The number of countries reaching and sustaining 90 per cent coverage of children with routine life-saving vaccinations has doubled since 2000. Updated data on the status of immunisation worldwide in 2014 which was made available to Ghana News Agency on Thursday by World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that 129 countries, six more than in 2013, […]
President John Dramani Mahama addressed a Ghana-Italy Business Forum at the ongoing Milan Expo 2015 last Friday. The Forum was part of activities for the Ghana Day Celebration at the Expo. A statement from Flag Staff House made available to the Ghana News Agency said President Mahama had earlier participated in a flag raising ceremony […]
The World Bank Group and China have launched a $50 million trust fund to help reduce poverty in the world, the Bank has announced. The President of the Bank, Jim Yong Kim signed the agreement with China Finance Minister, Lou Jiwei, AJuly 16, 2015 during a visit to Beijing. During the visit, the World Bank […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Thursday launched a project to enhance the eco-system, and boost cocoa production in the Asunafo North Municipality. The project is being implemented in collaboration with Mondelez International, a chocolate manufacturing company in USA. Dubbed: “Environmental Sustainability and Policy for Cocoa Production in […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says governments around the world are losing the potential benefits from their public investments to inefficiencies in how the investments are managed. A paper published by the IMF at the recently ended Third Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shows that the average country was losing around one-third […]
The continent can build on the progress of Ethiopia and Rwanda with low-carbon energy investments. The December 2015 talks in Paris on a new global climate treaty are approaching fast. At the same time, Africa is already experiencing earlier and more damaging impacts of climate change than many other parts of the world. The urgency […]
Ghana has endorsed United Nations (UN) efforts to develop appropriate legal frameworks and tools to effectively address gaps and challenges faced by older persons. The country supports the comprehensive approach and the leading role of the UN and the continuous effort by the international community towards a binding legal framework for the aged. Nana Oye […]
The European Union (EU) has extended support to the Regional Maritime University, to help deliver more ground-breaking training programmes to enable maritime experts deal fully with sea crime along the coast of theGulf of Guinea. Maritime experts have in recent times, raised concerns over maritime insecurity, such as human and drug trafficking, smuggling, illegal fishing, […]
For a long time, the narrative has been that China is investing massively in Africa. But as it turns out, it is not a one-way traffic. Africans are also investing in China. Africans are reported to have invested a cumulative $14.2 billion in China by the year 2012, a 43 per cent increase from the […]
The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama is travelling to the Italian capital, Rome to meet Italian President and Prime Minister. According the Office of the President, he leaves Accra today, July 15, 2015 and tomorrow, July 16, 2015 he will meet President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi for discussions. The discussions will […]
