February 2012

Japan and Ghana on Tuesday signed the Multi-Donor Budget Support (MDBS) Programme for 2012 and the Sector Budget Support for the Health Sector grants agreement totaling $4.3 million and $2.5 million respectively. Japanese Ambassador, Mr…

Ghana’s Vice President, John Dramani Mahama has identified unofficial check-points and barriers on inter-country highways as major hindrance to achieving a sub-regional integration He said as a result, trade progress has been the…

Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, on Tuesday said Ghana is committed to strengthen relations with India to draw the expertise of the country in revenue mobilisation. He said India would help the…

The 2010 National Population Census, has indicated that the population of the Central Region now stand as at 2,107,107, which is an increase of 32 per cent as compared to the 2000 census. Mr Francis Mensah, Regional Director of Ghana…

Mr Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, on Monday said the nationwide training programme for graduate unemployed would serve as interface between theory and practice to make the beneficiaries accessible on the job market.…

The United Nations has raised concerns about the low services coverage offered in Ghana to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. Ghana's coverage is said to be hovering around 51%. During a recent meeting held with Ghana’s…

Ghana’s mobile agri-business startup Esoko, is looking for partners to start services in Zimbabwe. A news report by TechZim February 27, 2012 said Esoko, in a request for tender published in Zimbabwean newspapers over the last several…

Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Transport, has noted that the tendency by some people to seek the assistance of politicians for “protocol” admissions into second-cycle and tertiary institutions is worrying. He said it was a bother when…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on February 24, 2012 approved the distribution to all IMF members of SDR 700 million (about $1.1 billion) in reserves, with the expectation that members would return equivalent…

Work on the $121 million project to provide 88,917 households with electricity in 10 districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana is to start soon. This is in line to connect 500 communities in the region to the National Electricity Grid.…