Finland has emerged as the most innovative country in the world, with Switzerland coming a close second, the World Economic Forum’s annual ‘Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015’ says. The report copied to the Ghana News Agency evaluates 144 of the world’s economies on various measures of innovation including the quality of scientific research institutions and spending […]
The Deputy Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Wang Sheng, has advised his compatriots to observe Ghana’s laws and regulations in order not to have a brush with the law. He said there were about 10,000 Chinese living in Ghana contributing their quota towards the socio-economic development of the country. Mr Wang Sheng told the Ghana News […]
Donald Kaberuka’s term as President of the African Development Bank, (AfDB) ends today, August 31, 2015 and as he walks out of the doors of his Abidjan office, he would become known as a Former President. His tenure ends after what staff of the multilateral organization describe as the most successful 10 years in the […]
A legendary broom stick of Ghanaian folklore says: “When I stand alone I cannot sweep and even a baby can break me up into pieces. But when we are bound together we sweep beautifully and a giant cannot break us up into pieces!” On Saturday, August 22, 2015, the Daily Graphic carried a well-researched feature […]
The General Secretary of the Ghana Bureau of Ecowas Brown Card Insurance Scheme, Mr Gabriel Glover, has said the deadline for all Ecowas member countries to start using the new secure brown card is January 1, 2016. Mr Glover said this during a training programme held for stakeholders on the new Ecowas Brown Card on […]
A day’s consultative forum to discuss Ghana’s adoption of a new United Nations convention on contract for international carriage of goods dubbed “the Rotterdam Rules” fully or partially by sea was on Wednesday held in Accra. The purpose of the Rotterdam Rules is to replace the Hague Rules, Hague Visby Rules, and the Hamburg Rules, […]
A two-day joint technical meeting between Ghana and Mozambique to deliberate on political, economic, social and cultural issues is underway in Accra. The meeting would also afford the two countries the opportunity to deepen cooperation and build the right synergies in those areas. Mr Christian Leslie, Chief Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Trade between Ghana and the US has been growing steadily in the last decade. Trade between the two countries in goods was close to $1.5 billion in 2014, representing 220 per cent higher than in 2004, according to a GNA report citing Mr Arun M. Kumar, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets of the […]
Ghana and Mauritius have agreed to waive visa requirements for holders of each other’s national passports. The agreement follows the signing of an agreement on mutual visa waiver exemption in Port Louis on Monday as part of the itinerary of President John Mahama’s three day state visit to that country. The accord allows all Ghanaians, […]
Ethiopian Airlines is living true to its reputation as the leading airline business in Africa. Last week when the state-owned airline announced its profit for the 2014/2015 fiscal year, it made a total of $175 million, and this is more than the profit made by all airlines in Africa combined. According to a report by […]
