Pope Francis has sent a congratulatory message to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on his assumption of the high office of the land, after his victory in the 2016 elections. The message was delivered on behalf of the Pope by Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, when he called on the President on at […]

The Republic of South Korea has expressed interest in establishing defence and security relations with Ghana. Mr Woon-Ki Lyeo, the Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea to Ghana, said the move was in line with his government’s intention to activate bilateral relations with African countries on defence and security. The Ambassador made this known, […]

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAA), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), TRAINAIR Plus member and International Air Transport Association (IATA), has graduated 184 aviation professionals at a ceremony held at the Academy’s Commercial and Cabin Crew Training Building. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs Hanna Atnafu, Manager, Corporate Communications, Ethiopian Airlines and copied to the […]

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, will host the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium from April 11 to April 13 at the seat of the African Union, Addis Ababa. The event will be on the theme: “Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity.” It is expected that 400-500 participants […]

Mr William Hanna, the European Union (EU) Ambassador, has reaffirmed the Union’s  commitment to support the country’s decentralisation agenda, to spur development especially at the local level. Mr Hanna said the EU in 2016 gave Ghana 11.9 million Euros towards the implementation of the National Decentralisation Action Plan 2015-2019. He explained that the money was […]

H.E. Patrick Sendolo, Minister for Energy, Land and Mines, Liberia, H.E. Hon Irene Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda and H.E. Hon Pierre Anatole Matusila, Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Democratic Republic of Congo are the latest speakers to confirm attendance at the 3rd Powering Africa: Summit, taking place from 9-10 March […]

Turkish Ambassador, Nesrin Bayazit, on Friday gave the assurance that the Turkish Government would partner Ghana to boost agriculture production. She said Turkey had expertise and vast experience in agriculture and would therefore enhance its co-operation with the country so that both nations would leverage on each other for economic advancement. ‘‘Turkey has a good […]

Colonel Dr Francis Quarshie (Rtd), the President of Ghana – Hungarian Union, has lauded Hungary for stepping up its offer of scholarships to Ghanaian students to study in the Eastern European country. He said since Hungary reopened its Embassy in Accra, last year, after almost 30 years of closure, it had so far offered 50 […]

Ghana and Morocco have deepened trade and economic ties and both countries have signed more than 20 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to form partnerships and explore trade opportunities. The agreements were signed between businesses in the private sectors of both countries and ministers of state representing both governments, in the presence of President Nana Addo […]

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites on board ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C37, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota last Wednesday morning.. It is the highest number of satellites launched in one single mission anywhere. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the space […]