Jean Mensa is a good choice to head the Electoral Commission (EC), the outgoing United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Robert Porter Jackson, has stated. He, however, said if the opposition had concerns about her fitness for the job, they could bring them up during her vetting. “I know Jean Mensa. I respect her. […]
There has been an increase in travel from Ghana to the United States in the last two years due to an increase in visas issued over the period, the outgoing United States Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Robert Porter Jackson has said. He said in 2017 alone a total of 16,500 travel visas were issued to […]
“Africa50”, a new investment platform, aims to speed up infrastructural development on a continent that is facing a shortfall of up to US$108 billion a year in funding for projects, the institution’s Chief Executive Officer, Alain Ebobisse, has told the Ghana News Agency (GNA). Africa needs to spend between US$130 billion and US$170 billion a […]
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has defended China’s relations with Africa stating that the global economic giant treats Africa as equals in dealings between the two parties. “I also want to say a few words from the heart. The growing relationship with China is based as much on mutual respect as on mutual interests. That is […]
Ghana will from July 23 to the 27, 2018, participate in the 22nd International AIDS Conference to discuss the science, advocacy, human rights, policies and programmes that will ensure an evidence-based response to the epidemic. The biennial conference, to be hosted by the International AIDS Society (IAS), the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals, […]
The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, will pay a day’s working visit to Ghana in August, on the invitation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr Christoph Retzlaff, the German Ambassador to Ghana, who announced this, said Chancellor Merkel would be accompanied by the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd Müller and a […]
The “German African Business Summit (GABS)” would be held in Accra from 11-13 February 2019. Mr Christoph Retzlaff, the German Ambassador to Ghana, said up to 750 leaders, decision makers and business representatives from business and politics from Germany and Sub-Saharan Africa would be participating in the Accra Summit. He said at the GABS, top […]
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has finalized preparations to resume daily flights to Asmara, Eritrea on 17 July 2018 with the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft, the Boeing 787. This follows agreements reached in Asmara between H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and President H.E. […]
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) acting together with the Ministry of Communications, Diplomatic Academy and the Institute for African Studies, plans to launch a short orientation and training programme for senior editors working in the state media organisations in Africa. The media initiative came up as a follow up to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s […]
Ghana and the United States (US) on Wednesday struck a deal to deepen economic cooperation for the mutual benefit of the two countries. It commits both sides to jointly explore business and investment opportunities for the growth of their respective economies. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the visiting US’ Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, signed […]
