The World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Advocacy and Training in Pharmacovigilance (WHO-CC), University of Ghana, would host the second African Society of Pharmacovigilance Conference in Accra. The conference being organised in conjunction with the Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana (FDA), would take place in Accra from November 25 to November 27. Ghana was […]
Khaled Ghobashy, Director in charge of International Relations at the Middle East News Agency (MENA), on Tuesday challenged African countries to take advantage of the prospects of the Suez Canal to transform their local economies. He said the Canal would be the main source of income for the continent in the next 50 years, and […]
Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso have signed an agreement to foster trans-border relations between them. A communiqué signed by the heads of delegations from the participating countries, after a three day workshop where they held the fifth trans-border tripartite meeting, encouraged member countries to give priority to issues discussed to realize the goals. Mr Daniel […]
Bilateral trade between Ghana and India has grown 55 percent in five years, according to data provided by the Indian High Commission in Ghana and computed by ghanabusinessnews.com. In 2009-2010 the total bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to $537.5 million and in 2013-2014 the figure rose to $1.2 billion. While India exports to […]
President John Dramani Mahama and his Ivorian counterpart Mr Alassane Ouattara on Monday expressed their commitment to promote discussions that favour their integration in the West African sub-region. The two presidents have also agreed to consider delimitation as a major objective of the two countries. These commitments were made in a joint communiqué issued at […]
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it has attracted some $8 billion into Africa in the year 2014. The amount, the Bank says in a press statement citing its President, Jean-Louis Ekra and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com May 12, 2015, was raised through 19 syndicated financing deals, some of which the Bank arranged by itself or […]
The presidents of Ghana and Ivory Coast have reached a deal after talks on maritime border disputes between their two countries, the mediator, former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has told the Reuters news service. He however, did not disclose any details, and officials have not also disclosed the terms of the agreement, the Reuters report […]
China in collaboration with the Ministry of Education has presented 14 buses to schools across the country to enhance the movement of students for academic work as well as social gatherings. The beneficiary schools are Savelugu School for the Deaf, Kibi School for the Deaf, Sekondi School for the Deaf, Gbi Kledjo Special School at […]
The Accra-based Martin Luther Health School and Brookdale Community College of New Jersey of the United States, have signed a 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve the quality of health science education in Ghana. The three-phased training partnership arrangement involves curriculum development in radiography, public and environmental health, respiratory care and health information technology. […]
President John Mahama and his Ivorian counter, Allasane Ouattara have met in Geneva Sunday May 8, 2015 to talk about the ongoing maritime border dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast, the Bloomberg news has reported. The government of Ivory Coast led by President Allasane Ouattara, in November 2011, mapped out a new maritime border it is […]
