The President and Chairman of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Donkor was on Friday awarded the prestigious Prix de la Fondation by the Crans Montana Forum at a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland. The award was presented to Dr. Agyekum Donkor by His Royal Highness Prince Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie […]
The lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter, the World Health Organization says. Half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed, and 10 million are currently without power, said Dr Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe. Temperatures are predicted to plummet as low as -20C in […]
The South Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Jung-Taek Lim, has said his government will continue to support Ghana in its development agenda through various Korean agencies. “Our agencies such as the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH), the Korea Exim Bank, Korean Programme on InternationalAgriculture (KOPIA), and Korea Trade-Investment Agency […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn in two envoys for Guinea and Algeria. He administered the oaths of Secrecy and Office to Maxwell Awiaga and Yaw Bimpong, who are representing the country in Guinea and Algeria, respectively. According to the President, the two were appointed as a result of their experience as Foreign Office […]
The U.N. top trade official said Friday a shipment of Russian fertilizer is scheduled to leave a Norwegian port Monday bound for Malawi, helping to ease a backlog of 300,000 tons of the agricultural products currently in European ports. Speaking at a news briefing in Geneva, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan […]
The French Chamber of Commerce in Ghana (CCIFG) has, in collaboration with its partners — MDS-Lancet, Quest Medical Imaging and International SOS — organised a two-phase ultrasound and mammography screening for 45 women. It was part of the chamber’s corporate social responsibility. The first phase benefitted 20 members of OAfrica (OA), a non-governmental organisation in […]
In the week since Russia pulled out of the southern city of Kherson, visceral relief has been replaced with an optimistic busyness. As an acoustic band plays Western covers, queues of people snake around the city’s main square. There are tents where residents can get a hot drink or first aid. Many gather at mobile […]
African countries must not solely rely on donors in addressing issues relating to maritime insecurity in their domain, Professor Thomas Mandrup, an Associate Professor at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, has said. He said countries along the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), an area identified as a hotspot for maritime crime, must take ownership of […]
African women entrepreneurs from 35 countries have called for more support from lenders and governments to help them benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area. Meeting in Cameroon’s capital for the U.N.-sponsored African Women Entrepreneur Forum, the women say their businesses are mostly small, informal, and suffer discrimination. More than 200 women from 35 […]
Uganda’s tourism sector is once again being hit by effects from a deadly disease. In 2021, it was the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, it’s the Ebola outbreak, with 141 confirmed cases and 55 deaths. President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday in his address to Ugandans that he had been informed that tourists are canceling trips to […]
