Ghana and the State of Israel have renewed commitments to the fight against climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. To that end, Tuesday, the two countries signed a “Joint Declaration of Intent on Cooperation,” to work to prevent the impact of ... Read More

African leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, are heading to St. Petersburg this week for the second Russia-Africa Summit, as an isolated Moscow looks to shore up its influence in a key region. Analysts told VOA that high on the ... Read More

Yaw Amoateng (middle) and Yaniv Tessel (4th from left) pose with members of the Isreali business community The leader of the Israel Economic and Trade Mission to Ghana, Mr Yaniv Tessel, has said Israeli companies are ready to foster stronger ties ... Read More

Wang Yi This week as Beijing suddenly announced that China's foreign minister Qin Gang had been removed after just seven months in the job, his predecessor and now replacement, seasoned diplomat Wang Yi, was on a tour of some of Africa's key ... Read More

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (right), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, addressing the meeting. Beside her is Eli Cohen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel. Picture: ALBERTA MORTTY Ghana and Israel have agreed to deepen cooperation in the ... Read More

After a decade of GDP growth average of about 5%, economic activity stagnated at 0.5% in 2016 in West Africa, mainly due to falling oil prices, before picking up again to 2.5% in 2017, and 3.4% and 3.7% respectively in ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo (left) addressing the delegation from Qatar Investment Authority, led by Sheikh Faisal Al Thani (right), Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Investment Authority for Africa and Asia, at the Jubilee House. Pictures: SAMUEL TEI ADANO President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ... Read More

Lim Jung-Taek (2nd from right), Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ghana, presenting the items to Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong (2nd from left), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. With them are Seunhmin Oh (right), acting Country Director, KOICA ... Read More

Rahul Ghosh, a Director at Enterprise Singapore A Director at Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), Rahul Ghosh, has called for a strong collaboration between Singapore and Africa to establish global firms for mutual benefits. The collaboration should precede the creation of a robust environment ... Read More

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth estimates slightly given resilient economic activity in the first quarter, but warned that persistent challenges were dampening the medium-term outlook. The IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook said inflation ... Read More