Nana Duawusu Preston, a Ghanaian Cyclist, is organising what he calls the “big cycle run” from Ghana to United Kingdom (UK) in September, to raise 15,000 Euros to support three local charities. The charity bike ride aims to support PrestGreg Charitable Trust Foundation, Sabre Charitable Trust and Ghana Society for the Mentally and Physically Disabled. […]
Africa World Airlines (AWA) is set to commence flights to Takoradi, Ghana’s oil and gas city, with a maiden flight on May 1. This follows more than two and a half yeasr of having tried and tested the domestic market and entering successfully into the regional market. A statement issued by the airline said it […]
Ghana could boycott the All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville, scheduled for September, as a result of funding. The various sporting associations have called on government to release funds for their preparations for the multi-discipline competition or forget about Ghana’s participation. The 35 associations in said at a press conference in Accra on Thursday that […]
The World Bank Group today announces new financing to help the three countries most affected by the Ebola disease. The Bank announced today that it would provide at least $650 million during the next 12 to 18 months to help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone recover from the devastating social and economic impact of the […]
The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has topped the official 2014 foreign development-aid list as the world’s largest donor according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Assistance Committee. A press statement issued by Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE Minister of International Co-operation and Development, revealed that the Gulf State […]
The government of Japan is supporting the Ghana rice sector with agricultural machinery worth GH¢9.7 million (around $2.5 million) under the Grant Assistance, according to local sources. The donated machinery comprises of 77 agricultural tractors with matching implements, 49 power tillers, 20 rice threshers, 11 rice reapers and six rice mills. The support is aimed […]
The World Bank has urged Ghana to use multi-sectoral approach to boost job creation for the teeming unemployed youth of the country. Ms Kathleen Beegle, the World Bank Programme Leader for Ghana, Sierra Lone and Liberia, in-charge of jobs, education, poverty, social protection and health, said, such a multi-sectoral approach by government to boost job […]
Ghana has unanimously been elected to serve on the United Nations (UN) Commission on Social Development and two other subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The rest are the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Committee for Development (CD) Policy. A statement issued, in Accra, on […]
A report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) says Singapore is the world’s top network-ready country in 2015. The Global Information Technology Report 2015, titled; Revealed: the Digital Poverty Holding Back Gobal Growth and Development released today April 15, 2015 and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, also finds that there is a growing digital divide within and […]
The Global Communities, an NGO implementing the USAID’s Water Assessment, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, has presented 9,600 strips of Aquatabs to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. The drugs, used for making water potable, would be distributed to households in cholera endemic areas across the country in an effort to minimise the […]
