USAID Ghana Partnership for Education (Learning) with the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service, as part of its literacy programme, would organise reading festivals for pupils in the 10 regions of the country. These reading festivals support the goal of increasing access to and use of materials in public schools so that 2.8 […]
British Airways has announced a fare promotion for customers planning a trip for the Christmas season with great value fares for travel to London, Europe and North America. A statement copied to the GNA said whether travelling for shopping or looking to spend time with family and friends this yuletide, British Airways was for a […]
Recently the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), announced that it would be pledging $1.5 billion in support of the Power Africa initiative. Power Africa aims to connect over 600 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa to electricity. OPIC also confirmed several new energy projects that will create an estimated 1,500 MW of on and off […]
With proven economic growth rates and a growing market for private investments, Ghana is emerging as a highly attractive partner for American investors to consider. Its status as a member the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) combined with its huge potential to develop natural resources will facilitate the birth of international partnerships within […]
Ghana will hosts the 2015 annual Governance Weekend, the flagship event of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, held every year in mid-November in a different African capital city. The three-day event opens on Friday, November 20, with the Annual Leadership Ceremony, which celebrates the Ibrahim Laureates and excellence in African Leadership. This will be followed by […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to protect health from climate change. According to WHO estimates, climate change is already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year – from shifting patterns of disease, from extreme weather events, such as heat-waves and floods, and from the degradation of air quality, food and […]
The Ghanaian Embassy in France on Thursday affirmed that no Ghanaian died in the Paris terrorist attack that occurred last Friday. It has therefore debunked media reports that a Ghanaian died at the Stade de France in a stampede following the terrorist attacks in Paris. Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, Ghana’s Ambassador to France and Portugal, in […]
Krysta Harden, United States (US) Deputy Secretary of Agriculture says his country is keen on exploring mutual opportunities for export of agricultural produce between Ghana and the US. She said as much as the US is interested in identifying opportunities to export some of its agricultural produce to Ghana in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in […]
As the World Health Organisation (WHO) ramps up its fight against antibiotic resistance, a new multi-country survey shows people are confused about this major threat to public health. The survey findings coincides with the WHO global campaign launch dubbed, ‘Antibiotics: Handle with care’, during the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week, from November 16-22, 2015. The […]
Madam Guitele Nicoleau, Chief of Party, USAID Partnership for Education (Learning) has presented 10 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the ten regional offices of the USAID Partnership for Education (Learning). The vehicles are to help the officials carry out their programmes so as to help realize the purpose of the Learning project of the Partnership for […]
