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Ghana and UAE visa-free agreement not yet in force – Embassy

August 10, 2021 9:30 am Add a Comment

Ghana’s visa waiver agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to take effect, Ghana’s Embassy in the UAE has said. Although Parliament on Thursday, August 5, approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE on … Read more →

Ghana, others to benefit from $650bn fund from IMF to fight Covid-19 pandemic impact

August 3, 2021 7:45 am Add a Comment

Ghana and member countries of the International Monetary Fund will benefit from a $650 billion fund approved by the governing board of the Fund to fight the impact of Covid-19 on their economies. The 190-nation lending institution said its board … Read more →

Covid-19: Ghana records 342 cases in two days

July 22, 2021 8:17 am Add a Comment

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country’s Covid-19 active cases have increased by 342 within two days. According to the Service in its latest update, active cases as of July 17, stands at 3,466. This is as against 3,124 … Read more →

Ghana: Eni makes major oil and gas discovery

July 7, 2021 7:36 am Add a Comment

The lead operator of the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP), Eni has announced a significant oil discovery in Ghana with the potential to produce 700 million barrels of oil equivalent (Mboe). The company in a statement said the discovery was made … Read more →

Ghana taken off financial action task force grey list

July 1, 2021 7:54 am Add a Comment

Ghana has been taken off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list”. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced this to the media in Accra on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. According to him, ” The FATF took this decision at their … Read more →

Ghana removed from EU’s money laundering blacklist

June 28, 2021 9:40 am Add a Comment

Ghana is no longer on the European Union’s list of blacklisted countries that have failed to put in measures to fight money laundering. This was made known by global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) … Read more →

EU cautions Ghana over illegal fishing

June 3, 2021 2:34 pm Add a Comment

The European Union (EU) has issued a ‘yellow card’ – a formal warning that could lead to a seafood export ban to the EU – to the country. The warning follows the failure by the government to tackle illegal fishing … Read more →

Virologist warns of third wave of Covid-19 in Ghana

May 11, 2021 7:55 am Add a Comment

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) is warning of a third wave of Covid-19 in the country if Ghanaians failed to adhere to safety protocols. Dr Michael Owusu has observed that many have relaxed in observing the … Read more →

Twitter relocates to Ghana June

April 30, 2021 5:20 pm Add a Comment

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, will be relocating to Ghana in June 2021. Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, made this known in an interview with Asaase Radio earlier today. She revealed that Mr Dorsey … Read more →

Over 1.3m expiring vaccines in DRC to be re-distributed to Ghana, 5 others

April 29, 2021 8:35 am Add a Comment

More than 1.3 million AstraZeneca vaccines delivered to the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 4, 2021, are to be re-distributed to Ghana and five other African countries. The Central African country is the second largest country in Africa (by … Read more →