Ghana Reaches Agreement With IMF On $1 Billion Aid Deal
Mr Seth Terkper - Minister of Finance
Ghana reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday for a three-year aid deal worth around $1 billion aimed at restoring fiscal stability to the West African state, a source ... Read More
USAID Reserves $500,000 Grant For Ghana Agriculture
The USAID-Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (USAID-FinGAP) says it has reserved an amount of $500,000 as grant to the Eximguaranty Company Ghana Limited (Exim Ghana).
The grant it says, would be used to subsidize the cost of credit guarantee premiums on loans ... Read More
UK TRADE AND INVESTMENT MINISTER LORD LIVINGSTON VISITS GHAN...
UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston embarks on his first official visit to Ghana to strengthen trade relations between the two countries.
Ghana is the UK’s sixth largest export market in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2013 exports of goods and services totalled £650 ... Read More
Japan Embassy Signs Contract With Three NGOs
The Japanese Embassy in Ghana has signed a 285,400 dollar grant with three Non-Government Organisations across the country for development projects in Health and education.
The three organisations are Maata-N-Tudu Association, for the construction of a Health centre at Yong Dakpemyili ... Read More
FAO Works With Swiss Institute To Research Dangerous Virus
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has chosen the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics as a designated reference centre to expand its access to state-of the-art technology in combating dangerous viral infections.
The dangerous viral infection to ... Read More
Israel’s 2015 AGRITECH To Eliminate Post-Harvest Challenge...
The Embassy of Israel will on Tuesday, 3rd March 2015 holda breakfast meeting for governmental officials, agricultural companies, big farmers, agro-processors, financial and investment institutions focusing on agriculture and major private and public sector players in the field of agro-business ... Read More
WHO To Launch Leglected Tropical Diseases Investment Report
The World Health Organization (WHO), will on Wednesday, February 18, launch in Salle de Presse I, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland its report: “Investing to overcome the global impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)”.
The report sets investment targets and makes ... Read More
About 230 Million Children In The World Have No Birth Certif...
A large number of children in the world about 230 million of them, do not have birth certificates, an AU official said citing a UNICEF report released in 2013.
Making a presentation at the launch of a publication “General Comment on ... Read More
UNICEF & UN Says Children Are Vulnerable To Armed Groups...
Children are increasingly vulnerable to recruitment and use by armed groups as conflicts around the world become more brutal, intense and widespread, UNICEF and the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict said on Thursday.
This was contained in a ... Read More
World Bank To Revive Agriculture In Ebola Hit Countries
The World Bank Group has mobilized 15 million dollars to provide 10,500 tons of maize and rice seeds to over 200,000 farmers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for the April planting season to avert hunger, which has hit these ... Read More