Ghana
Vai alla Scheda Paese »Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
— Kwame Nkrumah
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Four killed as ride malfunctions at Australia's biggest theme park
Four people were killed on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park, police said, after a malfunction threw two of the victims off the ride and left the other two trapped inside. Media broadcast images of crowds of rescue workers at the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld on ...
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Undernutrition takes huge toll on Chad’s economy
Source: World Food Programme Country: ChadThe economy of Chad is losing some US$1.2 billion a year – or 9.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product – to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a new study launched today in the capital.N’DJAMENA – The economy of Chad is losing some 575.8 billion ...
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Bridge clinic boss calls for foreign investment in health
Bukola Adebayo The Managing Director of The Bridge Clinic, Lagos, Dr. Richardson Ajayi, has called on foreign investors to choose Nigeria as their destination for health investments. Ajayi made this call at the 4th Annual Africa Hospital Expansion Summit in Accra, Ghana. The IVF specialist in his address noted that ...
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Tanzania: Investments On Call As Four New Envoys Present Credentials
[Daily News] President John Magufuli has invited business persons and investors from Sudan, Slovakia, Ukraine and Ghana to come and invest in various sectors of the economy in Tanzania.
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Lamamra holds talks in New York with Omani, Ghanaian counterparts
ALGIERS-Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation held talks in New York with counterparts from the Sultanate of Oman Youssef al-Alawi and Ghana Hana Tetteh, announced Sunday the ministry in a statement. Lamamra's meetings took place on the sidelines of the general debate of the 71st ...
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Nigeria, others implement ECOWAS common tariff
ECOWAS Director of Trade, Mr Gbenga Obideyi, has said that 10 member states have so far implemented the Common External Tariff which came into effect in January 2015. Obideyi said on Thursday that eight countries within the West African Monetary Union, including Nigeria and Ghana had implemented the CET. Others ...
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Gender inequality costing sub-Saharan Africa US$95 billion a year
Source: UN Development Programme Country: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, ...
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Africa: Mahama Urges Enabling Environment for Foreign Investment in Africa
[Ghana Star] President John Mahama has urged African countries to create an enabling business environment that will guarantee the security of foreign direct investments.
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Ghana: Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Mdm. Sun Baohong Attended the Commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of the the Signing of the Treaty of Friendship Between China and Ghana and Delivered a Speech
[Focac] On 18 August 2016, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Mdm. Sun Baohong, at the invitation of Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA), attended the Commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between China and Ghana hosted by GHACHIFA and delivered a speech. Around 200 friends ...
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Only 63% of Ghanaians believe EC will be neutral – Survey
A survey conducted by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, has discovered a worrying public perception about the Electoral Commission’s (EC) ability to effectively declare voting results. Even though 63% of Ghanaians believe the Commission will perform its duties neutrally, guided by law, almost half of the voter population ...
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Terkper lobbies businesses on EXIM bank
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has intensified lobbying for private sector businesses to enroll onto the Ghana Export and Import [Exim] bank and promote the country’s exports market. “I would want to entreat the private sector to partner with government in these institutions, it is true that the State Owned Enterprises ...
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Panasonic to sell smartphones in five developing countries
Panasonic Corp. will start selling low-priced smartphones for consumers this autumn in five developing countries, including Kenya and Myanmar, according to informed sources. The other three countries are Ghana, Nigeria and Bangladesh. Prices are expected to be around ¥10,000. The major electronics maker once designed and produced smartphones for sale ...
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Ghana President Mahama Kick-Starts Election Campaign
President John Mahama of Ghana has launched his 2016 presidential campaign with a promise to continue with the party’s transformation agenda for the country. Mahama said on Monday in Cape Coast that by the time he ended his second term, the Ghanaian economy would have been firmly grounded and deliver ...
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Strategize to attract investments – Lisa Opoku to govt
The Chief Operating Officer and Global Strategist for Goldman Sachs, Lisa Opoku is advocating policies that will attract investments to Ghana. The investment banker has also advised investors to consider the long term benefits accruing to them and invest in viable business ventures despite declining global market performances. “You will ...
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32 banks for Ghana’s economy okay – Nana Otuo Acheampong
Banking consultant, Nana Otuo Acheampong has stated that the increasing number of banks in the country is not a disincentive to the industry but an avenue that can stimulate good competition. According to him, having more banks licensed will lead to intense competition in Ghana’s banking industry, with respect to ...
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Health Service introduces e-health learning platform for doctors
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in collaboration with Incision Academy- Ghana, has introduced an e-health learning platform as an opportunity to build on the capacities of doctors in surgical skills. This would be done through Continuous Professional Development driven initiatives such as assisting doctors in remote areas to use their mobile ...
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SIC comfirms Ashidan as substantive MD
The Board of Directors of SIC Insurance Company Limited has confirmed the appointment of Kwei Mensah Ashidam as the substantive Managing Director of Ghana’s largest general Insurance Company. He has been the Acting Managing Director from February, 2015, following the exit of Mrs Doris Awo Nkani. Mr Ashidam brings on ...
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Ghana: Government Approves U.S.$230 Million Renewable Energy Investment Plan
[Ghana Star] The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has announced the approval of a $230 million scaling-up Renewable Energy Investment Plan (SREP-IP) by the Climate Investment Fund.
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‘Stable’ power supply due to increase in hydro generation – GRIDCo
The marginal increase in generation from the hydro sources power sector may have contributed to the relative stability in power supply being enjoyed by some Ghanaians. At least this is the information Citi Business News can glean from available statistics released by the power generator, the Ghana Grid Company Limited, ...
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Ghana: 2016 Second Quarter FDI Increases By Over 400 Percent
[Ghana Star] Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) results recorded during the second quarter of this year increased by over 400% in the amount of initial transfers compared with the value recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2015.
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TWN bemoans ratification of EPA with EU
The Third World Network (TWN) Africa has expressed disappointment at the speed at which the Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA) with the European Union (EU)was ratified by parliament. The EPA was passed on August 3, 2016 under a certificate of urgency to allow European producers have some substantial penetration into Ghana’s market ...