Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has commended the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board for remaining committed to improving the welfare and wellbeing of children around the world. She noted that the decline in under-five deaths, percentage of underweight children, new HIV infections, number of out-of-school children and increased […]
The Lebanese community in Ghana on Thursday awarded scholarships to 13 dependents of Ghanaian soldiers who died in Lebanon on peace mission. The gesture is in recognition of the contributions of the fallen heroes to freedom and democracy in troubled regions. The sponsorship covers tuition fees and contribution to lodging cost of the students in […]
The operations at the Wa Offices of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a boost following the installation of new and up-to-date communication equipment. The equipment valued at GHc45,000 was sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with the aim of facilitating both internal and external communications of the agency in the region. The […]
Emirates Airline is offering more for families travelling with youngsters, with new figures, showing it carried over two million children last year. The Airline, voted Skytrax’s World Best Airline, is pulling out all the stops to keep the young ones travelling from Ghana and elsewhere on Emirates’ routes, entertained both in the air and on […]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Ghana has donated medical equipment worth $10,000 to the LEKMA Polyclinic in Accra. The items include delivery beds, trolleys, a sterilizer machine, weighing scales, stethoscopes, fridges for drugs, suturing set, gynae stools, drip stands, delivery aprons, examination couches, large quantities of disposable syringes and needles. The […]
The Ambassador of Italy to Ghana, Mrs. Laura Carpini, has confirmed a €10 million grant from the government of Italy to support small and medium-scaled enterprises in Ghana. The amount, which is the second tranche of a €22 million loan facility project for SMEs, is part of Italy’s efforts to compliment President Mahama’s long-term vision […]
The final selection of prize winners for this year’s INDIAFRICA Business Venture Contest is scheduled to take place on June 10, 2014 at the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra. The award ceremony would honor 20 young visionaries from India and Africa who participated in the entrepreneurial contest, dubbed “Entrepreneurial solutions […]
The French Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Frederic Clavier on May 27, 2014 unveiled the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ghana (CCFG) at a highly attended inauguration ceremony at his residence in Accra. The event, which was jointly organized by the Board of Directors of CCFG, attracted a pool of high profile personalities including […]
Three Ghanaian Peacekeepers who died last year while serving under the United Nations Flag were today (May 29, 2014) presented with posthumous awards, the Dag Hammarskjold Medals at the UN headquarters in New York. They are Lt Col Jack Franklin Glawu, who passed on while serving with the United Nations -African Union Hybrid Operation in […]
The European Union (EU) has developed a new timber regulation that will require all timber and wood products entering the EU market to be genetically tested to identify their true origin. The objective of the DNA tracking system is to ensure that only timber products acquired from legal sources are supplied onto the European market. […]
