The UN Conference on Climate Change scheduled for December in Paris is fast approaching, and some countries are still preparing their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), while others have submitted theirs, Kenneth Nana Amoateng, Executive Director of Abibiman Foundation said in a statement. The statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said a careful look […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hanna Tetteh, has assured a team of Japanese business executives exploring investment opportunities in the country of conducive climate to entrust resources for good returns. “Ghana will continue to be an attractive place for investment because of our competitive democracy, we have developed a framework for […]
Madam Sun Baohong, Chinese Ambassador in Ghana, on Friday broke the ground for construction work to begin on a new three-storey expansion project to upgrade the Awutu /Senya West District Assembly Junior High School (JHS) at Awutu-Beraku. The multi-million Ghana-cedi project is being funded by the Chinese Government, and will be completed in three months, […]
Two Ethiopians defied all odds to emerge winners of both the male and female 21k category of the maiden International Millennium marathon race at the Independence square in Accra on Saturday. The race which started around 6am began from the Independence Square through La theTrade Fair road, Burma Camp, El-Wak Stadium, 37 Military Hospital, National […]
Mr Henry Kerali, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone has challenged Ghana to institute actionable strategies to exploit the country’s abundant resources to get people in the savannah zone out of poverty. “There is no reason why northern Ghana and for that matter, Ghana as a whole should be poor, many […]
A new United Nations (UN) brief says an estimated 80 per cent of global deforestation occurs as a direct result of agricultural chain-practices. It said in a release to the Ghana News Agency that government subsidies, estimated at $ 200 billion annually, are often the key underlying drivers of forest loss worldwide, with policy makers […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support smallholder farmers, who lost their livelihoods in the June 3 disaster. The agreement is to restore farming activities of 2,200 smallholder farmers cultivating more than 2,800 hectares of vegetable, rice and maize in the […]
Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed an agreement with a view to implementing decisions reached to advance the course of social and economic development of the two countries. The accord follows a successful completion of the second session of the Ghana-DRC permanent joint commission for cooperation in Accra in pursuance of […]
Mr. Gideon Quarcoo, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), says Ghana’s participation in the ongoing 84th Izmir International Fair was an opportunity to explore Turkish technology. He said building on the lessons Ghana had learnt from participating in the Izmir International Fair over the past four years, there was the need […]
The Embassy of Israel in Ghana has committed itself to playing a key role in having Israeli companies invest in the Ghanaian economy. Mr Ami Mehl, the new Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, hinted that by the end of the first quarter of 2016, the Isreali Government government would begin investing substantial resources in the Ghanaian […]
