Ghana has signed a $100-million (11,239 billion Yen) loan agreement with the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) for the construction of a 540-metre long cable-stay steel bridge over the Volta River at Volivo and Dofor Adidome in the Volta Region. The agreement marks the resumption of the Yen loan Scheme after it was suspended when […]
Ethiopian Airlines, by far the fastest growing airline in Africa, will commence scheduled five weekly flights to Oslo, Norway via Stockholm with its ultra – modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner effective March 26, 2017. Oslo is the capital, most populous city and governmental centre in Norway, a hub to the Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. […]
The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has deployed observers to Ghana’s December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections. Former Interim President of Liberia’s Government of National Unity, Amos Sawyer, is leading the ECOWAS short-term observer mission for the elections. The mission would ascertain the free, transparent and credible conduct of the elections. The 94-member […]
The Embassy of France in Accra in collaboration with Amnesty International on Monday October 10, hosted a brief ceremony to mark the 14th World Day against Death Penalty. Key dignitaries who graced the ceremony included the French ambassador Francois Pujolas, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Head of EU Delegation to Ghana […]
Madam Sun Baohong, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, says she is committed to improving Ghana-China relations. “I will make every effort to promote exchange and cooperation between our two countries,” she said. The Chinese Ambassador said this at a ceremony of the Chinese Ambassador’s Award in Accra. The awards were presented to 28 Ghanaian students […]
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has inaugurated the 17th United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported school at Korle Gonno, in Accra. The school is the testament to the USAID and AMA shared commitment to working together to make sure every single Ghanaian child has access to quality basic education. The USAID is assisting […]
Ghana will host the sixth edition of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA’s) Electricity Regulatory Forum which is scheduled to take place in November 2017. A statement issued by the ERERA and made available to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said participants at the Fifth Regulatory Forum, held this year on November 16 […]
The Fifth Annual African Union (AU) Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa opens in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania from November 23 to November 26. Mrs Samia Suluhu Hassan, Vice President of Tanzania is expected to open the Dialogue, which also forms part the commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the […]
Ghana has signed two separate loan agreements with the Export Import Bank of India, totalling $422.87 million for financing the construction of a railway line and a sugarcane development and irrigation project. The first agreement of $398.33 million buyers credit will be used to finance the construction of 84.8 kilometre – Tema to Akosombo railway […]
Mr Robert P. Jackson, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, has lauded Ghana’s vibrant and dynamic Information and Communications Technology community, for driving innovations in information technology software, hardware development and the implementation of mobile services. He said, these innovations were improving Ghana’s ability to compete in world markets in the diverse areas of textiles, […]
