Ministers and Commissioners responsible for Trade, Industry and Investment in the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Accra to deliberate and validate the ECOWAS Automotive Industry Policy Framework. The validation of the policy would enable ECOWAS member countries to harmonise their automotive policies in order to optimise the benefit in the […]
The United Nations has expressed concern about the deepening inequality gap in the world. Madam María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly said despite prolonged periods of growth, wealth had not trickled down, declaring that ‘inequality is deepening’. She said it was sobering to think, for example, […]
The President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Ms Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, has spoken highly of the Ghana government’s commitment and leadership in the global action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in particular, for his great leadership role on the […]
The Embassy of Israel in Ghana is wooing the Israeli business community to relocate in Ghana and also seek partnership with their Ghanaian counterparts. It has, therefore, scheduled an investment show in Ghana in June this year, in which a number of Israeli businesses and business community will participate to showcase Israeli technology, particularly in the […]
The United States (US) has said it shared in Ghana’s vision to harness its resources and capacities to drive its own economic and social development agenda without relying on the generosity of development partners. Ms. Stephanie S. Sullivan, the US Ambassador to Ghana, who stated this, said “investment-led growth and increasing bilateral trades are both in […]
South Africans go to the polls, Wednesday May 8, in national elections which the ruling ANC party, in power since 1994, is the favourite to win despite corruption scandals and sluggish economic growth and record unemployment. The ANC has won all the past five elections, but Wednesday’s vote is set to be an electoral test on whether the party […]
Julius Malema, leader of South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, says the African Union, AU, as it stands currently was close to useless. Malema said only continental unity and a radical shakeup and brutally frank brotherliness will take it out of the current predicament. “The African Union (consists) of brothers who do each other favours… […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has tweeted to celebrate the first baby in Ghana receive the new malaria vaccine being piloted in selected regions. Ghana is one of three African countries selected to pilot the new malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S. The vaccine will be made available to children up to two years of age. […]
Police say gunmen have kidnapped a traditional ruler in Daura who is distantly related to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Musa Umar was seized on Wednesday evening from in front of his house by abductors who fired shots into the air, Katsina state Police Spokesman Gambo Isa told the BBC’s Nasidi Adamu Yahya. Local police say […]
The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, attended the premiere of Season 5 of the megahit Ghanaian TV series, “You Only Live Once” (YOLO) at the Silverbird Cinemas in West Hills Mall on May 1. Ambassador Sullivan joined representatives from the Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation, the Ghana Health Service, and the […]
