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Ghana, Latvia Must Grow Business, Official Relations

  • April 18, 2023

The growing business relations between Ghanaian and Latvian entrepreneurs provide a stronger basis for a state-to-state collaboration, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said the grounds had been laid for the Ghana and Latvia to work together to advance their business and official relations. The President said this when the Latvian Foreign Minister, […]

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G7 Foreign Ministers Highlight Concerns About Russia, China

  • April 18, 2023

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine and highlighted the need to engage with China to address global challenges as they closed their meetings in Japan on Tuesday. While noting the importance of working with China on issues such as climate change and global health security, the ministers expressed […]

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Nigerian Aviation Workers Block Roads As Strike Over Pay Begins

  • April 17, 2023

Chanting Nigerian aviation workers block roads to the domestic terminal at the start of a two-day protest against working conditions and wages. Nigerian aviation employees on Monday blocked roads to the domestic terminal of Lagos airport, slowing traffic and threatening to delay flights as they began a two-day strike to protest working conditions and wages. […]

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USAID Announces $500,000 Grant Support For SMEs In Northern Ghana Agricultural Sector

  • April 17, 2023

The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced its $500,000 Innovative Finance Grant Window to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in northern Ghana. The grant programme, which is part of the Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity, targets financial institutions and other non-bank […]

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Rwanda, Benin Discuss Border Security Against Militants

  • April 17, 2023

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met Saturday with his Benin counterpart, Patrice Talon, promising military support to help the country contain spillover from jihadi conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa coastal nations Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast are preparing for a potential spillover as Burkina Faso struggles to contain an Islamist […]