The Ministry of Finance and the German Development Bank, KfW, have signed a financing agreement under a partnership between Germany and Ghana to the tune of €16 million. The agreement will enable Ghana to secure its shareholding and membership into the African Trade Insurance (ATI) Agency, a multilateral investment guarantee institution that mitigates investment risks […]
Rwanda has opened Africa’s first smartphone manufacturing plant in the capital, Kigali, in an event attended by President Paul Kagame. Manufactured by technology company Mara Group – the Mara X and Mara Z smartphones – will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190; £155) and 120,250 Rwandan francs ($130;£106) respectively. “This […]
The Ghana Post (GP) and the Indian High Commission have launched postage stamps on Mahatma Gandhi to commemorate the 150th birthday anniversary of the Indian freedom icon. The four separate stamps, which will be sold at GH¢4 each, depict different photos of Mahatma Gandhi, with the name Ghana embossed on top of them. The stamps […]
October is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the pink ribbon is used as a symbol of solidarity in all countries. Throughout the month, countries across the world organise events with an aim to help increase attention and support for awareness, early diagnosis, and treatment as well as palliative care for women facing this […]
The European Union (EU) has cautioned Ghana to be proactive in restoring its degraded forest and tree cover in the wake of the changing climatic conditions. “The government needs to take drastic action to reverse the trend for the sustenance of the ecology,” Ms. Diana Acconcia, the EU Ambassador to Ghana, noted, saying it was […]
More than 1,000 people have drowned in 2019 so far trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. Some 1,028 people are assumed to have died as of Tuesday, Dominik Bartsch, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to Germany, said. In 2018, the UNHCR […]
The United States Embassy in Ghana has supported the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) with GH₵50,000 towards the organisation of the 2019 GJA awards. A cheque for the amount was presented to the GJA national executives on Thursday in Accra. The US Embassy Press Attaché, Naomi Mattos handed over the cheque to the GJA President, Mr […]
The British High Commission will on Friday, October 4, host the third edition of the UK- Ghana Business Council (UK-GBC) Regional Forum in Accra. The Forum will prioritise areas like agriculture/agro-processing, financial services, extractives, Pharmaceuticals, textiles and garments and digital. The Business Council, which meets twice a year, brings both governments together to find ways […]
Ghana has officially established diplomatic ties with Nepal, a communique to that effect was signed between Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and her Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, in New York, USA, on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly. Ms Botchwey said the establishment of diplomatic relations […]
BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf, whose recent work included an investigation into working conditions at Costa Coffee stores, has died aged 27. The BBC’s Fran Unsworth, director of news, said Hanna was a “talented young journalist who was widely admired” and her death was “terrible news”. Her family said they were “deeply saddened and heartbroken” and […]
