London, UK, September 22, 2017//-Deputy British High Commissioner Andrew Hamilton today spoke at a certificate giving ceremony for Cambridge and Edexcel exams students.
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GFF Launches Initiative to Save Lives of 38 Million Women, Children
New York, USA, September 21, 2017//- The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in support of Every Woman Every Child launching its replenishment today on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, with the goal of raising US$2 billion to expand the GFF to a total of 50 countries during the next five years.
Ghana President: UN Needs Urgent Reforms
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the United Nations (UN) to take immediate steps to reform the organisation.
Mahama: Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the Founder of Ghana
Accra, September 21, 2017//-Former President John Mahama has said that Ghana’s first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah founded Ghana and must be given the due recognition on his birthday, September 21.
UNGA: Michael Bloomberg Inaugurates Global Business Forum
New York, USA, September 21, 2017//-Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted by former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, inaugurated its first Global Business Forum (GBF) with an astounding line up of global innovators, including Africa’s richest man, Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Kenya Lowers Its 2017 Growth Forecast Due to Political Uncertainties, Drought
September 21, 2017//- Earlier in the year, Kenyan’s Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said Kenya would at some point cut its growth forecast to reflect the impact of a drought that slashed its agricultural output and left the country short of its staple food.
The G5 Sahel Force: Burkina Faso in the Fight Against Terrorism
New York, United States, 20 September 2017//- In New York for the 72nd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Burkina Faso, His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, participated in a high-level G5 Sahel meeting on Monday 18 September.
Ghana Cedi Sinks under Euro, Pound Weight
Accra, September 20, 2017//-The local currency may have relatively held its own against the US dollar for the greater part of this year, but against the Euro and Great Britain’s pound sterling, the cedi’s performance so far has been very woeful – a situation that would bring misery rather than relief to importers.
SA, UK Poised to Enhance Trade Post Brexit
Johannesburg, South Africa, September 20, 2017//-The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies held a bilateral meeting with the United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox in Pretoria today.
Making Women’s Economic Empowerment a Reality
September 20, 2017//-There is a global consensus that gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are key elements to achieve the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.