The Chinese government has approved and signed the long-awaited loan facility agreement with the government of Ghana, paving the way for Ghana to complete its national digital terrestrial transmission project, B&FT has gathered. The government of Ghana is now expected to countersign the loan agreement and submit it to parliament for ratification within the next […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday cut the sod for the construction of a 20 million Euro water supply project at Abrem Agona in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region. Known as the Cape Coast Water Supply Project, it is expected to benefit about 400,000 people in the Municipality and the Cape Coast […]
President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday, said the cordial diplomatic relations that was established between Ghana and Czech Republic in the past had been rekindled for the betterment of both partners. He said through the regeneration of the relations, the Czech Republic had supported Ghana to revive the defunct Kumasi Shoe Factory, which was now […]
Emirates Airlines is making it even more attractive for globalists to say “hello” to new destinations and experiences in 2015, with an offer of special Business and Economy class fares, to a wide range of cities across six continents. The cities included in this special promotion, are London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, as well […]
Mr Daniel Owusu-Koranteng, General Secretary of Maritime and Dockworkers Union (MDU) of Ghana, has been elected to serve on the Steering Committee of the Dockers’ Section of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). He is one of four people representing Africa and the Arab World. Mr Owusu-Koranteng was also elected to serve on the Fair […]
The Ghana Air Force deployed one of its C295 transport aircraft to support the UN military mission in Mali. The aircraft, stationed in the Malian capital’s Bamako-Senou airfield was sent in late September 2014, according to a report by the defence publication ‘defenceweb’ out of South Africa. On July 20, 2013, The Ghana Air Force […]
Deborah Birx, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV and AIDS says her government has rolled out programmes and projects to ensure AIDs-free generation, targeting young women, in Sub- Saharan Africa. “Adolescent girls and young women are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and prevention efforts to date have not had […]
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Bureau for Employers’ Activities, is to launch a new study “Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum” on Monday, January 12. A statement issued by the ILO and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday said the report would bring together available data and the organisation’s statistics to provide […]
Israeli Ambassador Sharon Bar-li, together with Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Netherlands Caecilia Wijgers, joined President John Dramani Mahama and the Minister for Water Works and Housing, Collins Dauda, to inspect the completed Accra Tema Metropolitan Area (ATMA) Rural Rehabilitation Project. The ATMA Rural Rehabilitation project was jointly funded by the Israel […]
Ghana is expected to conclude a programme with the International Monetary Fund by the end of February this year. This was revealed by the leader of the government’s team of negotiators talking with the IMF, Professor Kwesi Botchwey. The country, in September last year, entered into negotiations with the Fund with the hope of securing […]
