Ghana will host the Third German-African Business Summit (GABS) from Monday, February 11 to Wednesday, February 13 in Accra, to provide a platform for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Africa and Germany to explore business opportunities. The GABS is Germany’s signature business event in Africa, where top business and government leaders from Germany and […]
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) have signed an agreement for a study of the 1,000-kilometre highway linking Cote d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan, to Lagos in Nigeria. It marks a new step in building regional integration and trade. The proposed Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway, a six-lane […]
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has set up a committee to investigate the reported outbreak of the Tilapia Lake Virus in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Tilapia Lake Virus is a deadly disease that threatens fish stocks, both farmed and wild. Jacob Olwo, program officer of fisheries […]
Ghana on Wednesday launched this year’s Africa Climate Week celebration as a lead-up to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit in September this year. The Africa Week celebration, slated for March 18 to 22, would be held at the Accra International Conference Centre, on the theme: “Climate Action in Africa: A Race We Can Win.” […]
The former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, who has been freed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hauge, is to stay in Belgium, one of the conditions of his release. This was agreed by the Belgian government after the Appeals Chamber unanimously released Mr Gbagbo and one of his former ministers, Charles […]
The Foreign Ministry has condemned the imposition of visa restriction by Washington on Ghana following a row over the deportation of Ghanaians illegally staying in the United States. The move, which goes into effect on February 4, will also affect government employees and politicians. The Ministry in a statement expressed concern and disappointment for alleged […]
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers on Saturday approved the country’s membership to the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which aims to create the largest common market in the world. Over 40 African countries signed a historic trade agreement in March 2018, looking to enable free cross-border trade on the continent. The AfCFTA agreement is expected […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, February 3, 2019, for an 8-day working visit to South Africa, the United States of America, and Ethiopia. In South Africa, President Akufo-Addo will participate in the 2019 edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba, the world’s largest mining investment conference […]
Ms Stephanie S. Sullivan, United States Ambassador to Ghana, on Friday explained that the United States’ issuance of visa restricted on some categories of Ghanaians had been necessitated due to the failure of bilateral efforts to resolve the issue. She said the US been working with Ghana for more than two years, including as far […]
The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Catherine Abelema Afeku, has been appointed Chairperson of the Leadership Taskforce of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The appointment was announced at the first meeting of the Leadership Taskforce which took place on January 25, 2018 at the headquarters of the world body in Madrid, […]
