Tag: SDGs
Somalia, UN ink 5-year cooperation framework on peace, stability
Somalia and the UN on Thursday signed a new cooperation agreement which sets out how the country and the world body will work together...
Ghana Priorities Youth Forum opens in Cape Coast
The Ghana Priority Youth Forum has opened at the University of Cape Coast to solicit the views and expectations of the country's development plan.
The...
Lassia residents appeal for nurses’ quarters
Naa Dar Mankyera, the Chief of Lassia, in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region has appealed to government, individuals and non-governmental...
Leveraging technology amidst COVID-19 can accelerate achievement of SDGs
Madam Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, says leveraging digital technology is a way out in accelerating the achievement of the 169...
UN chief urges efforts to harness digital technologies to accelerate achievement of SDGs
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that efforts must be made to harness digital technologies to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable...
Support the promotion of reproductive health and rights – Minister
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has appealed for the continuous support of all stakeholders in guaranteeing reproductive health and rights in the...
Ghana is making moderate progress in nine SDGs
Mr Evans Asare, Senior Associate of Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) Advisory, says Ghana is making moderate progress in the implementation of nine out...
Government supports 60 basic school girls under ‘Girls in ICT’ in Oti
Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications, has said achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could not be possible if girls and women were...
Open Letter to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Regarding The “The Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda...
Your Excellency, The Ghana Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals extend our greetings to you and commend your governments’ effort...
GES commended for timely sanctions against marauding students
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sub-Platform 4 (SDG4), a civil society organization, has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the timely sanctions against...
NBSSI creates 18,000 jobs within three years – Executive Director
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has facilitated the creation of 18,600 jobs in the country since 2017, Mrs. Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, the...
Youth Entrepreneurship Empowerment Project Launched in UER
A project dubbed “Young Africa Works”, which aims at empowering young people with entrepreneurship skills to develop their potentials and contribute to national development...
2020 High-Level Political Forum on SDGs: World leaders urged to take advantage of COVID-19
Scores of high-profile young leaders across the globe who are bent on creating a better and more sustainable future for all have urged governments...
Bonsu Health Centre needs standard maternity ward
Improved maternal health is an important prerequisite for women’s advancement and achieving set targets for goal three of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development...
Media urged to maintain awareness on reproductive health needs of women
The National Population Council (NPC), has called for media support to create and maintain awareness on sexual and reproductive health needs of women and...
COVID-19 reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare, education
The COVID-19 pandemic is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education, a UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs annual report has...
Coalition wants climate change mainstreamed in political activities
The Youth Coalition for promotion of the SDGs in Ghana is demanding the mainstreaming of climate change sensitization into their political activities ahead of...
African countries efficiently tackling tax evasion and money laundering
African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the...
Prioritize WASH in mid-year budget allocations – CSOs to government
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have called on government to increase budgetary allocations for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)...
Private Sector Advisory Group will spur economic growth – CEO
Mrs Kate Quartey-Papafio, the Chief Executive Officer of Reroy Cables, said the establishment of the CEOs Private Sector Advisory Group would stimulate economic development...
COVID-19 could push 29 million Africans into extreme poverty – UNECA
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday projected that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could push 29 million people into extreme poverty...
Agriculture must be re-defined to attract the youth – IBRAF
The youth engagement in agricultural practices was the topic of a webinar promoted by IBRAF with the participation of FAO, WFP and the African...
UBA to celebrate African Day with a dialogue on SDGs
The United Bank for Africa (UBA), is set to celebrate African Day with a virtual dialogue on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals...
UNFPA calls for accelerated efforts to end fistula by 2030
Dr Natalia Kamen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has called for accelerated efforts towards ending obstetric fistula by 2030,...
KATH Maternity and Children’s Block, critical to saving lives – President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has performed a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the reactivation of works on the 44-year-old abandoned Maternity and Children’s Block...
Eban Capital and partners roll out MASLOC integrated software platform
Eban Capital Limited, a Ghanaian Fintech, and its technology partners, have rolled out the first phase of the Integrated Software Platform (ISP) for Micro-Finance...
CSO Platform on SDGs supports 10 shelters
The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has presented assorted items to 10 shelters in Greater Accra and Greater...
CSO platform on SDGs gives to less privileged
The Ghana Civil Society Platform on Sustainable Development Goals, working with its strategic partners, has supported some less privileged groups with relief items valued...
Sekyere-Kumawu DCE receives international ward
Mr Samuel Addai Agyekum, District Chief Executive (DCE)for Sekyere-Kumawu has been honoured for his outstanding contribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals...
We compete with animals for water – Damwaateon women
Some women at Damwaateon, a deprived farming community in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region have experienced concern about the manner...