The Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG) has been launched with a call on African governments to move away from ‘donorship to ownership’ in healthcare financing to help deepen access to healthcare services for underserved communities.
“Donor funding is supporting significant operations of the healthcare sector in Africa, including research budgets...
Russian Railway Company, Geo Services, has said it is ready to invest over US$12.5billion in the redevelopment of Ghana’s Railway network, a project the Akufo-Addo government is keen on realising.
Its CEO, Sergey Kamnev, told the B&FT that should his company win the bid, Ghana should expect nothing but the...
Microsoft have been impressed with government’s commitment toward education that they have resolved to aid that course through technology, Jaye Richards-Hill, the Business Development manager of Microsoft Worldwide (Education team) has revealed.
“Where you have a government that places importance on education improvement as it appears the Ghanaian government does,...
The Executive Director for the National Population Council (NPC), Dr. Leticia Adelaide Appiah, has indicated that a holistic and comprehensive approach is required to tackle rising threat of teenage pregnancy as government has done with the galamsey menace.
According to Dr. Appiah, the country’s teenage pregnancy rate at 14% is...
A Senior law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Dr. Godwin Adagewine, has warned that investor confidence in the economy may erode if appropriate action is not taken to address the high rate and perception of corruption in the public sector.
His comments come in the wake...
Philip Kweku Agyeman from the Brong Ahafo region has been declared the 2017 National Best Farmer.
The 50 year old becomes the first to walk away with $100,000 cash prize after the 2017 package was improved.
Mr. Agyeman from Dormaa West has farms that employ 205 workers, casual and permanent. He has...
A $40 million loan facility to improve some Senior High Schools in the country has been approved by Parliament
This forms part of a financing agreement between the government of Ghana and the International Development Association of the World Bank.
This financial support is coming at a time government is implementing...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly as part of the National Sanitation Campaign will be organizing a clean up exercise on Saturday, December 2, 2017.
In pursuance of this, officials of AMA have disclosed that they will be an enforcement of AMA(Environmental Sanitation Day), Bye laws 1995.
Officials have therefore entreated shops, markets...
On the occasion of the 33rd National Farmers Day – 2017, the leadership and entire membership of the General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) of Trades Union Congress (Ghana) wish to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the many hardworking farmers of Ghana.
The role of agriculture in our dear country in supporting...
The future of banks that are majority owned by domestic private interest in Ghana can be challenged in the not distant future due to the strict application of the Basel II and III standards.
Research on local ownership of banks as against foreign ownership across Africa showed Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria...