The Japanese Government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has approved and signed the Agreement of a Grant requested by the Government of Ghana to provide farmers with agricultural machinery and materials. The grant is under the “Food Security Project for underprivileged Farmers (2KR)”. The Grant Agreement signing ceremony was held at the […]
The US Secretary of Commerce, Mrs. Penny Pritzker, is to lead 20 American companies on an Energy Business Development trade mission to West Africa. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs. Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and copied to the GNA today said the mission would visit Ghana and Nigeria from May 18-23. According to […]
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament ended its two-day dialogue on cross border challenges and opportunities for trade and finance, with a resolution that ECOWAS should pursue more vigorously the implementation of the single currency. A communiqué issued by Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament at the weekend said members also resolved that ECOWAS should […]
Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has called for a revisit of the global perception of Africa, which continues to be one of the continents plagued by crisis. He noted that Africa is also a place where making investments is hazardous. He said other regions in the world, particularly […]
Toyota Ghana Company Limited, over the weekend launched the new generation of Corolla in Accra onto the Ghanaian automobile market. The new generation Toyota Corolla has a DVD player, rain sensor, information meter, reserve camera and Bluetooth to meet customer’s specification. Mr. Tetsuya Suematsu, Managing Director of Toyota Ghana Limited, said the new Corolla has […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Friday received five new envoys accredited to carry out their duty tour of Ghana at the credential hall of the Flagstaff House, Kanda. They are Mrs Maria Jesus Alonso Jimenez of Spain, Mrs Sun Baohong, Peoples Republic of China, Mr. Cheong Loon Lai, Malaysia, Lieutenant-General Muhammad Ashraf Saleem, Islamic Republic […]
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID), is preparing farmers from the three Northern Regions for this year’s farming season, through the Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE Two) Project. To this end, over 500 participants in the agricultural sector, including farmers and farmer-based organizations, met in Tamale on Thursday to discuss perennial […]
The German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and stakeholders, have launched the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) project in Ghana. The initiative targeted at male and female smallholder rice farmers is to significantly improve the livelihood of rice farmers in selected countries in the sub-region by increasing the competitiveness of domestic rice supply to meet increasing […]
Bertha Tepey, a retailer in textiles has suggested that government tackled the alleged widespread plagiarizing of African textile designs in China at the bilateral level. She made the suggestion during a sensitization workshop for textile dealers in Ho. Madam Tepey said since everybody, including government officials was pointing to China as the source of the […]
The Vice President Amissah-Arthur has called for increased investments from Turkish investors to further cement relations between the two countries. Mr. Amissah-Arthur says despite the increasing trade volumes between Ghana and Turkey as well as some investments in particularly bonds, more investment from Turkey will help to further deepen the cordial relations Turkey between Ghana. […]
