Ghana’s visa waiver agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to take effect, Ghana’s Embassy in the UAE has said. Although Parliament on Thursday, August 5, approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE on mutual exemption of entry visa requirements in respect of diplomatic, service/special and ordinary passport holders, […]
The largest aircraft in the world, “Antonov An-225 Mriya” has landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Only two of such aircraft were built. The current Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is the only one in operation, according to Aviation Ghana, flew from Leipzig and successfully landed at KIA shortly after 4pm on 7 July 2021. It is […]
Ghana has been ranked 38th in the 15th edition of the Global Peace Index, a jump of two places from the previous year’s ranking. The country scored 1.715 points to secure the second spot in Africa, while Mauritius, with 1.592 points, was 28th in the world and first in Africa. The two are the only […]
The Narcotics Control Commission has reminded all that the use of cannabis is illegal and a criminal offence in the country in spite of Ghana having joined a few other countries to allow for the cultivation of the substance, also known as weed, for medicinal purposes. The commission has, however, received applications from many groups, […]
Ghana has been named as one of the possible manufacturing hubs of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa by the European Commission. A press statement signed by the Acting Director of Communications Office of the President, Eugene Arhin said, “At the meeting with the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission indicated the […]
The government will in the coming weeks introduce more measures to ease the burden on the public. The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, who disclosed this, said: “Starting this month, we are rolling out over eight additional interventions under the GhanaCARES “Obataanpa” programme and they will be in the health, agriculture, tourism, trade, digitisation, […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, says the national housing deficit is in excess of two million housing units. He said it was currently estimated that 60 per cent of the country’s population would need some form of government assistance to help them to get access to housing, while 35 per cent […]
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday February 4 finalised an agreement that will provide duty-free and quota-free access for Ghana to the UK market and preferential tariff reductions for UK exporters. Ghana’s Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen in a tweet said “I am pleased that we have finalised a new Interim Ghana-UK Trade Partnership Agreement providing […]
Ghana has been ranked 75th out of 180 countries and territories on the 2020 Global Corruption Perception Index (CPI). In a Transparency International (TI) 2020 CPI report published today, Ghana scored 43 out of 100 points, improving on its 2019 ranking by five places. In 2019 and 2018, Ghana was ranked 80th (with 41 points) […]
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a Public Health Alert warning the general public against the patronage and use of any COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA in a press release issued today said it had come to its attention that “some unscrupulous members of the business community are peddling information on the sale of […]
Serbia’s Honorary Consul to Ghana, Mr Steve Mawuenyega, has been found dead in a room in a house near the American Embassy in Accra. He was 63 years old. Until his death, Mr Mawuenyega was also a member of the General Assembly of the Honorary Consular Corps of Ghana (HCCGH) and was also in charge […]
Kenya’s High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Eliphas Mugendi Barine has touted developments in the port sector of Kenya which are yielding significant results in the Eastern Central sub region of Africa and gradually positioning the country as a hub for intra continental trade. Speaking on Eye on Port on the subject “Promoting Trade beyond […]
