World Economic Forum partners to launch Africa’s 1st Country Financing Roadmap

August 5, 2020 The World Economic Forum is partnering with the Government of Ghana to launch the first Country Financing Roadmap (CFR) initiative in Africa. This government-led project, in collaboration...

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World Economic Forum partners to launch Africa’s 1st Country Financing Roadmap

August 5, 2020 The World Economic Forum is partnering with the Government of Ghana to launch the first Country Financing Roadmap (CFR) initiative in Africa. This government-led project, in collaboration...

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AfCFTA Secretariat to begin operations ahead of trade activities from Jan. 2021

August 5, 2020 Parliament has approved the choice of Ghana as the host country for the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA) in Accra. A report of Parliament’s...

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‘Introduce hepatitis B vaccine to newborn babies 24 hours after birth’

August 4, 2020 Health experts are calling on policymakers to introduce a hepatitis B vaccine to all newborn babies within 24 hours after birth as part of measures to control the increasing rate of the...

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President Akufo-Addo unveils first VW vehicles assembled in Ghana

August 4, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, August 3, 2020 unveiled the first VW vehicles assembled in the newly established VW Assembly Plant in Ghana. The models being assembled are...

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Government bails out 7 State-owned Enterprises from COVID-19 effects

August 4, 2020 The government has approved concessionary loan packages for seven state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and avoid worker lay-offs. The package follows a drop in...

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AfDB Regional Economic Outlook 2020: COVID-19 response and economic diversification crucial to growth recovery in Southern Africa, the most affected region

July 30, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 in South Africa projected to affect the rest of Southern African economies A higher level of preparedness is urgently needed to prevent and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic...

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COVID-19: African Development Bank Group supports Ghana with $69m grant

July 29, 2020 The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Friday, July 24, 2020, approved a $69 million grant to support Ghana’s efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate...

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Akufo-Addo cuts sod for US$223 million Tamale water project

July 29, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 28th July 2020 cut the sod for the construction of the Tamale Water Supply Project, as part of his tour of the Northern Region....

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Over 334,000 households benefit from LEAP

July 29, 2020 An amount of GHC50.2 million was transferred to 400,000 most vulnerable individuals under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme. In the first half of this year, the...

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