Mr. Henry Kerali has been appointed the new World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, effective July 1, 2015, a statement from the World Bank said Wednesday. Under this new dispensation, his top three priorities will be to work closely with the three partner countries to provide innovative products and services that […]
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry has called on China to invest into priority areas especially the agro-processing and light manufacturing sectors, to boost the growth of the Ghanaian economy. “We want investors to take advantage of the numerous raw materials we have around us. We need to improve and strengthen our food […]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a $1.2 million grant agreement with Ghana to sponsor 10 young government officials to pursue Master’s degree programmes in Japanese universities. A statement issued by JICA, and copied to the GNA, said the scholarships were meant for the development of Ghana’s human resource and were targeted at […]
The World Bank Groups Board of Executive Directors, Wednesday, approved US$150 million budget support for Ghana. The credit from the International Development Association (IDA) supports the First Macroeconomic Stability for Competitiveness and Growth Development Policy Financing (DPF), the first of three development policy financing operations aimed at helping the Government of Ghana to stabilize its […]
The Coordinator for the American Youth Leadership Program (AYLP), Ms Kim Reaman of the University of Wyoming has lauded the National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise introduced by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. She said, with many hands, the work is lighter and it goes quicker and easier and it’s always fun when […]
The Italian Embassy on Tuesday donated medical equipment to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to help in the treatment of victims who survived the June 3 fire explosion at the GOIL fuel station in Accra. The equipment, valued at $30,000.00, include a blood bank fridge, spine boards, medical suits for surgery, emergency kits, safety boots, gloves, […]
Judges of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice have called for the amendment of the Court’s Rules of Procedure to take cognizance of its expanded mandate relating to the protection of the human rights of community citizens. “The existing rules were developed for the period when the court served as an inter-state court and could […]
A joint report by the WHO and UNICEF has warned that lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water. The final MDG progress report on water and sanitation which was made available to Ghana News Agency, by Fadéla Chaib, WHO Communications Officer, […]
The Government of Japan has donated $ 300,000 to support the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) operations in Ghana. A statement by Ms Patience Folley, the UNHCR’s Assistant Public Information Officer, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the money would enable the UNHCR to provide international protection and humanitarian assistance to 9,800 Ivorian […]
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has been honoured at the Weizo 2015 conference in Accra. The Minister was adjudged the West African Tourism person of the year by the African Travel Market, organisers of the Akwaaba in Lagos, Nigeria. She was honoured for championing the ‘Destination Africa’ through Ghana’s […]
