The World Bank has pledged to increase Ghana’s renewable energy to ensure accessible, low emission, reliable and affordable electricity to businesses and individuals. The Bank has also pledged support for initiatives to tackle perennial flooding in the country, including improvement in infrastructure development. Mr Wencai Zhang, World Bank Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer (MDCAO), […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will launch its 50th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Accra, Ghana. Heads of State and Government are expected to lead the event. A statement from the Commission confirmed that the launch would feature Ministers and dignitaries. Activities include the unveiling of the ECOWAS Golden […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with the government of Ghana for the fourth review of the country’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme, paving the way for a US$370 million disbursement once the IMF Executive Board grants final approval. The agreement follows a two-week mission in Accra by an IMF team […]
Diplomats and aid officials from around the world met Tuesday in London to try to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million and pushed large parts of the country into famine. The African Union, which co-hosted the one-day conference with Britain, […]
France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two countries. Algeria said Monday that its expulsion of 12 French officials was over the arrest of an Algerian consular official by French authorities in a […]
Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving office to criticise the Trump administration’s welfare policies. The ex-US president told a conference in Chicago that the government had “taken a hatchet” to Social Security, a system which Donald Trump and Elon Musk – who is leading the White House’s cost-cutting efforts – have said […]
The Lebanese Community in Ghana has awarded full scholarships to 26 students at the University of Media, Arts and Communication (UniMAC), as part of its ongoing support for education in the country. The beneficiaries include four postgraduate students, 12 undergraduate journalism students, four public relations students, four film and television students, and two translation students. […]
The President of Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, assisted by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has inaugurated a 40-bed district hospital in Kpone in the Greater Accra Region. The opening of the Czech-funded health facility last Wednesday is expected to improve the healthcare delivery needs of the people of Kpone. Present at the ceremony […]
Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has proposed that the World Bank set up a regional office in Accra to support development work across West Africa. He made the call on Friday, April 10 , during a meeting with Mr Wencai Zhang, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the World Bank Group, […]
The Chairman of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee, Brian Mast, has called for a portion of Ghana’s next International Monetary Fund (IMF) disbursement to be directly allocated to settling outstanding debts owed to Independent Power Producers (IPPs), including facilities partly owned by U.S. pension funds and taxpayers. In a letter addressed to U.S. […]
