Two-way merchandise trade between Ghana and Canada reached $236.6 million in 2012, according to an official factsheet dated May 7, 2013 and obtained by ghanabusinessnews.com. Published by the Canadian government, figures in the document showed that the North American country exported ... Read More

Fears over a repeat of last year's protracted strike have hit shares in Lonmin Workers at Lonmin's platinum operations in South Africa have gone on a wildcat strike. The action follows the shooting of a union official at the weekend and ... Read More

Canada has hinted of its pursuit to sign a new trade and investment agreement with Ghana, a top official said May 13, 2013. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has signalled his country’s intent to deepen trade and investment with Ghana ... Read More

Asamoah Gyan - Al Ain Striker Asamoah Gyan’s brace was enough to break the record for number of goals in a single UAE top-flight season but could not deliver three points as Bani Yas came from two goals down to ... Read More

A delegation of high-level managers from 30 French companies in the infrastructural, banking, technology, telecommunications, oil and construction industries and public works will visit Ghana from May 22 to explore business opportunities. A statement signed by the French Ambassador to Ghana, ... Read More

Roberto Mancini Roberto Mancini has been sacked as Manchester City manager after three-and-a-half years at the helm. A club statement said he "had failed to achieve any of the club's stated targets this year, with the exception of qualification for next ... Read More

The US Government’s diversity visa lottery programme that allowed 55,000 applicants from other countries, especially developing countries to be selected at random and given residency in America is likely to be stopped, a report by the Washington Post says. According to ... Read More

Chinese ambassador to Ghana, GONG Jianzhong. China and Ghana established diplomatic relations on July 5 1960. The founding fathers of the two new-born republics laid a solid cornerstone for the development of the bilateral ties. In recent years, fruitful achievements have been made in various fields ... Read More

Mr. Kofi Annan Mr. Kofi Annan has been named Chair of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders founded by South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. Mr Annan, the former UN Secretary General takes over from Archbishop Desmond Tutu who stepped down ... Read More

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has opened a centre in Ghana to train experts to combat the rising tide of substandard and counterfeit drugs in sub-Sahara Africa. A press release issued by the US Embassy in Accra and copied to ... Read More