Ghana has agreed with four other West African neighbours to invest and expand the Lagos- Abidjan highway into a six-lane road to among others boost trade among them. The leaders of the five countries- Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire- ... Read More

The Ministers of Transport of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, joined by the U.S. Ambassadors to Côte d’Ivoire and  Ghana, have launched the fifth Border Information Center in West Africa at Elubo on the Ghana-Ivorian border. A press statement from the Public ... Read More

The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems, has held a 3-day training workshop on the use of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) in Accra at the weekend. It was organized for selected staff of the country’s 28 main banks, aim at ... Read More

UNICEF and the Japanese government have announced a $1.5 million project to address cholera in Ghana. According to the two the project ‘will help prevent and respond to cholera outbreaks in Ghana.’ “The Cholera Prevention and Response Project will bring safe water ... Read More

Stakeholders have called on world leaders to demonstrate strong political will to confront cervical cancer, which is projected to claim the lives of half a million women annually by 2030. Though some leaders were heeding to the call, there was more ... Read More

Ghana and Turkey have affirmed their commitment to increase their trade portfolio from the current $500 million to $1 billion by 2015. President John Dramani Mahama and the outgoing Turkish Ambassador, Mr Aydin Nurham, made the pledge yesterday at the Flagstaff ... Read More

Ghana earned 800 million Euros through the export of commodities, including oil, gas, cocoa, bananas and fish to France last year 2012 while France’s imports to Ghana stood at 600 million Euros. That, according to the Head of Economic Department at ... Read More

Ghana earned 800 million Euros through the export of commodities, including oil, gas, cocoa, bananas and fish to France last year while France's imports to Ghana stood at 600 million Euros. That, according to the Head of Economic Department at the ... Read More

Trade financing in Africa received a major boost when the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Tuesday, May 22, a $100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between it and Commerzbank AG. The two insitutions will share the default risk on ... Read More

Mr Patrick Lucas, Vice President of MEDEF International, a French Business Confederation, has said French companies operating in the country were committed to contribute to achieving the country’s long term development objectives. “We have the technological expertise, capacity and strong will ... Read More