A Chinese official has told Ghana to take advantage of $500 billion financing that the country has set aside for international development. Mr Zhou Yuxiao, China’s Special Envoy on the forum for China-Africa Cooperation told the Vice-President of Ghana that China has earmarked $500 billion for overseas developments and Ghana should take advantage of the […]
Ghana has launched series of activities for commemoration of 2015 International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers slated for May 29. Ms Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, who launched the activities in Accra on Tuesday, said observance of the day would afford Ghana the humbling opportunity to pay homage to […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has arrived in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to participate in the Golden Jubilee celebrations and Annual General Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB). More than 2,500 delegates, including Heads of State, Central Bank Governors and Finance Ministers are attending. Apart from reviewing the bank’s operations, the meeting would also deliberate on […]
The people of Adweso in the Koforidua Municipality, have observed African Union Day with mass sports activities and aerobics, during which over 500 residents of the area took part in a two-hour walk and aerobics to improve their health. The walk was organized by the Adehyie Keep Fit Club of the Adweso Low Cost Estates. […]
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the OECD Development Centre would on Tuesday, May 26, hold a national consultation meeting to assess the economic contribution of labour immigration in Ghana. The meeting, which would be held at the Alisa Hotel, under the project title “Assessing the Economic Contribution […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated that globally there are at least two million women living with the obstetric fistula condition. It is also estimated that about 50,000 to 100,000 new cases of the condition develop every year among women. Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and the rectum or bladder […]
The United States Forest Services is implementing a three-year Coastal Sustainable Landscapes project in 17 communities in the six coastal districts of the Western Region. The United States Agency for International Development is funding the 3.3 million dollars project. Dr Steve Dennison, Director of the project told journalists during a media field trip to project […]
The World Bank Board has approved a $45 million financing to support Ghana’s financial management information systems. According to the Bank, its Executive Board of Executive Directors approved the funds May 15, 2015 in Washington DC. The aim of the support for the ‘Ghana Public Financial Management Reform Project’ it says is to help the “Government […]
The Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), has expressed satisfaction at the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections in Nigeria and Togo. The Authority warmly congratulated General Muhammadu Buhari on his election as the President of his country, and Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of Togo […]
Mr Scott A. Nathan, Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs of the US Department of State, has called on government to provide the enabling environment for joint venture businesses such as DTRT to thrive. He said the venture was the sort of thing that the US department of State wants to see happening over and […]
