The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new programme aimed at eliminating barriers to cross-border trade in staple foods and help increase food security within West Africa. The “Food Across Borders Programme” (ProFAB), would focus on ensuring the improvement of public policies, increasing information on regional trade and strengthening the voice […]
Developing countries, particularly African leaders, have been urged to take climate change issues seriously because their countries are most vulnerable to the impact of the phenomenon. Mr HinrichTholken, Head of Division on Climate and Environmental Foreign Policy, Sustainable Economy of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, said climate change was a global issue that […]
Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of Dan Adams Pharmaceuticals Industry Limited has appealed to the government to support local manufacturers to enable them to expand their businesses. He said if this was done, the manufacturers can produce at least 60 per cent of the country’s drug requirement locally. Dr Adu Gyamfi made […]
Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) on Tuesday observed the International Nurses Day (IND) in Accra. The day is celebrated annually around the world on May 12, to mark the contributions nurses make to society. In January 1974, May 12, was chosen to celebrate the day as it is the anniversary of the […]
The World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Advocacy and Training in Pharmacovigilance (WHO-CC), University of Ghana, would host the second African Society of Pharmacovigilance Conference in Accra. The conference being organised in conjunction with the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana (FDA), would take place in Accra from November 25 to November 27. Ghana was […]
Khaled Ghobashy, Director in charge of International Relations at the Middle East News Agency (MENA), on Tuesday challenged African countries to take advantage of the prospects of the Suez Canal to transform their local economies. He said the Canal would be the main source of income for the continent in the next 50 years, and […]
Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso have signed an agreement to foster trans-border relations between them. A communiqué signed by the heads of delegations from the participating countries, after a three day workshop where they held the fifth trans-border tripartite meeting, encouraged member countries to give priority to issues discussed to realize the goals. Mr Daniel […]
Bilateral trade between Ghana and India has grown 55 percent in five years, according to data provided by the Indian High Commission in Ghana and computed by ghanabusinessnews.com. In 2009-2010 the total bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to $537.5 million and in 2013-2014 the figure rose to $1.2 billion. While India exports to […]
President John Dramani Mahama and his Ivorian counterpart Mr Alassane Ouattara on Monday expressed their commitment to promote discussions that favour their integration in the West African sub-region. The two presidents have also agreed to consider delimitation as a major objective of the two countries. These commitments were made in a joint communiqué issued at […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has attracted some $8 billion into Africa in the year 2014. The amount, the Bank says in a press statement citing its President, Jean-Louis Ekra and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com May 12, 2015, was raised through 19 syndicated financing deals, some of which the Bank arranged by itself or […]
