Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, left Accra for the United States to attend the upcoming summit of the UN in New York, as well as other meetings with organisations on which he serves as board member. President Kufuor as UN Special Envoy would participate in the “Climate Change Dialogue,” which is part of deliberations towards […]
The World Bank Group says its support commitments in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to its members and private businesses in 2014, amounted to $65.6 billion, compared with $57.6 billion in 2013. Compared with $40.37 billion disbursed in 2013, $44.4 billion was disbursed in the 2014 fiscal year by the International Bank for Reconstruction […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has agreed go to Portugal and inspect an aircraft and its maintenance base to enable Goldstar Airlines, a Ghanaian registered airliner, start flight operations to London and Washington next December. This follows Goldstar’s acquisition of the services of Euroatlantic Airways to ply the Accra- Baltimore (Washington) – Accra and Accra- […]
The International Year of Light and Light based technologies (IYL) was on Monday observed in Ghana at the start of a three-day conference and exhibition being hosted in Accra. Dubbed, the Africa Regional Conference and Exhibition, the celebration was being observed on the theme: “Harnessing Light and Light-Based Technologies for Africa’s Development”. The year 2015 […]
Workers of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and Japanese volunteers from the Japan Overseas Co-operation Volunteers have donated blood to the National Blood Bank of Ghana. A statement from JICA and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the exercise, which took place in Accra, saw 27 Japanese and two Ghanaians donating blood to […]
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has commended Ghana for successfully hosting the UNWTO Regional Conference on Brand Africa. A letter signed by the Secretary General of the UNWTO, Dr Taleb Rifai, and addressed to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, said Ghana had once again shown the world […]
Australia’s Trade and Investment Agency, (Austrade), will hold the first-ever Australia-focused Education Exhibition in Accra, dubbed “Australia: Future Unlimited West Africa Education Exhibition 2015”. A statement in Accra on Monday and copied to the Ghana news Agency said the fair which was a sign of confidence in the future of the Ghanaian economy, would be […]
President John Dramani Mahama will address the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Meeting on September 30, 2015. This year’s UN summit would focus on the adoption of a new set of universal sustainable development agenda. According to a statement issued in New York last Thursday, President Mahama was one of the more than 100 Heads […]
A number of Dutch leading vegetable companies are in the country to explore investments and trade opportunities in the vegetable sector. The companies include Amatrex, Frugiventa, Kramer, Unitherm and Bejo Seeds. Mr Andre Dekker of Bejo Seeds, speaking during the ninth GhanaVeg Business Platform meeting expressed optimism about the Ghanaian horticulture sector. The meeting was […]
About 800 Ghanaian students and technicians have been offered scholarships to further their education in China within the past 10 months. Madam Sun Baohong, Chinese Ambassador in Ghana disclosed this at Awutu Bereku when, she, in collaboration with Madam Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the chiefs of the Awutu and Senya Bereku Traditional […]
