Ghana and the World Bank have signed a financing agreement for 156 million dollars to enhance access to secondary education in under-served districts of the country. Finance Minister Mr. Seth Tekper signed for Ghana while Mr. Yusupha Crookes, World Bank Country Director, signed on behalf of his institution. The funding, under the Ghana Secondary School […]
The Ambassador of Republic of China to Ghana, Mrs. Sun Baohong, has called on Mr. Julius Debrah, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development at his office in Accra. Mrs. Sun said the exchanges between Chinese and African local governments play a major role in strengthening China-Africa relations, and the forum would also push China-Africa […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called on stakeholders at a national dialogue to fashion out a collective strategy to raise inflows from both traditional and non-traditional export. He said the nation must also adopt a radical import substitution agenda as well as continue with the implementation of the comprehensive structural transformation plan. Mr. Amissah-Arthur was […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has rolled-out a project to support the inclusion of cassava flour in bread and other confectioneries towards improving food security and the livelihoods of farmers. The project is to be executed through two IFAD grants: “Enhancing the Competitiveness of the High Quality Cassava Flour Value Chain (HQCF) in […]
Ghana’s new High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia, Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah has presented his letters of credence to His Excellency Dr. Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia. Alhaji Harruna Attah succeeds Major General Samuel A. Odotei, a former Army Commander of Ghana’s Armed Forces. A release from the Ghana High Commission […]
The eighth ‘Stop Cervical, Breast and Prostate Cancer in Africa’ Conference is currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia. It is being attended by African First Ladies, including Ghana’s Lordina Dramani Mahama, their technical advisers and health officials. Also participating in the Conference are parliamentarians, major stakeholders from health, civil society and development partners. A release from […]
The Second Edition of Made-in Ghana Products Festival of the Melcom Group is underway at its Melcom Plus Supermarket at the North Kaneshie Industrial Area in Accra. The six-week event is aimed at showcasing Made-in-Ghana products, and to motivate Ghanaians to patronize them, hence ensuring that local products are not taken for granted. Mr. Godwin […]
The Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC) says it will work closely with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to identify and develop non-traditional products and find markets for them in Canada. “In the coming months, we will travel the length and breadth of the county to start the process”, Mr. Stephen Normeshie, General Manager […]
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) will organise a stakeholders meeting on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 to create awareness about the state of new-born babies in Ghana. A statement issued in Accra by Offeibea Baddoo, UNICEF Communication Specialist and copied to the GNA, stated that the meeting would also share best strategies to […]
The German Federal Foreign Service, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, has donated eighteen pieces of musical instruments to the Kopeyia Junior High School in the Volta Region. The donation was made in support of the educational music program dubbed “Music Works!” initiated by German pianist and composer Jo Junghanss in 2010 to provide free music […]
