The United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Ms. Stephanie S. Sullivan, has inaugurated two health sector intervention facilities in Tamale, the Northern regional capital, to improve emergency response in that region and other neighbouring regions. The Molecular Laboratory Testing Centre at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) and the Northern Regional Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) are […]
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has awarded a grant of €100,000 for the training of 90 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana to improve on their competitiveness, including workplace practices. The grant was made possible through the support of the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) to build the capacity […]
Ghana and the North Rhine-Westphalia State of Germany have signed an agreement to deepen the ties between the two in seven areas of co-operation. The agreement covers non-governmental, not-for-profit and private-sector organisations, diasporan organisations, religious organisations of all denominations, business corporations, local councils, educational establishments and the GIZ development agency. The Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Ghana’s Ambassador to Germany, Gina Blay has said that German businesses are ready to partner their Ghana counterpart in Düsseldorf. “German businesses ready to pitch in partnership with Ghanaian counterparts in Düsseldorf,” she said in a tweet following the visit of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Germany. Mr Akufo-Addo had told the Germans that […]
President Akufo-Addo has described Ghana’s relations with Germany as being “of utmost importance”, as Ghana is determined to participate fully in the global marketplace not on the basis of the exports of raw materials, but on the basis of the exports of things the country makes. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we, in Ghana, are drawing […]
Ghana’s position as a regional leader in Africa is unquestionable, the outgone Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs. Shani Cooper-Zubida, has observed. She said the positive experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, the re-election of Ghana for the ECOWAS chairmanship, the hosting of the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the election of […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging African countries to focus on vaccinating persons described as most at-risk to avoid needless deaths from covid-19. A statement issued by the WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, notes that West Africa has in the last four weeks recorded its highest number of Covid-19 deaths since […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in Germany for a seven-day visit at the invitation of the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel. The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, who disclosed this in Accra last Friday, said the seven-day visit was aimed at deepening the bond of friendship between the two nations. […]
The outgoing Egyptian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Emad Magdy Hanna, has said that Ghana’s good foreign policy makes the country a leader in African affairs with credible global standing. These, he explained, were evident in Ghana becoming the hub of international conferences, including the hosting of the ACFTA Secretariat and the election of President Nana […]
The United Nations (UN) in partnership with Okyeman Environmental Foundation (OEF) has begun initiatives to restore vegetation at degraded mining sites, as well as other critical Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges in the Akyem Abuakwa State. The UN envoy in Ghana secured $1m grant from the UN Human Security Trust Fund, and an additional $1.3m […]
