Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed using the same syringe for four days. In addition to the...
The World Bank has cautioned government to control current expenditures, especially spending on the wage bill. In 2016, Ghana’s wage bill as a percentage of national income was over 40 percent....
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has provided $9 million to improve the quality of Maternal, Neonatal and Child healthcare in all the districts of the Upper East Region. The five...
A non-governmental organisation, Pencils of Promise is putting up a new classroom block for the Avekpordome Basic School in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region. Pupils of the school have...
The Country Director of USAIDS Ghana, Girmay Haile has lauded the government’s decision to introduce the 1 district 1 factory policy. The policy he intimated will help transform the country from a...
The World Bank has signed a grant agreement with Solidarity West Africa for Natural Resources Management in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana. The US$5.5...
WaterAid Ghana(WAG) has signed a GHC 2.5million agreement with the Bongo and Kassena Nankana West district assemblies in the Upper East Region to improve Maternal, Newborn and child health-care...
The Amansie West District has been selected out of the 30 districts in the Ashanti Region as a model District of Excellence for Development and Research likely to be replicated across the country....
The World Bank signed a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana, Friday. The...
Abandoned illegal mining pits with stagnant water in the Amansie West District of Ashanti Region have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. No attempt has been made to reclaim the land at sites...
Agriculture in Ghana; what will work! – Agro mindset’s perspective The President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Flagstaff House, Accra. 8th May 2017. Dear Mr....
Country Director of the World Bank for Ghana, Henry Kerali, has said that government’s recent US$2.25 billion makes economic sense so long as the interest payable on it is lower than what is...
The country’s attempt to export power to its neighbouring countries will suffer a major setback if tariff differentials between independent power producers (IPPs) signed in Ghana and those in the...
World Bank Country Director Henry Kerali has confirmed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in discussions with Ghana over extension of the Fund program. This confirms earlier reports by...
Some economists are predicting that Ghana’s economy will be 5 percent by the end of this year. This is lower compared to government’s 6.3 percent and the World Bank’s 7 percent projections....
The World Bank has blamed Ghana’s relative high cost of power on the adoption of sole sourcing in the granting of power purchase agreements under the past NDC administration. The Bank has also...
The Founder of the Chief Executives Network Ghana, Mr Ernest De-Graft Egyir, has called for the need to privatise all state-owned enterprises in the country to make them more efficient and...
The World Bank is confident of a rebound in Ghana’s economic growth this year. To this end, the Bank has projected a growth target of 6 to 7 percent for 2017. It is however expecting the figure to...
The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) has committed US$1.2 billion to support Ghana’s economy over the next three years. The allocation, which will span July 2017 to June...
Thiri's heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end her unwanted pregnancy in a Yangon hotel. Her boyfriend had abandoned her after...
