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Switzerland supports Ghana with $80m
Add a CommentThe Federal Republic of Switzerland has earmarked an amount of $80 million to support the enhanced competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises in the global market space, as well as help in government’s efforts at diversifying the Ghanaian economy. Ghana has been … Read more →
Abolish death penalty – Amnesty International urges Ghana
Add a CommentAmnesty International, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights is calling on the Ghanaian government to abolish the death penalty for all crimes. According to a report published today by Amnesty International, there has been no progress on the abolition … Read more →
$194m earmarked to fight TB, HIV, malaria in Ghana
Add a CommentThe Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund has earmarked $194 million to fight tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and malaria in Ghana between the years 2018 and 2020. The Coordinating Director of CCM, Mr Collins Agyarko-Nti, said about $12 million … Read more →
Ghana & Sierra Leone categorized “more peaceful” than others in West Africa
Add a CommentThe world has grown safer over the past decade but more dangerous in the past year, according to the 2017 Global Peace Index. Visions of Humanity, a peace research institute that focuses on the economic benefits of peace, compiled the … Read more →
Ghana misses digital migration deadline again
Add a CommentGhana cannot meet the September 21, 2017 deadline set for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting, the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said. The country missed the initial June 2015 deadline set under the Geneva 2006 agreement … Read more →
Ghana, Ethiopia pledge to strengthen ties
Add a CommentThe bond between Ghana and Ethiopia was yesterday given a new lease of life when leaders of the two countries pledged to work to strengthen their bilateral relations. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Ethiopian counterpart, President Mulatu Teshome, … Read more →
Number of banks in Ghana to hit 40
Add a CommentTHE number of banks in the country is expected to hit 40 from the current 35 by the close of the year, Business Finder has learnt. The latest additions to the list include The Construction and Beige banks. Ghana Home … Read more →
Ghana escapes US sanctions
Add a Comment-Due to over 100,000 suffering in modern-day slavery GHANA narrowly escaped an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 Watch List country for Trafficking in Persons Report which would have restricted the country from United States of America (USA) assistance. This … Read more →
Ghana ranked 3rd highest cocaine transit point in Africa
Add a CommentGHANA has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively. According to the 2016 World Drug Report by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the illegal shipment of cocaine comes from … Read more →
Kwame Nkrumah plunged Ghana into chaos – Kufuor
Add a CommentFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor has said that Ghana’s first leader, Kwame Nkrumah, plunged the country into chaos and virtually eradicated democracy. Ex-President Kufuor, who was interacting with the leadership of the International Democratic Union (IDU) which paid a courtesy … Read more →
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