The U.S. Department of State’s Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs visited Ghana from June 13-14. During his visit, Carl Risch, met with officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to discuss matters of mutual interest. He also met members of the diplomatic community, U.S. Mission consular and immigration staff. This concludes a two-country trip that began on June 10, 2019. […]
Ghana and Jamaica have both waived entry visa requirements for citizens wanting to travel to and from these two countries, with effect from 1st July, 2019. This was disclosed at a press conference addressed by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, after the two […]
Demark is not closing down all development activities and leaving Ghana because of the transition from aid to trade, the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Mrs Tove Degnbol, has stated. On the contrary, she said the embassy had recruited new staff to prepare and manage the different types of collaboration that would form the country’s focus […]
The Chairman of the Alliance for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (ASDA), Dr Prosper Ladislas Agbesi, is calling on the leadership of the ECOWAS Sub-region and the international community to step into the political situation in Benin and bring order in the interest of the people. He has suggested the establishment of a government of National […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Government of Ghana on Tuesday disseminated a reading evaluation report in Accra to improve on the reading abilities and conceptual understanding of mathematics in basic schools. The step was undertaken after the two bodies had implemented a year-long “Early Grade Math and Reading […]
Eighteen Israeli Companies mostly in the Agribusiness sector have held an exhibition in Accra on the theme: “Ghana Grows with Israel,” (GHrow-IL) to expose Ghanaian stakeholders to the Israeli Agricultural Technology space. The exhibition forms part of major summit organized under the Agricultural Technology and Innovation (Agrictech 2019) by the Trade and Economic Mission of […]
To mark British Airways’ centenary this year, the airline has opened its archive collection publicly for the first time to serve patrons with rare memories of key moments throughout its 100-year history. The British Airways Centenary Archive Collection explores moments from the very first international flight with its predecessor airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel Limited […]
The Government of Canada will increase its funding to $1.4 billion annually, starting in 2023, to support women and girls’ health around the world. This historic investment, a 10-year commitment, will support sexual and reproductive health rights and maternal, newborn, and child health. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who announced this at the Women […]
The United States government has invested more than $13.5million in Ghana’s health sector, particularly in maternal and child health within the last five years of its support programme for the country. In all, 72 nursing and midwifery skills laboratories and 12 model Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds were refurbished and equipped in beneficiary […]
Dubai Cares, part of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has announced that it will fund a three-year teacher training programme in Ghana to upgrade kindergarten education and enable KG schoolchildren to flourish in primary school. The programme valued at US$469,000 is in partnership with Sabre Educationand is set […]
