... Read More

Ghana has taken the appropriate steps to ensure that the requisite institutions are established to coordinate and prosecute an anti-human trafficking agenda. Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection told the Ghana News Agency in an interview on ... Read More

World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim The World Bank Group is supporting Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project through a package of World Bank Guarantees to the tune of $700 million. The proposed guarantees will mobilise the much-needed private investment in Ghana’s domestic ... Read More

Millions of children around the world are caught up in adults’ wars, deliberately killed, injured, raped or abducted, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It said their schools and homes are being destroyed; they are being denied food, water and ... Read More

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over equipment worth US$ 137,500 to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Technical Cooperation Project of Electrical Engineers Training for African Countries. The equipment, which include portable cable fault locator, oil ... Read More

Wanjo Foods, an indigenous food company based in Accra has been announced the winner of a $25,000 investment prize at a pitch competition hosted by an American based organisation, Case Foundation. Wanjo Foods processes indigenous crops into food products including juices, ... Read More

President Obama adressing the AU Thank you. Thank you so much. Madam Chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership. To Prime Minister Hailemariam, and the people of Ethiopia, once again, thank you for your wonderful ... Read More

A set of guidelines to control the production of palm oil in some West Africa countries has been developed by participants at a workshop in Accra. The principles cover the policy and legal framework for governing oil palm development, sustainable environmental ... Read More