Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has launched the Brazil Africa Institute in Accra with the call on leaderships of Ghana and Brazil to foster relations that would be mutually beneficial. He said both Ghana and Brazil had a lot to learn from each other and the launch of the institute would serve as the bridge […]
Cities and companies are being urged to show their commitment to climate-friendly infrastructure investments by signing a “green bond pledge” launched on Tuesday. The initiative according to a release to the Ghana News Agency, aims to scale up finance for projects that were resilient to the impacts of climate change and supported the transition to […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have jointly pledged greater support to the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) strategy to integrate Africa. They thanked all partners including the UN agencies for their support and honoured to be associated with this great and historic […]
The Australian Aid in collaboration with the Accra Mining Network (AMN) have established a mechanised borehole for the Simpa Health facility as a first step of improving quality health care delivery in the community. The provision of the water system would go a long way to ease the burden of pregnant women, health workers and […]
The United States Embassy on Thursday honoured two Ghanaian human rights activists, Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin and Mr Yaw Ofori Debra, with the 2018 Martin Luther King Junior Award for Peace and Social Justice. Mr Robert P. Jackson, the US Ambassador, presented a plaque each, embossed with the bust of Martin Luther King, to Dr Mensah-Kutin […]
Ghana’s frozen chicken imports jumped from 13,000 metric tons in 2000 to over 155,000 metric tons in 2011 costing $169 million, Mr Ron Strikker, the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, said on Wednesday. Figures showed that in 2017, a total of over 135,000Mt (about 112 million birds) of frozen chicken was imported from European Union (EU), […]
US President Donald Trump’s sacking of his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, just as he ended his first official trip to Africa, overshadowed the long-awaited visit. It was not Mr Tillerson’s first trip to the Continent, having made several trips there while heading ExxonMobil between 2006 and 2017. However, his first visit as Secretary of […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday left Ghana as the head of a Ghanaian delegation to attend the African Union (AU) Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU on the African Continental Free Trade Area, comes off Wednesday, March 21, 2018, The […]
A contentious Defence Cooperation Agreement between Ghana and the United States governments to allow the US to establish a military camp for its force in Ghana has been put before Parliament for consideration and approval. The Agreement was laid in Parliament in line with Article 181(5) of the Constitution, which requires parliamentary approval in respect […]
Ghana on Tuesday, joined other countries across the globe, to commemorate the World Oral Health Day, which aimed at creating public awareness and advocacy on prioritising and improving access to dental health services. Ghana marked the day with a durbar organised by the Uniliver Ghana Pepsodent Group, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), […]
