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UN urges respect for COVID-19 safety protocols as Ghanaians register to vote
The United Nations (UN) has urged Ghanaians to pay particular attention to laid down COVID-19 prevention protocols as they queue to register for this...
Agronomic challenges hamper increased rice yields in Ghana
A myriad of agronomic challenges have hampered efforts towards achieving higher yields in rice production in Ghana and two other African countries, a report...
Ghana’s March inflation rate stays put at 7.8 percent
Ghana's year-on-year inflation rate, which measures the average rate of increase in the prices consumers pay for their consumer goods and services remained at...
AfDB announces US$10 billion financing package to boost Africa’s fight against COVID-19
Regional multilateral lender the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announced on Wednesday the creation of a 10 billion U.S.dollars facility to aid Africa's...
ABSA Bank supports Ghana’s COVID-19 Fund with US$173,000
ABSA Bank Ghana limited has donated one million Ghana cedis (173.100 U.S.dollars) to support the government of Ghana's efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19 FIGHT: WAHO assures continued medical supplies for West African states
The statutory health body for the West African sub-region has allayed the fears of a possible shortage of medical supplies in the sub-region amid...
Ghana projects US$1.6 billion preliminary cost of COVID-19
In its preliminary impact assessment, Ghana anticipates incurring a total cost of 9.5 billion Ghana cedis (1.64 billion U.S dollars) as a result of...
AfDB secures US$3 billion in bonds for Africa’s COVID-19 response
The continental lending institution Africa Development Bank (AfDB) said it had secured a total of 3.0 billion U.S. dollars through a three-year bond to...
Ghana seeks IMF financial bail-out to combat for COVID-19
Ghana has officially requested a support package from the global lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to support its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Ghana legislates to free cannabis for medicinal, industrial use
Ghana has passed a new law to decriminalize the use of cannabis, a herbal substance for medicinal and industrial purposes.
Parliament incorporated...
UNIDO and EU strengthen capacity of Ghanaian cosmetic producers
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the European Union (EU) commenced a two-day capacity building conference for Ghanaian cosmetic manufacturers...
Ghana rugby needs funding to survive
The Ghana rugby needs strong financing to survive, the president of the Ghana Rugby Union Herbert Mensah has said.
He described the...
Harmonization of sub-regional capitals market to provide long term capital for businesses in West...
The Harmonization of the capitals markets in West Africa will create the source of long term capital for local businesses, The Managing Director of...
Ghana President makes changes in Armed Forces High Command
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced here on Wednesday some changes in the armed forces high command.
"The president has, in...
Ghana reschedules 2020 census to June
Ghana's 2020 housing and population census (PHC) scheduled for next month will now take place in June, the Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim disclosed...
Ghana should step up support for mental health – researcher
A mental health practitioner has urged the government of Ghana to step up support for mental health in the country.
Nana Abena...
World Bank to support clean cook-stove initiative in western coast of Ghana
The World Bank, in partnership with some international oil companies (IOCs), is supporting the development of the National Clean Cooking Strategy to serve as...
Ghana deploys 307 ambulances to enhance emergency medical care
Ghanaian president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned here on Tuesday 307 ambulances for deployment across the country.
The Mercedes Benz manufactured ambulances...
Ghanaians in China safe, despite Coronavirus spread
The Ghanaian government has allayed fears about the safety of its nationals in China in the wake of the coronavirus disease outbreak.
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Ghana’s main airport on high alert over coronavirus outbreak
Health authorities at Ghana's main Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are on high alert over the outbreak of coronavirus in some Asian countries, an official...
International credit rating agency Moody revises Ghana’s economic outlook from stable to positive
Global credit rating agency Moody has revised Ghana's economic outlook from stable to positive a release received here on Saturday said.
The...
Manufacturing sector pushed up factory gate prices 3.1 percentage points in December
The rate of increase in the prices manufacturers in Ghana receive for the manufacture of their products (Producer inflation) increased 3.1 percentage points to...
Ghana slips two places on 2019 global corruption index
Ghana slipped two places to 80, in the 2019 global Corruption Index (CPI) compared with the 78th position it placed in 2018, the global...
Political parties, CSOs stage second street protest against proposed new voters roll in Ghana
The political parties and civil society organizations (CSOs) opposed to the compilation of a new voters' register ahead of Ghana's December elections have staged...
China Oriental performing arts group excites audience in Ghana, to herald spring festival
The China Oriental performing arts group put up an exhilarating performance here Monday night as part of activities to herald the celebration of the...
Smallholder farmers hail government decision to stop GMOs in Ghana
The peasant farmers association of Ghana (PFAG) has hailed government's decision to stop the adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
This followed...
West African coast recorded 90 percent of global piracy incidents in 2019
About 90 percent of all the piracy incidents around the world occurred along the coast of West Africa, the international maritime bureau (IMB) has...
US eases visa restrictions on Ghana
The United States (US) Department of State has announced the easing of visa restrictions on Ghana, a release said here on Thursday.
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Massive crowds protest proposed new voters register in Ghana
A huge crowd of Ghanaians took to the streets in the Northern regional capital Tamale (620 kilometers north of the capital) on Saturday to...
Ghana targets US$3.0 billion in African diaspora bonds
The government of Ghana announced plans here on Friday to raise some three billion US dollars from people of African descent living across the...