People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunisation gap, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. It said globally, one in five children still do not receive routine life-saving immunisations, and an estimated 1.5 million children still die each year […]

Ms Tove Degnbol, the new Danish Ambassador, has paid a visit to the facility of Intelligent Card Production Systems, (ICPS), a subsidiary of Margins ID Group, a Ghanaian indigenous company. The $ 3.5 million state of the art card and security printing equipment was secured under a DANIDA mixed credit facility which enabled a significant […]

The United States (US) would for the next five years spend $110 million annually to enable African countries to build capacity for the rapid deployment of peacekeepers to respond to emerging conflicts. Madam Melinda Tabler-Stone, the Deputy US Ambassador to Ghana, said the initiative formed part of the decision taken in 2014 during the United […]

The Powering Africa: Ghana Summit scheduled to be held in Accra on 17th – 18th September 2015 at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel is set to be one of the pillars to carve a new niche for Ghana’s power sector by the end of the year. The Power Minister, Honorable Kwabena Donkor and Finance Minister Honorable […]

A Ugandan journalist with a background as an entrepreneur, radio and TV reporter and presenter has won the first BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Nancy Kacungira, a television anchor for Kenya’s KTN television channel, was selected from nearly 200 applicants. She will spend three months at the BBC in London and also report from […]

Ms Genet W. Michael, Ethiopian Airlines Area Manager for Ghana, says the airline is poised to serve its customers better with the introduction of new routes in its network in recent months. She said the new routes would provide passengers with more connectivity and flexibility in their travels. Speaking at an awards dinner held by […]

Mr Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, and his wife, Mrs Nane Annan, Friday visited a sweet potato trial field at Nyankpala in the Northern Region to observe the progress being made in sweet potatoes production in the country. The field formed part of the orange-fleshed sweet potato project being undertaken by […]

Living and working in Ghana for almost four years has been one of my greatest job satisfactions. I wish to thank Ghanaians for welcoming me very well everywhere I went in nine of the 10 regions of Ghana. I also had the chance to have trustful relationship with HE President John Dramani Mahama, the various […]

Mr Mzwandile Masina, South African Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, would lead a delegation of business people on an Outward Selling and Investment Mission to Ghana and Nigeria from August 17 to August 21. The objective of the delegation is to increase trade and investment, and to deepen relations between South Africa and the […]

Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), has started operating on a daily basis, its Boeing 777-200, between Accra and Amsterdam, with a fully renovated cabin interior in both World Business Class and Economy Class. The in-flight entertainment system has also been fully renewed. Mr. Axel Metselaar, KLM Regional Manager for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, said this […]