The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is going through financial difficulty; owing largely to dwindling sources of income, Mrs Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs Peace and Security has said. She explained that ECOWAS relies mostly on its community levy, which is often not remitted or delayed; this had put […]
Mr Desmond Swayne, United Kingdom Minister for International Development, as part of his visit to Ghana visited the site of the Building Business on Value Integrity and Dignity (B-BOVID), at Mpohor in the Western Region. The visit to the B-BOVID also formed part of the Minister’s agenda of gathering information on the impact of the […]
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in collaboration with the Australian High Commission has launched a training programme for small-scale miners in Ghana. The three-month training programme, which is being funded by the Australian High Commission at the cost of AU$ (Australian Dollars) 60,000, aims at teaching good practices in surveying, prospecting, mining, mineral […]
With agriculture emerging as Africa’s best bet for increasing food security and expanding economic opportunity, officials gathered in Ghana for a critical agriculture meeting and launched a prestigious new US$100,000 award called the Africa Food Prize, which is intended to inspire innovations in the field and the marketplace. “We want to celebrate individuals and institutions […]
Italian investors from Ambiente Pressagio are expected to begin the construction of mini hydro dams on nine sites in the Volta Region. Togbe Afede XIV, the President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, announced this at the first general meeting of the House for this year. A mini hydro is a type of hydroelectric […]
Ghana’s Tourism Ministry is to partner its Czech Republican counterpart to help develop and promote the cultural products of both countries. Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, made this known when she paid a working visit to the Ministry of Culture in the Czech Republic. Ghana’s Ambassador to the Czech […]
President John Dramani Mahama stated on Saturday that Ghana and Ethiopia were set to strengthen the existing cooperation and bilateral ties which the two nations had enjoyed for more than five decades. He mentioned agriculture, energy, security and the fight against terrorism as some of the areas of cooperation. President Mahama announced these in a […]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Hanna Tetteh has stated that citizens of ECOWAS countries are not required to apply for visas on arrival in the country, contrary to reports circulating in Nigeria. Sections of the Nigerian media reported that effective July 2016 citizens from that country would have to apply for visas […]
A High Level Dialogue has been held in Accra to discuss issues of migration between the European Union (EU) and Ghana. The meeting brought togetherHon. Hanna Tetteh, Foreign Affairs Minister and her counterpart from Netherlands, Bert Koenders, who was in Ghana on behalfthe High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy […]
1.2 billion people currently live without access to electricity and more than 2.7 billion people are without clean cooking facilities. With over 95% of these people located either in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia, clearly there exists a vast gap which must be closed. But how? The 18th annual Africa Energy Forum (AEF) will take place from […]
