The President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has affirmed Ghana’s commitment to support efforts at restoring peace and security in Somalia. He said he would make the issue of peace in Somalia an important agenda at the next African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia later this month. President Mahama gave the assurance yesterday when the Vice-President […]
Mr Frederick Clarier, French Ambassador and Mr Ali Halabi, the Lebanese Ambassador to Ghana on Friday paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing. Alhaji Dauda, the Minister, said Ghana is committed to strengthening and deepening the bilateral relationship with their two nations to engender the country’s economic growth. He […]
Ghana is expected to adopt the technological mechanism of Intelligent Addressing (IA) of the United Kingdom as the cardinal structure in the street naming and property addressing system. Mr Tony Black, an IA Consultant who participated in a recent workshop in Accra told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at the weekend, that a […]
The Swiss Ambassador on Friday said more Ghanaian exports are rejected at the European Union and United States borders because of non-compliance with international standards. Mr Andrea Semadeni has, therefore, suggested to the government to take pragmatic steps to rectify the situation in order to be well placed in the competitive international market. He was […]
Switzerland has provided $ 5.35 million to support Ghana’s export capacities in the fruits, cocoa, fish, wood and furniture value-chains. A statement issued by Swiss Embassy in Accra said the support forms part of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation trade capacity building programme. The beneficiary organisations include Ghana Standards Authority to increase its capacity in […]
On May 3, 2013, the Chinese Ambassador H.E. Gong Jianzhong honored and addressed the inauguration ceremony for the 1st generating station of the Bui Hydroelectric power Project in Bui, a small town in the Brong-Ahafo Region. Present at the ceremony were H.E. John Dramani Mahama, Government Officials, Representatives of SINOHYDRO, Traditional Authorities, the Press and […]
The Canadian government has in the fiscal year 2011-2012 giving Ghana a total of $131 million in development assistance. According to Canadian authorities, Ghana is a country of focus for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and bilateral development assistance focuses on two sectors: Food Security and Children and Youth (with an emphasis on water, […]
The European Union (EU) together with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Government of Ghana represented by the Ministry of Health on May 7, 2013, signed a memorandum of understanding to promote access to affordable, safe, efficacious and good quality medicines in Ghana. The agreement is under the Renewed EU/ACP/WHO Partnership: Strengthening pharmaceutical systems […]
A modern day gold rush is taking place in Ghana, and fortune seekers from one particular Chinese county are making millions, according to 21cbh. Shanglin County is located in China’s Guangxi Province and most of the county’s population, much like the rest of the province, is ethnically Zhuang, the largest minority in China. For the […]
The United States has planned a comprehensive development agenda in northern Ghana with a budgetary allocation of $200 million in areas of education, agriculture and health. The agenda, which is meant to alleviate poverty, improve sustainable livelihoods through human resource development and creating enabling environment for income generating activities in a private-sector led initiative spans […]
