Mr Robert Jackson, United States of America (US) Ambassador to Ghana, on Thursday said that the US government through the United States Agency for International Development (US AID) has invested $145million in Ghana to aid socio-economic transformation. He said more than half of the amount was being invested in the Northern parts of the country […]

Food Specialists from the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) are monitoring the progress of child malnutrition in the Volta Region (V/R) following interventions introduced to cut-down stunted growth and boost nutrition in pregnant women. Among the entourage included Dr Victor Ngongalah, Chief of Health and Nutrition, Ms Lillian Selenje, Nutrition Specialist as well as […]

Mr Robert P. Jackson, United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Ghana, has pledged his country’s renewed commitment to work more with a democratic country such as Ghana to aid economic prosperity to improve the living conditions of the people. The Ambassador who was presenting three Toyota Hilux pick-up vehicles as well as 41 desktop […]

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday presented three Toyota Hilux pickup vehicles and 41 desktop computers to the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) at Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. The vehicles and office equipment were donated to improve the effectiveness of SARI’s agricultural research efforts in northern Ghana and […]

The United States (US) is supporting the nation’s power sector with an investment of $497 million to aid its transformation – to assure the people and businesses of reliable electricity supply. Mr. Robert Porter Jackson, the US Ambassador, said this was coming under the “President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative”, designed to boost electrical power supply […]

The Bongo Traditional Fashion in collaboration with the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has launched the maiden edition of the 2016 Ghana Products and Cultural Expo, to be held in New York, in July. The Expo, which would run from July 23 to 29, is expected to showcase quality made-in-Ghana products to the American public […]

United States (US) has expressed its readiness to give strong backing to Ghana to conduct clean, transparent and credible general election, later this year. Mr. Robert Porter Jackson, the US Ambassador, said it was already providing financial and technical support to civil society organizations including the National Peace Council (NPC) to strengthen their capacity to […]

The government of South Africa has announced it will host the 2016 edition of the Open Government Partnership Africa Regional Meeting. The meeting to be held in Cape Town from May 5 to 6, would be preceded by a Civil Society Day and OGP Points of Contact Conference on May 4, 2016. The relevance and […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lauded the contributions of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, to peace and security and disaster preparedness in the sub-region. Mr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, the Commissioner of Telecommunications and Information Technology, ECOWAS, expressed gratitude to KAIPTC and the National Disaster Management […]

On Monday, March 21, eleven dinners were held simultaneously in Ghana to celebrate French gastronomy, as a part of the Goût de France / Good France worldwide event. A statement issued by the French Embassy in Ghana and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday said 10 restaurants in four cities in Ghana served […]