The World Bank Group is supporting Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project through a package of World Bank Guarantees to the tune of $700 million. The proposed guarantees will mobilise the much-needed private investment in Ghana’s domestic gas sector and facilitate an investment of up to $7.9 billion by private sponsors. This would be one of the […]
Millions of children around the world are caught up in adults’ wars, deliberately killed, injured, raped or abducted, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It said their schools and homes are being destroyed; they are being denied food, water and health care. Tens of thousands are forced to join armed forces and groups, according […]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over equipment worth US$ 137,500 to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Technical Cooperation Project of Electrical Engineers Training for African Countries. The equipment, which include portable cable fault locator, oil tester, primary current injection test set, secondary injection test set and a portable power […]
Wanjo Foods, an indigenous food company based in Accra has been announced the winner of a $25,000 investment prize at a pitch competition hosted by an American based organisation, Case Foundation. Wanjo Foods processes indigenous crops into food products including juices, jams and syrups and employs hundreds of Ghanaians while Case Foundation invests in people […]
Thank you. Thank you so much. Madam Chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership. To Prime Minister Hailemariam, and the people of Ethiopia, once again, thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this pan-African institution. To members of the African Union, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen — thank […]
A set of guidelines to control the production of palm oil in some West Africa countries has been developed by participants at a workshop in Accra. The principles cover the policy and legal framework for governing oil palm development, sustainable environmental management and socio-economic concerns, stakeholder involvement and rural livelihoods and the rights of smallholders […]
Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has appealed to organisers of the Ghana Festival Celebration 2015 in Chicago to use the event to attract investments into Ghana. “There are several areas of opportunity, which will excite and benefit potential investors,” she added. Mrs Ofosu-Adjare was speaking as the special guest of […]
Ghana has been selected alongside Bangladesh and India, to benefit from the15-million Canadian-dollar project for Delta, Vulnerability and Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) The DECCMA project which is been sponsored by the Canadian and the British Governments, under the Collaborative and Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) project, is meant to evaluate […]
US President Barack Obama is due to address the African Union in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, with security and action against terrorism likely to dominate the agenda. On Monday, Mr Obama […]
Almost all the major religious practices in West Africa has components that support the practice of family planning. As a result, the Health Policy Project (HPP), in collaboration with religious leaders of the major religions practiced in the sub-region had come together to develop an advocacy tool for the promotion of family planning among the […]
