Government has called on the business community in Ghana and Rwanda to take advantage of their vast economic potentials to explore business opportunities in all sectors of the economy. Government also encouraged the Rwandan government and businesses to invest in Ghana for mutual benefits. Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional […]
A delegation of European Union (EU) Ambassadors, on Monday, paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra. The delegation, led by Mrs Diana Acconcia, Head of the EU delegation to Ghana, met the former President as part of the team’s pre-election monitoring […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had no symptoms. “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19. I am well and without symptoms […]
Ethiopian Airlines has won “The 2020 Business Traveller Award” in the category of Best African Airline. A statement issued in Accra by the Airline, said the winners of the 2020 Business Traveller Awards were unveiled by the publishers of Business Traveller magazine, Panacea Media. The Business Traveller Awards are voted for by readers of the […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is self-quarantining after a guest at a dinner he attended later tested positive for Covid-19. The president is not showing symptoms and will perform his duties remotely, his office said in a statement. Mr Ramaphosa is the latest world leader forced to self-quarantine because of the outbreak. US President Donald […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for calm as the escalating protest by Nigerian youth demanding an end to police brutality threatens to spiral out of control. President Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS, has urged dialogue in resolving the impasse, arguing that violence was not a panacea to the situation. “I join […]
The ECOWAS Commission, has expressed concern over demonstrations by Nigerian youth calling for police reform, particularly the abolition of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria. The ECOWAS Commission in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency expressed its condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives during the […]
The United Nations (UN) 75th Anniversary is a time for introspection and sober reflection on the capacity of the Organisation to provide solutions to the challenges that the world face. Mr Charles Owiredu, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, said the UN had achieved remarkable successes in the 75 years of its […]
Government, through the Office of the Senior Minister and support from the World Bank, on Monday presented technological equipment to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to aid the execution of its mandate. The gadgets are monitor screens, laptops, Laser Jet printers, photocopy machines, Uninterruptible Power Supply, digital voice recorders, LCD/LED Mini […]
The U.S. Embassy in Accra and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) formally launched the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs’ University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) at an in-person and virtual launch ceremony on the KNUST campus on Wednesday October 14, 2020. The event was presided over by Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, […]
