Canada would offer $1.4 million as part of a joint initiative by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen Ghana’s 2016 Electoral Process. The Ghana Electoral Process Strengthening Initiative would work with the Electoral Commission (EC) to strengthen electoral administration mechanisms to improve results transmission and dispute resolution. A statement issued by the Canadian High […]
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ambassador Ami Mehl, has said Ghana cannot continue to do agriculture on a small scale and expect rapid socio-economic growth. The way forward for Ghana, he said, was a large-scale agriculture which, employed the right technology to ensure that there was enough produce to utilise and export. Ambassador Mehl gave […]
The United Nations has high expectation for Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) to deliver another peaceful and transparent election on December 7. Dr Christine Evans-Klock, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, said Ghana’s track record of peaceful elections and strength of its institutions are important assets for the country. She said there is high expectations […]
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ami Mehl, has said Israelis are ready to share their knowledge and experiences with their Ghanaians, especially in the areas of technology transfer, agricultural modernisation, trade cooperation, healthcare and security. He, therefore, gave the assurance that it would cooperate and partner with any political party, which emerges victorious in the […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), under its five year project to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country’s cocoa landscape, has in the past two years supplied 800,000 economic tree seedlings to more than 6,000 farmers in growing areas of the cash crop. The project named the “Environment Sustainability and Policy for […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new treatment guideline for the treatment of the three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Syphilis. Globally it is estimated that 78 million people are infected with gonorrhea, 131 million are infected with chlamydia, and 5.6 million with syphilis. The WHO is calling on […]
The United Kingdom-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) would host a multi-sector business trip to Accra for British companies, investors, exporters, importers and SMEs, from Monday, October 17 to Friday October, 21. A statement issued by Mr Tony Burkson, the Chief Executive Officer of the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce, and copied to the Ghana News Agency […]
Mr Jon Benjamin, the British High Commissioner to Ghana, has said with an interim Economic Partnership Agreement duly ratified by the Ghanaian Parliament, Ghana will continue to enjoy duty and quota free access to the United Kingdom (UK) market. This, he said, could create the much needed employment opportunities amongst Ghanaian export companies. Mr Benjamin […]
Mr Kojo Amoo Gottfried, the President of the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA), says millions have been lifted out of poverty, as a result of the cooperation between Ghana and China. Mr Amoo Gottfried said this at a ceremony to inaugurate Mr. Tang Hong, the new President of the Chinese Community in Ghana. In 2015, China-Ghana […]
Turkey sees Ghana as a valuable development partner, the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Nesrin Bayazit, told the Daily Graphic in an interview at her office in Accra. She said Turkey had hopes of boosting trade volume between her and Ghana from the current $400 million to $1 billion by the year 2020. “During a […]
