President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday indicated government’s readiness to use Chinese technology to detoxicate contaminated water bodies that serve as sources of drinking water for affected communities in the country. He added that collaborations from other countries would also be advocated to reclaim degraded lands in the illegal mining communities. President Mahama was conferring […]
A team of environmental experts from Kenya were in the Upper East region to understudy Ghana’s Implementation of the sustainable land management projects (SLMP) in the Savanna region of Ghana. The 3 days tour took the team to communities such as Nagmog, Tilli and Balungu. The SLMP which began in Ghana 2011 is expected to […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel, Mr. Yair Shamir, has expressed confidence in Ghana’s agricultural sector describing it as one that could be a “heaven”. “I am very optimistic, I think the potential is good, Ghana could be heaven. Looking at the resources you have, we want to share […]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hannah Tetteh, has charged ambassadors-designate of Ghana to actively engage Ghanaians living abroad for them to contribute more to the country’s economic growth and development. She urged them to explain government policies and programmes to the Ghanaian community in the Diaspora to avoid the situation where the people would […]
Ms. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, departs Ghana on March 12 to take up her new assignment as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Africa in New York. Until her new appointment, Ms Sandhu-Rojon had been serving in Ghana as the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative since […]
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) and Nadace CERGE-EI invite university students to submit papers to the New Economic Talent competition. The competition is open to Bachelor’s and Master’s students (full-time or part-time) in any field, who are interested in contemporary economic issues and wish to understand better the forces […]
The Finance Committee of the Danish Parliament has paid a 4-day working visit to Ghana. The visit which ended on the 4th March this year aimed to nurture mutual trade and development interests, as Denmark seeks to up scale political and commercial cooperation with partner countries; and at the same time down scaling its development […]
Mr. Rajiv Pradisan, an Indian Philanthropist, on Thursday presented 200 seedlings of a fast growing teak variety from India to the Timber Industry Development Division (TIDD) Ladies Club and the Diabene Secondary Technical School at Diabene near Takoradi. The seedlings are to be planted on the 10 hectare teak and acacia plantation at the school […]
The first phase of the Agriculture Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Programme under the Feed the Future initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has empowered more women farmers to be productive. Dr. Emmanuel Dormon, Chief of Party of the USAID-ADVANCE Project has expressed satisfaction at the achievement of the five-year […]
Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Financial and Allied Institutions, Mr Fifi Kwetey on Monday inaugurated a five-member steering committee for the National Pension Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to oversee the implementation of a three-year capacity building agreement with the Swiss Government. The Swiss Government has given a grant of 2.4 million dollars […]
