Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Monday, 22 July 2019 participated in the Canada-Ghana Economic Summit organised by the Canada-Africa Strategic Investment Group Inc. in Vancouver, Canada, and urged Canadian investors to make Ghana their preferred destination. Together with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Dr Bawumia presented Ghana as the investment destination of …

Three security experts have urged the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS to step-up their efforts to stabilize Mali, Burkina Faso and other countries in the Sahel Region. The experts, who made the appeal include Dr Festus Aubyn, Research Fellow, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research (FAAR), Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC); Mr Mutaru Mumuni …

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have posthumously presented the late Kofi Annan with the 2018 ECOWAS Excellence Honorary Award for Distinguished Personalities for his immense contribution to the objectives of ECOWAS in the area of security, peace and socio-economic development. The presentation ceremony on Saturday, 29 June 2019 was part of the opening ceremony of …

A Committee of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is considering the adoption of standardised measurement and calibration guides towards the effective implementation of West African Quality System Programme (WAQSP) for harmonisation. The WAQSP is a European Union (EU) funded programme, which commenced in 2015 with the purpose of establishing quality infrastructure for the West African sub-region. The …

Governance expert Dr. Eric Oduro Osae says Ghana’s inability to ensure that there is strict security at its border posts makes room for criminals to easily get into the country. According to him, the rate at which some foreign nationals are involved in criminal activities in the country is alarming. Dr. Oduro Osae made this observation on TV3‘s The Key …

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has called on H.E. Beji Ciad ESSEBSSI, President of the Republic of Tunisia, as part of her two-day historic visit to the Northern African country. The Minister’s meeting with the Tunisian leader on Tuesday February 19th, 2019, highlighted the longstanding relations between Ghana and Tunisia, the lull in …

  The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has commended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for donating 2,750 tonnes of cereals to support government’s school feeding program under the Free SHS policy. ECOWAS on January 2 donated cereals comprising of 1,000 tonnes of maize, 750 tonnes of white rice, 500 tonnes of millet and 500 tonnes of …