The organizers of Wines of South Africa Grand event are to introduce variety of wine onto the Ghanaian market in the next few months. Mr Matome Mbatha, the Marketing Manager, Wines of South Africa, said the company decided to introduce the products because Ghana has a prospective market for wine on the African continent. Mr […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is calling for $20 million to prevent the spread of avian flu across West Africa. A statement issued by the FAO on Monday and copied to the Ghana News Agency said “fears are growing that without timely intervention to stem outbreaks of the highly virulent […]
At the close of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, UNICEF has challenged the international community to turn its promises to invest in children and young people into concrete action. According to a statement issued by Elissa Jobson, UNICEF and copied to the Ghana News Agency over the weekend, this concrete action would […]
Dr Joseph Teye Nuertey, Volta Regional Health Director, on Thursday took delivery of assorted medical items from the Korean government, with a pledge to ensure the CHPS concept remained the mainstay of health delivery. He said the model, otherwise known as, the Community-Based Health Planning and Services, remained the best strategic health policy with wider […]
The number of countries reaching and sustaining 90 per cent coverage of children with routine life-saving vaccinations has doubled since 2000. Updated data on the status of immunisation worldwide in 2014 which was made available to Ghana News Agency on Thursday by World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that 129 countries, six more than in 2013, […]
President John Dramani Mahama addressed a Ghana-Italy Business Forum at the ongoing Milan Expo 2015 last Friday. The Forum was part of activities for the Ghana Day Celebration at the Expo. A statement from Flag Staff House made available to the Ghana News Agency said President Mahama had earlier participated in a flag raising ceremony […]
The World Bank Group and China have launched a $50 million trust fund to help reduce poverty in the world, the Bank has announced. The President of the Bank, Jim Yong Kim signed the agreement with China Finance Minister, Lou Jiwei, AJuly 16, 2015 during a visit to Beijing. During the visit, the World Bank […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Thursday launched a project to enhance the eco-system, and boost cocoa production in the Asunafo North Municipality. The project is being implemented in collaboration with Mondelez International, a chocolate manufacturing company in USA. Dubbed: “Environmental Sustainability and Policy for Cocoa Production in […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says governments around the world are losing the potential benefits from their public investments to inefficiencies in how the investments are managed. A paper published by the IMF at the recently ended Third Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shows that the average country was losing around one-third […]
The continent can build on the progress of Ethiopia and Rwanda with low-carbon energy investments. The December 2015 talks in Paris on a new global climate treaty are approaching fast. At the same time, Africa is already experiencing earlier and more damaging impacts of climate change than many other parts of the world. The urgency […]
