Ghana will receive €100 million this year from the German government under its ‘Compact with Africa’ Programme to support the country’s renewable energy sector. Germany is providing the funding through its technical cooperation agency, GIZ, and development bank, KfW. The two countries are currently finalising modalities of the financial support which will include technical and […]
Ghanaian farmers can now resume export of all plant commodities to the European Union (EU) market from January 1, 2018, following the European Commission’s decision on October 31, to lift the current ban on commodities from Ghana. A release from the European Union Delegation to Ghana copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on […]
The 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference opened on Monday with the aim of launching nations towards the next level of ambition to tackle global warming and put the world on a safer and prosperous development path. The conference, coming just two years after the landmark adoption of the Paris climate change agreement, will also fuel momentum […]
Ghana and Rwanda would soon constitute a joint team to facilitate the process of using Information Communication Technology (ICT) to speed up the ongoing public sector reforms in Ghana. The two countries would tap into each others’ experiences in terms of the usage of ICT to enhance public service delivery. The Rwandan government has offered […]
Nine communities have received a total of $75,000 to promote education, agriculture and economic growth at the local level, under the United States Ambassador’s Small Grants Program. Ambassador Robert P. Jackson, honoured the grantees, on Tuesday, at a signing ceremony at the Embassy in Accra, and praised the communities for developing sustainable, high-impact, community-supported projects. […]
Senior officials from the U.S. Government and the Government of the Republic of Ghana met on October 25 to discuss progress in achieving the objectives of the U.S.-Ghana Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership – the first-ever jointly-developed plan to address forced child labor and child sex trafficking in Ghana. The Ghanaian government representatives, the Honorable […]
Madam Heather Cameron, the Canadian High Commissioner, has announced that her country is helping Ghana to improve flood risk management in Accra through its International Development Research Centre. She said the assistance was very critical in helping provide scientific evidence to develop an integrated climate smart flood management framework, to support policy-making and the predictive […]
The United Nations Ghana office has published the 2016 annual report of United Nations Development Assistance Framework’s (UNDAF) key development results achieved in Ghana in 2016 with the UN support. The report also highlights how the UN is contributing to agricultural modernisation, food security and nutrition, environmental sustainability, water and sanitation, expanding effective public social […]
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Ami Mehl, has commended Ghana for entrenching democratic values, noting that both countries believe in the tenets of democracy since it is the future of the world. He said since the re-opening of the Israeli Embassy in Ghana in 2011, the two countries had enjoyed cordial relations and co-operation […]
The second Regional Workshop on Arms Transfer Controls and Arms Diversion opened in Accra on Wednesday. The two-day workshop is being attended by representatives from the sub-region to discuss with international experts effective border controls, principles and best practices related to preventing and detecting diversion of arms in the sub-region. The programme is supported by […]
