The Agence Francaise de Development (afd) and the Agricultural Development Bank (adb) have signed a €17.7 million financial agreement for the implementation of the phase five of the rubber outgrower plantation project. The amount is a concessional loan to the adb as the financial operator of the rubber plantation project. The phase five of the […]

The Japanese government is to provide a $38.3 million grant to Ghana to help improve power supply and promote fisheries in the country. The first component of the grant, which amounts to $35.5 million, will be used to improve power supply to Accra Central. Works under this project will include the construction and upgrading of […]

The University of Limerick has signed a formal agreement with the University of Ghana to facilitate the collaboration between the institutions and to cooperate in a number of areas including education and in academic research. The signing ceremony took place during the visit to the University of Ghana by the Irish Minister for Minister for […]

Two countries, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo, accounted for more than 35 percent of global malaria deaths in 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria Report 2015 has said. According to the report, which was released on Wednesday and made available to the Ghana News Agency by Fadela Chaib, WHO Communications Officer, globally […]

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called for partnership between the government and Indian investors to exploit the country’s huge resources for mutual benefit of the two nations. He said the government has already put in place the necessary building blocks for the economy to take off. Vice President Amissah-Arthur made the call when he met […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years. The report dubbed “Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs” which was made available to the Ghana News Agency by Tarik Jašarević, WHO Communications Officer, identifies […]

The Forestry Commission and the Department of Wildlife and Forestry Services Division have partnered the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) to train local non-governmental organizations in efficient management of mangrove forest in the Sota-Galotse communities of the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. The 20 hectares project, which was launched in the Volta Region, was […]

Ireland is seeking to build lasting business partnership with Ghanaian companies so as to be part of the country’s future growth, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Simon Coveney has said. Speaking to journalists after leading the largest trade mission from Ireland to West Africa for two decades, Mr Coveney said the […]

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has approved the adoption of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. The resolution, adopted on 4 December, recognizes “the importance of international tourism, and particularly of the designation of an international year of sustainable tourism for development, in fostering better understanding among peoples everywhere, in […]

Almost 30 per cent of all deaths from food-borne diseases are in children under the age of five years, despite the fact that they make up only nine per cent of the global population. This is part of the findings of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Estimates of the Global Burden of Food-borne Diseases – […]