South African Airways (SAA) has launched a new direct flight from Accra to Washington DC beginning August 3, 2015. The flights from Accra to Washington DC will be offered four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Washington-Accra flight will be the only nonstop flight between Washington D.C. and Ghana. Mrs. Dzifa […]
The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a record investment of $700 million in guarantees for Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project – a transformational project that will help address the country’s serious energy shortages by developing new sources of clean and affordable natural gas for domestic power generation. The Board approved a unique combination of […]
Ghana has taken the appropriate steps to ensure that the requisite institutions are established to coordinate and prosecute an anti-human trafficking agenda. Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection told the Ghana News Agency in an interview on the day to mark the 2015 World Day Against Human Trafficking. Nana Oye Lithur […]
The World Bank Group is supporting Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project through a package of World Bank Guarantees to the tune of $700 million. The proposed guarantees will mobilise the much-needed private investment in Ghana’s domestic gas sector and facilitate an investment of up to $7.9 billion by private sponsors. This would be one of the […]
Millions of children around the world are caught up in adults’ wars, deliberately killed, injured, raped or abducted, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It said their schools and homes are being destroyed; they are being denied food, water and health care. Tens of thousands are forced to join armed forces and groups, according […]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has handed over equipment worth US$ 137,500 to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Technical Cooperation Project of Electrical Engineers Training for African Countries. The equipment, which include portable cable fault locator, oil tester, primary current injection test set, secondary injection test set and a portable power […]
Wanjo Foods, an indigenous food company based in Accra has been announced the winner of a $25,000 investment prize at a pitch competition hosted by an American based organisation, Case Foundation. Wanjo Foods processes indigenous crops into food products including juices, jams and syrups and employs hundreds of Ghanaians while Case Foundation invests in people […]
Thank you. Thank you so much. Madam Chairwoman, thank you so much for your kind words and your leadership. To Prime Minister Hailemariam, and the people of Ethiopia, once again, thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this pan-African institution. To members of the African Union, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen — thank […]
A set of guidelines to control the production of palm oil in some West Africa countries has been developed by participants at a workshop in Accra. The principles cover the policy and legal framework for governing oil palm development, sustainable environmental management and socio-economic concerns, stakeholder involvement and rural livelihoods and the rights of smallholders […]
Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has appealed to organisers of the Ghana Festival Celebration 2015 in Chicago to use the event to attract investments into Ghana. “There are several areas of opportunity, which will excite and benefit potential investors,” she added. Mrs Ofosu-Adjare was speaking as the special guest of […]
