The US government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has signed a cooperation agreement with UNICEF to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education with a focus on early grade reading performance in Ghana over the next four years. This was contained in a statement issued and copied to the Ghana […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday signed a co-operation agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Accra to improve learning outcomes, equitable and inclusive education in Ghana. The focus of the four-year agreement would be on early grade reading performance to build strong foundational reading skills among children which […]
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has established a new office in Accra to enhance economic and trade ties with Ghana. The new office was officially inaugurated by Hamad Buamim, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and follows the inauguration of an office in Ethiopia in 2013. […]
The United Nations (UN) has launched an appeal to raise $1 billion to sustain the momentum to stamp out Ebola in West Africa. The amount, the UN says is what is “needed for the first six months of 2015 to sustain the momentum to stamp out Ebola in West Africa, where ‘the epidemic has started […]
Mrs Sun Baohong, Chinese Ambassador, has advised Ghanaians not to ignore their culture because of modernisation. Mrs Sun said “modernisation does not mean abandoning our culture”. She gave the advice on Tuesday when she paid a courtesy call on Nii Adjei Kraku II, Tema Paramount Chief as part of a working visit to Tema. The […]
The Canadian Government has announced 9.465 million dollars in funding to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), in efforts to scale up paediatric nursing care in Ghana. The five-year initiative from 2014 to 2019, aims to strengthen health systems by training paediatric nurses and health care workers in the poorest, under-served communities in Ghana and […]
The Ghana News Agency reproduces a statement by the Japanese Government on the incident on warning of Japanese nationals’ execution: “On 20th January, just before 1500 (JST), a video clip, which seemed to have been produced by a terrorist group that proclaims itself as the “Islamic State (ISIL),” was uploaded online. In this video, a […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the economies of low and middle-income countries would lose an estimated $7 trillion to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) over a 14-year period if no serious attempts are made to deal with the problem. “From 2011-2025, cumulative economic losses due to NCDs under a “business as usual” scenario in low- and […]
Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15 years, are denied their right to education, UNESCO/UNICEF Report said. A statement issued by UNICEF and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said, a new joint report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF; Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from […]
Africa World Airlines (AWA) would, on Friday, January 23, launch two daily night flights from Accra to Kumasi. The flights; AW 120 and 122, were made possible by the recent installation of Aeronautical Ground Lights at the Kumasi Airport. The move, according to the airline, would mark the launch of an entirely new venture into […]
