The High Commissioner of Ghana to the United Kingdom (UK), Papa Owusu-Ankomah has said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement was shifting the narrative of African from a continent of challenges and gaps to one of opportunities and prospects.
He said Africa now has counties with the fastest...
China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, said it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect US$10billion of its International Monetary Fund reserves to nations on the continent.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced the cancellations in a meeting last week of the Forum on China-Africa...
The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) on Thursday 23rd February 2023 held discussions on the quality of iron-rods being used in the country. This exercise was in collaboration with Fabrimetal Ghana Limited, a leading local steel manufacturing Company. Stakeholders included Ghana Standard Authority (GSA), Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors,...
QNET, a leading international direct selling e-commerce company, as an integral part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, has donated essential items to two of the most functional orphanages in the Upper East Region of Ghana; Mama Laadi Orphanage and Timataaba Orphanage.
“QNET as a company has been consistent...
The General Secretary of Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU-Ghana), Mr. Morgan Ayawine, has urged the leadership of Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association (GHABA) to align itself with an international hairdressers and beauticians institution that provides technological services in the hair and beauty industry.
According to Mr. Ayawine, global dynamics...
Report calls for bold policy actions to help African economies mitigate compounding risks
L-R: AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Niale Kaba, Minister of Planning and Development of Côte d'Ivoire, and Prof. Kevin Urama, Acting Chief Economist and Vice President at AfDB, at the Abidjan launch of the 2023 Africa's...
The Chinese loans to Africa tend to decline during times of crisis and the loan commitment dipped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic and its economic aftershocks have adversely impacted projects under China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), both in terms of implementation and funding, reported European...
HOPin Academy, a non-profit educational organisation located in Tamale, has handed over a 50,000-litre water supply system to the Tampion Health Centre at Nabogo in the Northern Region to improve rural health services.
The project, which was undertaken through its initiative called, ‘Fix That Pump’, was in collaboration with the...
Regent University College of Science and Technology has received accreditation from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to run MSc and MPhil in Energy and Sustainability Management Programmes.
The Board of GTEC, the regulatory body responsible for promoting consistent quality of service by tertiary education institutions, granted Regent a 3-year...
Measures being undertaken by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to rein-in red hot inflation and arrest the cedi’s fall will further choke the already-starved real sector of the economy, an economist has warned.
The central bank faces a tall order as it seeks to reassure a market that has been...