The United States of America, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ghanaian government have joined forces to advance health service delivery. USAID officials joined dignitaries from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ghana Health Service to celebrate collaborative efforts to improve the health of Ghanaians at the USAID Systems […]
The first tranche of Chinese development loan, known as the Sinohydro deal, has been released. Ghana and China signed the agreement in which China will have access to sites to mine bauxite as compensation for the development assistance. The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who revealed this at the Jubilee House in Accra yesterday, indicated that […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday underlined the need for an African framework, to pull investments into the different sectors of the continent’s economy. Speaking at a panel of African Heads of State ahead of the opening of the second African Investment Forum (AIF) in Johannesburg, South Africa, he said there was unanimity that […]
A Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Sun Chunlan, has applauded the stability of the Ghanaian economy and development taking place under the government of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Paying a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 10th November, 2019, at Jubilee House, the seat of the […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, 10th November, 2019, for Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the 2nd Edition of the Africa Investment Forum. The Forum, organised by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace in the world, aimed at raising capital, […]
The President of Niger, Mr Mahamadou Issoufou, has called on the international community to support efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure peaceful elections in Guinea Bissau this year. He said the prevailing instability in that country could disrupt the elections which are scheduled for November 24, 2019, and also […]
The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in prison. Ntaganda was convicted of several atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers. He was found guilty in July on 18 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts committed when he was military operations chief for […]
Singapore’s Senior Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam has made a strong case for the promotion of technical and vocational education especially in developing countries like Ghana. He believes that making heavy investments in technical and vocational education will help train more young people with skills relevant to the job market. Mr. Shanmugaratnam made the comment in a Citi […]
The Municipal Coordinating Director for the Bibiani–Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal Assembly (BABMA), Mr Sahib M. Abdul Rahman, has commended the European Union (EU) for its support programmes to the assembly in the past three years. Through the EU’s support programme, he said, the assembly had witnessed improvements in its projects, especially in the area of transportation where […]
Liberian president George Weah on Monday (November 4) confirmed the imminent return of Air France flights to the West African country. “I am excited to announce the return of Air France to Liberia. This is a testament of the measures we have put in place to promote a conducive business climate – wherein we can […]
