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Ghana-US Partnership identifies two constraints to economic growth

  • July 7, 2017

The Ghana and the United States Partnership for Growth initiative, have identified unreliable and inadequate supply of electric power and access to affordable credit as binding constraints to Ghana’s private sector development and economic growth. In the quest to address these constraints, a five-year joint Country Action Plan (JCAP),has been developed consisting of two components- […]

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Ghana, Ethiopia agree to strengthen bilateral ties

  • July 4, 2017

Ghana and Ethiopia have committed to strengthening the ties of co-operation that exist between them. At the end of a meeting on Tuesday between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome and on the sidelines of the ongoing 29th African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, both leaders expressed satisfaction with the current […]

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US says it wants strong, equal partner in Ghana

  • July 4, 2017

The United States wants a strong, equal, partner, with both countries contributing to the global economy and security, and whose knowledge and products flow back and forth; Ambassador Robert P. Jackson, has said. The United States’ Ambassador to Ghana said the partnership that the United States envisages with Ghana was one where a private sector […]

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Ghana to host the 20th Africa Union Conference on TB

  • July 4, 2017

Ghana will host over 800 delegates from Africa and the diaspora to deliberate and find ways of fighting Tuberculosis (TB) on the continent. The 20th conference to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre is slated to begin from July 10-13. The theme for the event is: “Accelerating Implementation Through Partnership to end TB, HIV/TB, […]

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Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General

  • July 4, 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), succeeding Dr Margaret Chan, who has held office since 1 January 2007. The Director-General is WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer and oversees the policy for the Organization’s international health work. A statement issued by the WHO and copied […]

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Akufo-Addo receives 2017 “AU Gender Champion” Award

  • July 4, 2017

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Monday, July 3, 2017, named the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as the “AU Gender Champion” for 2017. President Akufo-Addo was given this award at the opening ceremony of the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is currently on-going in Addis […]

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G20 Partnership will push Africa’s economic development – German Ambassador

  • June 30, 2017

Mr Christoph Retzlaff, the German Ambassador says the G20 Africa Partnership Compact is an avenue for renewing cooperation and enhancing sustainable economic development in Africa. Launched under Germany’s Presidency of the G20, the Ambassador explained that the Partnership would support reliable financial frameworks in order to increase investment opportunities, push for a more sustainable infrastructure […]