Ghana ‘s Institutional maternal mortality ratio fell from 216 per every 100,000 live births in 1990 to 144 in 2014, the 2015 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), has revealed. The scenario represents a 7.2 per cent drop in 24 years and according to the report, the current figure […]
Jon Benjamin, British High Commissioner to Ghana, has advised political parties in the country to disband all political vigilante groups across the country for a peaceful 2016 general election. He said the existence of such groups in the country was inconsistent with modern democratic governance saying; “we do not think that maintaining groups of party […]
The United Kingdom Government is helping Ghanaian businesses to grow by linking them up with over 20,000 world-class British suppliers in the healthcare, technology and creative sectors. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday, said the companies offered a wide range of high […]
Ghana’s leading telecommunications service provider, MTN Ghana, has announced a partnership agreement with Emirates airline, offering MTN customers special ticket fares on selected destinations. Through this partnership, MTN customers will enjoy special fares representing a 15 per cent and 20 per cent discount on Economy Class and Business Class tickets respectively. A statement signed by […]
The British High Commission in collaboration with the National Peace Council, the Office of the National Chief Imam, the Christian community and the United Muslim Christian Forum bring to the general public an Inter Faith Dialogue dubbed “Towards a Peaceful 2016 and beyond”. The peace dialogue is slated for Wednesday 24th February 2016, with an […]
The Government of Ghana and the European Union (EU), on Monday signed a financial agreement of Euro 31.6 million for the new Ghana Employment and Social Protection (GESP) Programme in Accra. The Programme would contribute to inclusive growth in Ghana by strengthening social protection and employment systems in the country. It also aims at enhancing […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with Africa Lead has initiated an Internship Partnership Network dubbed Entrepreneurial for Opportunity Actualization (EOpAct). This is to build entrepreneurial and vocational skills among young people to exploit industry opportunities. The EOpAct, which is being implemented by the Agribusiness in Sustainable Natural African Plant Products […]
A Ghanaian postgraduate student, Justice Moses Aheto, has won a top UK prize for his work on child malnutrition in Ghana. Mr Aheto is a PhD Candidate in Medicine with the CHICAS research group (Combining Health Information, Computation and Statistics) at Lancaster Medical School in the UK. Child malnutrition is a major public health challenge […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is deploying 130 observers to monitor the general election to be held on Sunday, February 21, in Niger. The main objective of the mission deployed by the regional organisation, as per its Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance, would be to ensure the smooth running of […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index fell in January, slipping 1.9 per cent below its level in the last month of 2015, as prices of all the commodities it tracks fell, sugar in particular. The Food Price Index averaged 150.4 points in January, down 16 per cent from a year earlier registering […]
