The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million budget support for Ghana.
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Ghana Signs $5M Child Protection Compact with USA
Governments of Ghana and the United States of America have signed a $ 5million Child Protection Compact at the Flagstaff House in Accra.
Tony Elumelu Welcomes 1000 Pan-African Entrepreneurs
“We hope The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme can catalyse and encourage other African business leaders to empower emerging entrepreneurs.
RING Signs Deal With UDS
The Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) project, a poverty reduction intervention designed to improve the nutrition and livelihood statuses of vulnerable households in the Northern Region has signed a sub-contracting with the University for Development Studies (UDS).
Corruption Stifles Ghana’s Development -IEA
Participants at a day’s conference on corruption say Ghana has suffered drawbacks to its development over the last six decades, due to corruption, noting that it reduces the capacity of the state to deliver basic services for the citizens of the country.
GSA Defies Minister’s Directive
The Ministry of Trade and Industry’s directive on the suspension of the Ghana Conformity Assessment programme (G-CAP) by the Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) has been defied by the latter.
GDP Data Alone Not Enough to Predict Brand Success in Africa
For brands eager to tap into the growing African markets and the region’s estimated 350 million middle class consumers, relying solely on macro-economic data such as GDP growth, population trends and regulatory governance data to identify opportunities and predict success can lead to costly missteps, according to a new report from Nielsen.
Ghana Lifts Ban On Global Conferences
Ghana lifted the ban on the organization of international conferences in the country, following the slow of the Ebola virus disease, which has affected nearly 23,000 and killed over 9,000 people in West Africa mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
BoG Maintains Policy Rate
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained its policy rate at 21 percent, citing drop in the risk to inflation resulting from lower oil prices on the international market.
Top Minister Axed From Ghana Cabinet
Ghana’s President John Mahama has axed Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda from Cabinet.