UNICEF has commended Ghana for significantly reducing children less than five years mortality in recent times. It noted that for the past 10 years, out of every 1,000 children born alive in Ghana 111 children would die before celebrating their fifth birthday but since 2011 it dropped to 82 children dying before reaching the age […]
The value of trade between Ghana and China reached US$4billion as at the end of September making China the single biggest trading economy with Ghana. Most of the goods that Ghanaian businesses exported to China, however, were mainly primary commodities such as cocoa, oil and gold. The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong, said even […]
The Government of Korea is supporting Ghana with USD 423, 000 to construct an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Tamale, the second to be established in Ghana. The Centre, expected to be completed in 12 weeks, is to improve the Ebola emergency referral system and people’s access to the isolation centre in the five regions […]
Mr Yoon Sung Lee, President of Korea Residents Association in Ghana, has appealed to government to put in place pragmatic measures to make the business environment friendlier. Mr Lee, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, on Monday, said Ghanaians and expatriates alike are struggling with electricity problems, security issues, poor roads, among others. […]
A road map towards the launch of Ghana’s first satellite, Ghanasat 1, has been outlined by the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) and the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC). The project would be a joint venture between the State, GSSTI, GAEC and Menasat Gulf Group Public Limited Company, a UK-based producer of very […]
Mr Ban Ki Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, has pledged the world body’s continuous support for Ebola affected countries in West Africa. He also commended President John Dramani Mahama for spearheading the fight against the disease since its outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and recently in Mali. Mr Ban said this assurance when […]
Lending to the Agricultural sector in Ghana accounted for 5 per cent of total lending by the banking sector as at the end of July 2014, Mr Peter Trenchard, a Director at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Accra has said. Mr Trenchard who is the Economic Growth Office Director at USAID, […]
President John Mahama has asked for the United Nation’s support to help restore the public health systems of the three countries most affected by the deadly Ebola virus. President Mahama made this recommendation during a meeting with UN secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, ahead of the UN boss’ two day solidarity visit to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea […]
Chinese development giant; China Poly Group, has joined the wave of the growing interest in the Ghanaian real estate sector with the opening of its first housing units in Accra. The office and residential mansion, showcasing mixed Ghanaian and Chinese design is the first venture for the Group in the country’s real estate sector in […]
Statistics released by the United Nations Human Rights for Refugees (UNHCR) indicates that about one million people living in West Africa are Stateless. According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affected up to 10 million people worldwide leaving them with no identity. Statelessness refers to the condition whereby an individual is not considered as a national by […]
