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Transparency at public institutions enhances private business growth – Trade Unions
Ghana News Agency
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July 10, 2025
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, July 10, GNA – Trade union members in education, health, public administration and agriculture, as well as some civil society organizations, have stressed the need for transparency and fairness in the activities...
EU, UNICEF, UNHCR launch €2.7m initiative for forcibly displaced persons and their host communities in Northern Ghana
Joy FM
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July 5, 2025
The European Union (EU), UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched a €2.7 million multi-donor initiative in northern Ghana to significantly strengthen the resilience and improve the lives of forcibly displaced persons and their host...
EU, UNICEF, UNHCR launch €2.7m initiative for forcibly displaced persons in Northern Ghana
Joy FM
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July 5, 2025
The European Union (EU), UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched a €2.7 million multi-donor initiative in northern Ghana to significantly strengthen the resilience and improve the lives of forcibly displaced persons and their host...
Ghana’s 1st Pan-African AI Summit: The Why
Joy FM
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July 2, 2025
Accra, Ghana, is poised to become a beacon of technological transformation as it hosts the inaugural Pan-African AI Summit (PAAiS) on September 23–24, 2025, at Palms by Eagles, Airport City. Organised by Alphavecta Technologies in association with...
Ghana records 30 more Mpox cases; total now 163
Joy FM
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July 2, 2025
Ghana has recorded 30 new confirmed Mpox cases as of 30th June 2025, bringing the nationwide total to 163, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This rise follows 14 new cases reported on June 25, indicating a steady...
Ghana and India to sign MoUs, including for a vaccine hub
Ghana Business News
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July 2, 2025
On Jul 2, 2025 Last updated Jul 2, 2025 Narendra Modi – India Prime Minister Ghana and India are set to elevate their decades-long partnership with the signing of a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), including one for the establishment...
Ghana and India: Narendra Modi’s visit rekindles historical ties
The Conversation
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July 2, 2025
Narendra Modi’s trip to Ghana in July 2025, part of a five-nation visit, is the first by an Indian prime minister in over 30 years. The two countries’ relationship goes back more than half a century to when India helped the newly independent Ghana...
Ghana’s insurance industry launches 2025 Awareness Month
Business and Financial Times
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July 2, 2025
By Elliot WILLIAMS The Ghana Insurers Association (GIA) has launched the 2025 edition of its annual Insurance Awareness Month. The event was launched last week at the GIA’s new head office edifice, aptly called Insurance House in Kanda, a suburb...
Ghana-India trade hits $3 billion amid strong bilateral ties...
Modern Ghana
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Trade between Ghana and India has reached an impressive $3 billion with Ghana maintaining a favourable balance, Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed on Monday ahead of the historic state visit of Indian Prime Minister Mr Shri...
Health Ministry creates Donation Desk to aid tax exemptions on medical equipment and materials
Joy FM
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July 2, 2025
The Ministry of Health has established a Donation Desk to support philanthropists and corporate entities wishing to donate medical equipment and materials from outside Ghana. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, announced this to the...
Ghana’s Flagship Poultry Project Delayed Amid Fiscal Concerns
News Ghana
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July 2, 2025
A senior lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has linked the stalled Nkoko Nketenkete agricultural initiative to the Mahama administration’s financial constraints. Dr. Fokuo cited unmet commitments – including unpaid...
Global AI Group Establishes First African Hub in Ghana
News Ghana
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July 4, 2025
The AI Collective, a global nonprofit network of over 70,000 artificial intelligence experts, launched its inaugural African chapter in Ghana this week. The Accra-based hub aims to advance ethical AI innovation aligned with sustainable development...
Ghana to honour Indian Prime Minister Modi with nation’s highest award
Ghana News Agency
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July 2, 2025
By James Amoh Junior, GNA Accra, July 2, GNA – The Prime Minister of India, Mr Shri Narendra Modi, will be conferred with Ghana’s highest national honour, the Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana, during his two-day state visit, which...
Accra should stop dictating district development priorities
Business and Financial Times
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July 2, 2025
By Nicholas Issaka GBANA I was excited when the Minister of Finance announced in the 2025 budget presentation to Parliament in March 2025 that henceforth Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) will directly receive at least...
Ghanaians should forgive us – Annoh-Dompreh
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 2, 2025
By Savannah Pokuaah Duah Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has urged Ghanaians to forgive the minority for any shortcomings, promising a more civil approach in the days ahead. In an interview...
Ghana Nurses Association-DFW To Embark On Medical Missions In Tamale
News Ghana
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July 2, 2025
The Ghana Nurses Association, DFW (GNA-DFW) a non-profit organization, is set to embark on medical missions in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital. GNA-DFW, as a non-profit organization, was formed in 2008 by six nurses in the Dallas Fort Worth...
Ghana Launches 24-Hour Economy Amid Infrastructure Concerns
News Ghana
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July 2, 2025
President John Mahama’s administration formally initiated its flagship 24-Hour Economy policy on July 2, 2025, aiming to stimulate job creation and industrial output through round-the-clock commercial activity. Presidential Adviser Goosie Tanoh...
GIPC pledges investor-friendly reforms under new board leadership
Ghana News Agency
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July 10, 2025
By Francis Ntow Accra, 10 July, GNA – Mr. Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Board Chairman of the Ghana Iinvestment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has pledged a streamlined, investor-friendly regulatory environment to enhance returns for both domestic and foreign...
Beyond the Hope: The Unspoken Transportation Risks of the 24-Hour Economy-Kwame Koduah Atuahene
The Chronicle News Online
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July 10, 2025
In the latest chapter of ambitious national blueprints, Ghana is being sold the 24-Hour Economy. The vision, as always, is breathtaking: a bustling Volta Lake transformed into a superhighway for commerce; modern ports clearing goods in minutes,...
Ghana government urged to act on pharmacist shortage in public hospitals
Ghana Business News
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July 2, 2025
The Community Practice Pharmacists Association (CPPA) has officially endorsed the Early Career Pharmaceutical Group’s (ECPG) #HirePharmacistsNow campaign, calling on the government to urgently address pharmacist shortages in the public health...