The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. A statement issued by the WHO and copied to the Ghana News Agency by Margaret Harris, WHO Communications Officer said: “Forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on March 28. The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in […]
The European Union (EU) has launched the European Business Organisation in Ghana (EBO- Ghana) to deepen the trade and business ties between Europe and Ghana. It would also provide a common platform for discussion and development of European businesses and trade relations with Ghana. Launching the logo of the organisation, President John Dramani Mahama, expressed […]
David Cameron has promised to lead a government for “one nation” and make “Great Britain greater” as he returned to Downing Street as prime minister. Speaking outside No 10 after visiting Buckingham Palace, he said the UK was “on the brink of something special”. The Conservatives have 330 seats – four more than needed for […]
There are some things everyone associates with Ghana; one is cocoa and the other is gold — both important mainstays of Ghana’s economy. Last month, I had the honor of traveling with the Canadian High Commissioner and the Australian Trade Commissioner to the Brong Ahafo Region, which is home to both the cocoa and gold industries important […]
Ghana’s total export to Italy in 2013 amounted to $751 million dominated by petroleum oils, cocoa beans and tuna, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry has said. He said while the country ran a large trade deficit with Italy from 2000 to 2010, the trend reversed in 2011 with Ghana reporting a significant […]
The European Union through its lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has provided 10 million Euros to UniBank Ghana to support private businesses across the country. The EIB’s new lending agreement with UniBank Ghana is the third scheme to support investment in the country under an 80 million Euros credit facility launched in 2013 […]
Young Ghanaians in the UK have been urged to take advantage of the Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN), a group that invests in developing businesses with potential for significant growth and higher return on investment. GAIN falls within the ambit of the Venture Capital Trust Fund that was established in 2004 by the government to […]
Twenty six African states including Ghana are working towards the removal of trade barriers for a single trade zone for the continent by 2016. A final meeting to approve the Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) treaty is scheduled for June, after which citizens of member states would travel and trade without visa. Mr Ahmed Haggag, […]
The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Gene A. Cretz, on behalf of the United States, has welcomed the decision of the Government of Ghana to pursue private sector participation through a concession of ECG. The Ambassador’s response followed an announcement by Deputy Minister of Power John Abdulai Jinapor who noted during the April 30th Millennium […]
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have both announced a $1.1 billion debt relief for Chad. According to the religious debt relief organization, Jubilee USA Network, the money comes through the IMF and World Bank’s two major debt relief programmes: the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative […]
