The Korean Government, through its agency in Ghana, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is to assist in the development of a Transport Master Plan for the Greater Accra Region at the cost of $1.5 million. The Transport Master Plan, which is to serve as a guide to develop a transport system in the Region, […]
Ghana’s Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Edmund Kofi Agbenutse Deh, has been invited to explain the circumstances leading to the alleged letting out of part of a property belonging to the mission to a gang of Japanese gamblers. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, told the Daily Graphic on […]
South Africa is to host the 2nd edition of Africa Forex Expo, Investment Opportunities & Career Conference in Johannesburg in May. Africa Forex Expo, which is said to be the largest financial Business to Business conference, aims to provide avenue for online business development. A statement from Forex Expo and copied to the Ghana News […]
Nana Oye-Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, last Friday held a meeting with Mr. Mogens Jensen, Minister for Trade and Development Co-operation of Denmark to address issues of gender equality. The meeting was also aimed at collaborating to address gender-based violence in the Ghanaian society and also to re-align the Ministry’s priorities for […]
Ghana and Denmark have signed a Double Taxation agreement, moving the bilateral cooperation between the two countries to another level. A Double Taxation Agreement regulates the tax treatment of income or capital gains in situations where the same taxpayer is subject to tax in two states with respect to the same income or capital gains. […]
The issue of people and prosperity, which is key to both Africa and Europe, will take centre stage when Heads of State Government and and institutions of the European Union (EU) and Africa, meet in Brussels, Belgium, from April 2 to 3 this year. The leaders, who will be joined by a range of high-ranking […]
The Senior Forestry Officer of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Ghana, Mr. Foday Bojang, has called for a humanistic approach to efforts geared towards conserving forests in Africa. Mr. Foday Bojang, who was speaking in an interview with Diplomatic Call, called on Governments to implement policies that encourage local communities and the private […]
The Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union (EU) has renewed its support to West African trade by approving a fund of 6.5 billion euros to the Economic Partnership Agreement Programme (PAPED) for 2015 to 2020. Speaking in a breakfast meeting with Diplomatic Call on Thursday, March 24, 2014, the Head of EU Delegation […]
The Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mrs. Amelie July has touted Ghana’s credentials as the major development partner of AFD in the West African region. Speaking in an interview with Diplomatic Call, Mrs. July said that AFD valued operations in Ghana due to the long standing relationship that exists between both parties. […]
The government is intensifying its collaboration with Denmark to establish composting plants in selected urban communities where there are challenges with liquid waste disposal, President John Dramani Mahama, has announced. Already, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the Accra Metreopolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Danish Government are working on a project at the […]
