The Ministry of local Government in collaboration with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has launched the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) project to promote climate change resilience in communities. The project, which would benefit 10 districts in the three Northern Regions, would help provide a mechanism to integrate climate change adaptation into […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) have repositioned themselves to boost business opportunities in Africa’s cocoa sector, including youth employment and empowering women participation. The two institutions met in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to strategise for cooperation to foster the transformation of the cocoa industry in Africa. A statement issued and copied […]
The World Bank today announced a total of $550 million in financial support to Ghana. The two types of financing would go into budget support and future external debt financing. In a news release issued Wednesday July 1, 2015, and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the Bank says its Board of Executive Directors today approved a $150 […]
The Kingdom of the Netherlands through UNICEF has launched a € 5.9 million Euros project aimed at improving access to sanitation with a focus on urban areas. A statement issued by Monica Arach, External Relations and Fundraising Specialist, UNICEF, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday observed that the project is a component […]
The International Police in Germany has intercepted an oil tanker, MT Ceilo Di Milano that was carrying stolen crude from Saltpond Offshore Producing Company Limited (SOPCL). According to a correspondence between Addo Atuah & Company, Solicitors of SOPCL, and the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department of Ghana, General Shipping & Trading Services Ltd, acting […]
Professor Nii Narku Quaynor, Chair of the Internet Society (ISOC) Ghana Chapter and Africa Internet pioneer has been awarded the 2015 ICANN Multi-stakeholder Ethos Award during the opening ceremony of ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires. A statement signed by Vera Akumiah, ISOC Programmes and Communications Chair, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said, Prof […]
A project, “Taking Cowpeas to Scale in West Africa,” aimed at improving the cowpea seed sector in the three Northern Regions has taken off. The three-year project (2015 – 2017) being sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will focus on a series of best-bet cowpea production technologies, reflecting input from International […]
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), says in 2014, the global potential opium production reached 7,554 tons – the second highest level since the 1930s. The rise it says is mainly due to its cultivation increasing significantly in Afghanistan, the main growing country. In its 2015 World Drug Report, the UN agency […]
The Minister of Energy has been to the Russia Federation to discuss the involvement of that country’s energy companies into Ghana’s oil sector. A press release from the Ministry says the Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah paid an official working visit to the Russian Federation from June 22 to 24, 2015 where he had discussions with […]
The 2nd Global African Investment Summit scheduled for the 1st and 2nd December 2015 at the Central Hall, Westminster in London UK will attract over 750 qualified global investors, including Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds, International DFIs, Ultra High Net Worth Individuals and Pension Funds. The summit will also assemble Energy Ministers and CEOs of […]
