Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Monday that Ghana and China are significantly expanding bilateral ties through stronger diplomatic engagement, deeper economic cooperation and joint development initiatives. Speaking at the government’s accountability series on the foreign ministry’s work over the past eight months, Ablakwa said Ghana is amongContinue Reading
African heads of state and government on Friday adopted the Cape Town Declaration at the conclusion of the inaugural Africa Water Investment Summit, urging reforms to multilateral financial institutions to speed up investment in the continent’s water and sanitation sector. Held in Cape Town from Wednesday to Friday, theContinue Reading
Angolan President and African Union Chairperson Joao Lourenco on Monday called for urgent reforms to the global financial system and stronger support for infrastructure in Africa, highlighting the continent’s heavy debt burden as a major obstacle to development. Speaking at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)Continue Reading
Tanzania and Mozambique have agreed to strengthen cooperation in trade and investment to bring tangible benefits to the people of both countries. The agreement was reached Thursday during talks between Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and visiting Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo at State House in the port cityContinue Reading
The Government of Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF-8) Umbrella Programme. The three (3) year programme is designed to safeguard Ghana’s rich biodiversity and secure sustainable financing for environmental protection. The initiative comesContinue Reading
Investment opportunities in the Kingdom’s southern provinces were the focus of a conference held Thursday evening in Saint-Étienne. Organized by the Consulate General of Morocco in Lyon in partnership with the Loire department, this conference provided an opportunity to highlight the new development model and its implementation in the southernContinue Reading
