The European Union (EU), through the French Development Agency, has approved a €9.7-million euro grant for the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) to boost infrastructure works on the interconnection line between Ghana and Burkina Faso. A joint press statement said the grant was expected to increase electricity access in Northern Ghana and exporting capacity to the […]
Mr Sugandh Rajaram, India High Commissioner to Ghana, has urged Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to be more innovative to help boost their attraction to foreign investors. Briefing the media on the last day of a five-day official tour of the Eastern Region, he indicated that the region had lots of business potentials and called […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been re-appointed for a second term as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Heads of States of the Authority at its extraordinary session held on February 2, 2021, via Videoconference decided by general consensus that President […]
The European Union Delegation to Ghana, in collaboration with the Fashion Connect Africa, will donate 10,000 reusable facemasks to four non-governmental organizations on Friday, February 5, 2021. The donation is towards the fight against COVID-19. The organisations – Act for Change, Ink Ghana, Galaxy Club Tema and Plastics Punch, are to deliver the facemasks to […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday accepted the letters of credence of six new envoys from China, Korea, Canada, Austria, Namibia and Mexico. At separate events at the Jubilee House, Accra, the President congratulated the envoys on their appointments, and expressed the hope that their tour of duty would further firm the ties between Ghana […]
The Embassy of the State of Israel in collaboration with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the UN in Ghana have commemorated the 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance day in Accra. It is to rally all people to end racism, antisemitism and discrimination of all forms. The 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance day, was […]
The Netherlands Embassy in Accra says Ghana is not included in the list of country’s affected by its international travel ban as it fights to curb the spread of Covid-19. It said due to the emergence and spread of various strains of the coronavirus, the Dutch government has introduced additional measures regarding travel on Friday. […]
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, ending one of the most dramatic political transitions in American history. “Democracy has prevailed,” he said after taking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. Donald Trump – who has not formally conceded the presidency to Mr Biden – snubbed the inauguration […]
Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lock down on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that has resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This is the capital’s second lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic. The government had in March enacted a countrywide lockdown that lasted 45 days. […]
The French Ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave has said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which came into full force on January 1, 2021, will take more time to settle down as the regional integration policy in her view could be more complicated than estimated. AfCFTA seeks to harmonise 1.3 billion people in […]
