The United States in collaboration with the Government of Ghana (GoG) on Monday launched guidelines and regulations to strengthen the Ghanaian social welfare system. The launch, which had Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection representing the GoG is expected to use the guidelines and regulations as tools to regulate residential […]
The Embassy of Israel, in partnership with the Henry Djaba Foundation and the German International Agency, is building the capacity of aspiring assembly women to empower them to fully participate and win the upcoming District Assembly Elections. More than 100 women aspirants are being trained under the “Women to win Elections” initiative, which is being […]
Ethiopia maintained an unenviable record of being the global leader in internally displaced persons driven out of their places of residence due to conflicts across the country. Ethiopia has close to three million people displced by violent conflicts according to the latest results from the Global Report on Internal Displacement, GRID. It is jointly published by […]
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… […]
