Pope Francis has lauded President John Dramani Mahama for championing a good image of Africa. He said since his election, President Mahama had carried his duties with excellence and made African issues his prime concern. The Pontiff said this when he received President Mahama in audience at the Vatican yesterday. The meeting, the first between […]
The European Union (EU) is Ghana and United Kingdom research institutions to cut post-harvest losses of yams, estimated at 60 per cent globally. Through the GRATITUDE project, the EU is funding the efforts of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research -Food Resources Institute (FRI) and Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of University of Greenwich UK, […]
A United Kingdom charity organization, Ghana Outlook (GO), has sponsored three projects in the Nimbare and Kampoare communities in Jirapa District of the Upper West Region. The projects, which include the construction of one new borehole the rehabilitation of an existing one, and a toilet facility, are to help to improve the lives of the […]
President John Mahama will on Monday meet and hold discussions with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The President left Ghana for the Vatican on Sunday. It will be the first meeting between the two leaders, and follows Ghana’s appointment in 2013 of its first ambassador to the Holy See. President Mahama will also meet with the […]
Emirates Airlines, said it expects the demand by passengers for inflight Wi-FI connectivity to increase exponentially in the coming years, with the service being offered for free. It noted that over half a million passengers had connected to the internet on board ab emirates flight in the first three years since Emirates launched inflight Wi-Fi […]
The Vice-President of India, Mr Mohammad Hamid Ansari has re-affirmed India’s commitment towards supporting Ghana’s democratic processes and economic development. According to him, India was committed to assist Ghana strengthen its various democratic institutions to fully discharge its responsibilities towards deepening democracy in the country and also to enable it to offer its expertise to […]
Mr Ali Halabi, Ambassador of Lebanon, has presented a cheque for 18,972.00 Ghana cedis to the University of Ghana to sponsor 11 students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the law faculty in Accra Mr Halabi said the Lebanese Community last year granted scholarships to 22 Ghanaian students in three universities and 13 for the dependents of […]
A Network for Human Resource Practitioners in Ghana’s Public Service was, yesterday, launched in Accra. The Network is a joint initiative between the Australian government and the Public Services Commission (PSC) of Ghana which aims to build capacity in human resource management through the sharing of information on policies, research and best practices and, thereby, […]
The European Union ( EU) has set aside one billion euros to fight the Ebola viral disease in West Africa. An additional 280 million euros has been made available to cover research on Ebola. It is the single biggest financial package provided to battle the disease that has infected about 14,000 and killed nearly 5,000 […]
UNICEF has call on all nations to pay particular attention to the well-being of children as contained in the Convention of Rights of the Child. In marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention of Rights of the Child (CRC) in Ghana, UNICEF Country Representative Ms Susan Ngongi, noted that although there has been a lot […]
