Ghana is hosting a regional workshop on harmonising construction and building standards in West Africa to help build the competencies of experts in ensuring quality in the building and construction industry. The three-day workshop, which began on Monday, is being organised by ECOWAS and the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and brought together experts from standards […]
The European Union (EU) will support 79 developing nations in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) with a €8 million ($891m) to implement a global deal to combat climate change. Mr Miguel Arias Canete, the European Climate Commissioner, said this in a release copied to the Ghana News Agency. It said: “Today more than […]
U.S. Ambassador Robert P. Jackson launched the 2017 Primary School Insecticide-Treated Nets distribution campaign today at the Southern LEKMA Cluster of Schools in Accra. Ambassador Jackson joined officials from the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, representatives from the health and education sectors, and primary school teachers and children at the event, which celebrated […]
The Australian High Commission raised over GH¢50,000.00 for the Ghana Olympic Committee and the Azumah Nelson Foundation during the Commonwealth Games Gala Dinner, which welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Ghana on March 19. The gala dinner featured four exciting boxing bouts in front of 200 guests under the patronage of Ghanaian Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia […]
The European Union (EU) has committed more than two million Euros to the implementation of a four-year sustainable Fisheries Resources Development Programme. Dubbed “far ban bo” (protecting fishers’ livelihoods), the programme is being implemented by a consortium of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) including Care International, Friends of the Nation (FON) and Oxfam in collaboration with the […]
The World Bank has announced the signing of a $5.5 million grant agreement to manage the natural resources of Ghana. The Bank signed the agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for the management of natural resources in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana, it said in a press release copied […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated Ghana’s full commitment to the ECOWAS project, reassuring the country would play its role in ensuring that the ideals of the economic Bloc were upheld to bring the needed development to the region. Giving that assurance on Saturday when he interacted with the Ghanaian community resident in Cape Verde, as […]
Trade between Ghana and Cape Verde, has declined in recent times. In 2013 bilateral trade between the two countries was $5 million, but the value dropped to less than $200,000 in 2016. The two countries have however, have resolved to begin the process of developing stronger ties between themselves, as well as exploring areas of […]
Preparations for the UN climate change conference in Bonn this year are on track to deliver the infrastructure and arrangements needed for a successful meeting that can play its role in advancing the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement. According to a statement issued by UNFCCC in Bonn and copied to the Ghana News […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated Ghana’s preparedness to share its experiences in the management of its oil and gas resources, as well as the measures taken to ensure the prudent and effective use of the proceeds from their sale with Senegal. He said: “With the recent discovery of oil and gas in Senegal […]
