2020

The European Film Festival has for the first time been held in Accra, as both the European Union (EU) and Ghana share ideas in developing ways to revive the local film industry. The festival organized under the auspices of the Delegation…

Mr Thomas Alonsi, the Director-General, Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), has expressed concern over the number of rising kidnapping cases on the Gulf of Guinea. “It is evident by reports from the International Maritime Bureau showing that…

The African Union and the Government of Ghana Monday signed the Host Country Agreement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat. Signed on the sidelines of the 33rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union in Addis…

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to strengthen their common interest in collaborating to support the development of the capital market in Ghana. As…

The World Bank Group’s Joint Capital Markets Programme (J-CAP)  Conference opened in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Monday with the aim to explore opportunities to boost investment and economic growth. The two-day capital markets conference…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the introduction of various digital initiatives by government will widen the tax net and increase the number of taxpayers from about two million contributors to 16 million by the end of 2020.…

Some 1,072 persons, made up of 636 females and 436 males in 2019, tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Tema. Eight hundred and seventeen of the number, tested at Tema South where Tema General Hospital, a…

Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, on Monday, officially changed its name to ‘Absa Bank Ghana Limited’, a name of the global brand ‘Absa Group Limited’ to clearly represent its global vision and mission to serve customers better. The Absa…

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Prosper Africa initiative is partnering the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and the nations of Africa. This…

“I could smell the patient, before I could actually see her. It was 1993, and I was an intern working in a public hospital in Chennai, India... I was a rookie, doing one of my first shifts in the emergency department. A middle-aged woman…