President John Mahama and his Colombian counterpart, President Juan Manuel Santos, met on Monday on the margins of the 7th Session of the World Urban Forum. The Forum was officially opened by the Colombian leader, with President Mahama delivering the keynote address in his capacity as a designated champion of the African Urban Agenda. President […]
Following the outstanding success of its first 18 months of operations, Gambia Bird Airlines has announced services to three new destinations in West Africa. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency on Sunday said the new services would operate from Gambia Birds home base of Banjul, The Gambia, to Bissau, in Guinea-Bissau, Lagos, in […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) will highlight the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases to mark World Health Day, which falls on April 7. The day is celebrated every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the WHO in 1948. This year’s celebration will be on the slogan Small bite, big threat. […]
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting the Ghanaian Government with $ 19,671,000 to improve on quality and proper management of education in the country. The fund is expected to cater for some educational needs in 38 deprived districts in all the 10 regions of Ghana. It would include the construction of […]
Africa’s inhibiting trade barriers account for the slow pace of development on the continent, the President of African Regional Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), Mr Joseph Odumadu, has said. He has, therefore, called on African leaders to team up and work closely to eliminate the barriers which hinder the business community’s ability to trade within the […]
The UK through the Department for International Development (DFID) is working with Technoserve to support Ghanaian Micro and Small Enterprises (MSMEs) to grow and build competitive businesses. The two organisations through a programme, dubbed: Enhancing Growth in New Enterprise (ENGINE) will help selected entrepreneurs to refine, improve and implement their business ideas out of which […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisations (FAO) Food Price Index rose sharply in March, up 4.8 points, or 2.3 per cent, to an average of 212.8, the highest level since May 2013. “The Index was influenced, as expected due to unfavourable weather conditions in the United States and Brazil, and geopolitical tensions in the Black Sea […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended an invitation to President John Dramani Mahama to undertake an official visit to Germany. The invitation came during bilateral discussions between the two leaders, on the margins of the EU-Africa Summit, which ends today. Ms. Merkel described Ghana as a success story with an economy that is growing in […]
Formalising interactions between non-state stakeholders and public agencies for collaborative governance could help in addressing some of the challenging issues in Africa’s extractive industries, says United Nations University- Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) According to a book released by the UNU-INRA, this could play an instrumental role in enhancing the operations and the […]
Lufthansa German Airlines has begun wide body flight operations directly from Frankfurt to Accra. The schedule, on its new Airbus 330-300 started March 30, and would be operated four times weekly. Making the announcement at a press conference in Accra on Monday, Mr. Kevin Markette, Lufthansa Manager Ghana, said the new 221 seat aircraft would […]
