Ahead of Ghana’s December 7, general election, a joint high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) has ended a three-day meeting in Accra. The Mission comprised senior officials from the three institutions: Marcel Alain de Souza, the President of the ECOWAS Commission […]
The China-Africa Public Diplomacy Forum opened on Tuesday in Tanzania’s Dar es salaam with over 100 representatives from both China and Africa, including officials, businessmen, experts and media professionals. The Chinese people will never forget the help from the African people, and the two peoples are connected by heart and soul, said Li Zhaoxing, chairman […]
A report by the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), has urged stakeholders in the natural resources management sector, to consider limiting the activities of sand dredgers to non-fishing communities. This, the research report indicated, could be achieved by ensuring that licenses are given to sand dredgers to operate only in […]
Ghana has approved a deal with the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on the transfer of convicted persons. As part of the deal, the UK Government is assisting with refurbishment and expansion to improve facilities in some of Ghana’s prisons. The approval follows the adoption of a report by the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs […]
Ms Hannah Tetteh, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has held a bilateral meeting in Accra with her counterpart from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mr Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir. Ms Tetteh said the aim of the bilateral meeting was part of efforts to strengthen economic ties between the two nations. Mr Bin Ahmed […]
Ghana would host over 700 delegates from around the world for the 2nd Pan African Agri-Business Incubators Conference and Expo from October 4 to October 6 in Accra. The event, organized by the African Agribusiness Incubators Network (AAIN), an NGO in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union, the Ghana Ministry of Food […]
Ghana and Iran have held bilateral talks and business forum as part of efforts to explore ways of forging tighter trade and security co-operation to enhance growth. The two countries sought to foster closer ties in medical care, education, politics, economics, trade, industry, and power as well as fighting terrorism and extremism which pose a […]
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in Africa, has rewarded the top selling travel and tour Agents in Ghana. The agents include: Satguru Travel and Tour, GS Plaza Travel, Poza Travel and Tour, Platinum Travel and Tours, Doscar Travel and Tours Limited. Others are: Melcom Travel and Tours Limited, Bindu Travels Limited, FJ […]
Emirates announced it will be upgrading one of its four daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg to an Airbus A380-800 from February 1, 2017. Emirates currently uses Boeing 777 aircraft for each of the four daily flights between the two cities, making it the busiest route in the airline’s African network with over three million […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday announced Ghana’s readiness to strengthen her trade and security relations with Liberia and other neighbouring countries. He said although the West African sub-region is engaged in some form of trade and commerce, cementing their regional integration would become the final endorsement that would strengthen the blocs and the entire […]
