Accra, Ghana, June 10, 2019//-The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Henry Kerali has observed that Ghana’s ballooning debt stock is one of the major challenges confronting the country’s economy which needs to be tackled immediately.
Category: Economy
Interview: Environmental Charity Supports Ghana’s Forestation Programs
Accra, Ghana, June 10, 2019//- (Xinhua) — A youth-based environmental charity, Greenway Foundation, has introduced steps to support Ghana’s forestation agenda to help protect the environment. When Xinhua met up with Country Director of the foundation, Michael Olusanya, he disclosed plans which were already underway to plant one million trees in schools across […]
EU Commission Vice-President Attends First Ghana-EU Business Forum
Accra, Ghana, June 10, 2019//-The European Commission Vice President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Mr. Jyrki Katainen, arrives in Ghana on 13 June 2019 for a two-day official visit as part of a two nation visit to Togo and Ghana.
Akufo-Addo’s Deceptive One Village, One Dam Initiative- A Case Of Willfully Causing Financial Loss To The State
Accra, Ghana, June 10, 2019//-The promise to construct a Dam in every village was one of the plethora of highfalutin promises made by President Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the run-up to the 2016 General Elections.
Youth Trained By ARC Win Contract To Build Vital New Homes In SA
June 10, 2019//-Arc Skills, the world’s first lifelong learning company, is celebrating the success of some of its formerly unemployed students after the company the students formed, Simunye Trading Construction, won its first house building contract.
More Work Lies Ahead To Make Africa’s New Free Trade Area Succeed
The port of Mombasa in Kenya, which was the first country, with Ghana, to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in 2018. Shutterstock Frank Mattheis, University of Pretoria and Ueli Staeger, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) June 9, 2019//-At a time when the global trade regime is […]
Cameroon Cataract Bond Records Successful First Year
Washington D.C, United States of America, June 9, 2019/ — An innovative cataract project funded through a development impact bond has celebrated a monumental first year, screening more than 50,000 patients and completing more than 2,300 cataract surgeries in Cameroon.
KIDNAPPINGS DESTROYING GHANA’S GOOD NAME, TOURISM AND MUCH MORE
Accra, Ghana, June 8, 2019//- Ghana should take the current “trend” of kidnappings much more serious if it wants to attract tourists and investors into the West African country.
Can Social Media Help Anti-corruption Drives? A Nigerian Case Study
Nigerian citizens have turned to social media to keep tabs on infrastructure projects. Shutterstock Tolu Olarewaju, Staffordshire University June 8, 2019//-Corruption can have a crippling effect on a country’s economy. This is why African businesses have described ending corruption as “priority number one”.
Livelihoods And Culture Under Threat In Ghana’s Historic Port Of Jamestown
The beachfront of historical Jamestown, Ghana. Iain Jackson Iain Jackson, University of Liverpool Plans are afoot to replace the historic Ghanaian fishing port of Jamestown with a Chinese-backed mechanised factory.