London, May 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)- Yofi Grant, says his outfit is seeking to use the China Trade Week to attract more investments to Ghana. The event is expected to bring about a hundred investors and six thousand visitors to explore business opportunities between China and Ghana. ...

London, May 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-An agreement has been signed between the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) and China Railway Wuju Group Corporation for the continuation of the development of a new Standard Gauge Western line. The $500 million project would have both passenger and freight services. Under the agreement, he Manso through Tarkwa to Dunkwa ...

London, May 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Ghana National Bureau has resolved to celebrate the “ECOWAS Brown Card Day’’, an insurance scheme protocol signed on 29th May, 1982 in Cotonou. The scheme was designed to aid free movement of persons and goods and services across national boundaries of ECOWAS member states. It serves as a common insurance ...

London, May 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana and the Republic of Slovenia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Economic Cooperation on the margins of the 8th Africa Day International conference. READ ALSO: NIGERIA APPROVES $1BN CHINESE LOAN TO FINANCE GURARA POWER PROJECT PHASE II The document is aimed at developing and strengthening economic cooperation on the ...

London, May 14, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Countries in Africa that have adopted Information Technology (IT) in their electoral processes now have to deal with a new challenge, systems hacking, which now threatens the practice of democracy in the continent, a former President of Ghana, Mr. John Mahama, has said. Mahama’s disclosure came at a time Nigeria’s 2019 ...

London, May 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Phase two of reconstruction of Kumasi Central Market has commenced. President Akufo-Addo presided over the ground breaking ceremony. The mega project estimated to cost $278m, is being constructed by Messrs Contracta Construction Company of the United Kingdom (UK) while the Bank of Germany are the financiers. Also Read:Iconic Lamu Municipal Market in Kenya set to ...

London, May 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana’s General Legal Council (GLC) has set up a committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the mass failure of students at the Ghana School of Law. More than 90% of the 727 students failed the recent bar exams, according to results released by the GLC’s exam committee. Students who ...

London, May 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Ghana on Tuesday rolled out the world’s only proven malaria vaccine for infants as part of a landmark campaign against the deadly mosquito-borne disease, one week after Malawi became the first country to do so. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mainly in Africa, and it is hoped ...

London, May 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The UK Foreign Office business delegation has sign deals worth £82m in Nigeria and Ghana that will see up to 1600 new jobs created in the two West African countries Speaking in Ghana on the second day of his trip to Africa, the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt committed to supporting ‘Ghana ...

London, April 17, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Atlantic American Partners (AAP) on Tuesday launched the United States (US) Federal Government EB-5 Investor Visa scheme in Ghana to ease the migration processes of potential investors from the West Africa country The investment scheme is a foreign investor programme that allows potential investors or prospects an opportunity to invest ...