The World Bank has announced strategies aimed at ending extreme global poverty. The Bank’s president, Jim Yong Kim outlined the strategy to end extreme poverty by 2030 today April 8, 2015. According to a press release from the Bank copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, Dr. Kim was speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) […]
The International School of the University of Haifa in Israel is accepting applications for scholarship for a one year Master’s Programme in Child Development for developing countries in its Faculty of Social Sciences Centre. Haifa University is considered to have the best social science departments amongst universities in Israel, sadi Press and Public Diplomacy Coordinator […]
A British medical equipment specialist says it has won a £1 million contract to equip six new hospitals in Ghana. According to Sidhil, this contract is its latest. Products selected for the new hospital facilities include beds, mattresses, overbed tables, couches, screens, curtains and a range of ancillary products, the company says. The Halifax based […]
Ghanaian business companies will, from April 5 to 10, embark on a trade and investment mission to Doha in Qatar, to explore business opportunities for both countries. The six-day trip will be undertaken by 25 Ghanaian companies under the auspices of the World Trade Centre, Accra, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and the Middle East Bureau […]
A Japanese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Monphy and Youth Foundation, is putting up a 16-classroom storey building at Nkoranza, to start an International Private School within the township. The project, estimated at about GHȼ480,000.00 and started this year, is at the roofing level. Mr. Charles Effah-Gyan, the Ghanaian Director of the NGO, told the Ghana News […]
The Canadian Government is supporting an initiative by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada (SickKids) and the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) to train 1,500 paediatric nurses in Ghana. The 22-million dollar-project is aimed at training about 1500 paediatric nurses locally and to improve the health and survival of the about […]
Mr. Gene A. Cretz, the United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Ghana has commended the country for its enviable democratic credentials. He observed that the country since 1992 had had multiple and peaceful change of government, saying that it was a generally good record of human rights. Mr. Cretz made the recommendation during an […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday announced that Ghana and Brazil would soon establish a Joint Permanent Cooperation Committee that would enable them to have bilateral engagements in the socio-economic development of their countries. He said the two countries had over the years engaged in so many collaborations and the formation of such a permanent […]
The Government of South Korea is providing a $1.5 million grant towards improving the transportation system in the Greater Accra Region. To this effect, the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on has launched the Transport Master Plan for the project, which would be completed in 18 months. Speaking […]
The Japanese Government is assisting Ghana’s health sector with a grant of $1.66 million in its efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goals targeted at preventing maternal and child mortality. Speaking at the signing for the Exchange of Notes, Mr Kaoru Yoshimura, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, expressed the hope that the financial contributions would be […]
