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Consultations between the Governments of Germany and Ghana are ongoing in Accra at the Ministry of Finance on February 3rd and February 4th 2015. According to a news release from the German Embassy in Accra copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), discussions will centre on the focal areas and adequate instruments for bilateral cooperation […]
In pursuit of its international development cooperation aims, the German government committed a total of €157.7 million to support development activities in Ghana. The amount was given in two years; 2012 to 2014, according to a press release from the German Embassy issued in Accra Tuesday February 3, 2015 and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com. “The commitments […]
The government of India has given Ghana a $150 million line of credit to support the country’s agriculture sector, according to a report by the Indo-Asian News Service. According to the report, the fund would go to support the implementation of an Agricultural Mechanisation Service Centre (AMSEC), and the projects are intended to provide farmers […]
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) had put in a special appeal to development partners and the international donor community to forgive the debts of the most affected Ebola countries in the sub-region. The forgiveness, the President explained, would enable the countries – Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone […]
The total of bilateral trade between Ghana and India was $1.2 billion in the 2013/2014. While Ghana imported goods valued at $ 830.76 million from India, the country exported goods valued at $370.57 million to India in the same period, according to information from the Indian government’s Department of Commerce. Ghana’s exported gold, cocoa and […]
A Malaysian company, Yinson Holdings Bhd, has been awarded a $2.54 billion contract by Eni Ghana Exploration & Production Ltd., for the chartering, operation and maintenance of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel would process oil and gas from the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCPT) block in the Tano basin, which […]
Ghana and South Sudan Thursday signed a General Cooperation Agreement that provides for cooperation between the two countries in diverse areas including Trade, Education, Health, Agriculture, Mining and Technical Cooperation. The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Serwaah Tetteh (MP) and her South Sudanese counterpart, Barnaba Marial Benjamin […]
Mr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, a Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, said Ghana and Nigeria should deepen relations beyond trade and diplomacy. He said the two countries, who have good trade and diplomatic relations, could look further in areas of culture and social ties. Mr Mohammed made the call at the second edition of the […]
Ghana has drawn Guinea for the quarter-finals clash following the drawing of lots on Thursday. Guinea have reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals at the expense of Mali, after the drawing of lots to decide Ghana’s opponent for the next phase of the competition. Guinea will face Ghana on Sunday, following the draw at […]
