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ECOWAS leaders appoint Buhari as COVID-19 Champion to coordinate response

April 29, 2020 ECOWAS leaders have appointed Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari as ‘Champion’ to coordinate the response to COVID-19 in the sub-region. The decision was taken at an extraordinary...

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April 29, 2020 / Comments (0)

IFAD approves $20m support for Ghana’s Agric sector amid COVID-19

April 27, 2020 The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has announced that the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, has approved a request $20 million dollars for...

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April 27, 2020 / Comments (0)

Local companies make progress in PPE production for COVID-19 fight

April 27, 2020 Some local companies that have received financial support from government are making progress with the mass production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to strengthen government’s...

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April 27, 2020 / Comments (0)

WHO, WFP and AU deliver critical supplies as Covid-19 accelerates in West and Central Africa

April 17, 2020 Just over two months since Covid-19 was first detected in Africa, the disease has now spread to nearly every country, resulting in nearly 17 000 confirmed cases and around 900 deaths across...

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April 17, 2020 / Comments (0)

ECOWAS supports Member States with COVID-19 supplies

April 7, 2020 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has pledged to support its member states to fight the coronavirus pandemic. To that effect, the bloc has made available financial...

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April 7, 2020 / Comments (0)

WAPCo completes Nigeria-Ghana gas pipeline cleaning exercise

February 28, 2020 The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has announced that it has successfully completed the cleaning and inspection of its 20’’ offshore gas pipeline from Badagry in...

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February 28, 2020 / Comments (0)

Ghana Gets $14 Billion of Orders as It Issues 40-Year Eurobond

February 6, 2020 Ghana sold sub-Saharan Africa’s longest-ever Eurobond as part of a $3 billion deal that was almost five times oversubscribed. West Africa’s second-biggest economy issued a $750 million...

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February 6, 2020 / Comments (0)

President receives new ECOWAS Bank Head

February 3, 2020 The outgoing President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, Mr Bashir Mamman, and some officials of the bank called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee...

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February 3, 2020 / Comments (0)

President commends Ghanaians for Year of Return

January 8, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended Ghanaians for helping to make the Year of Return a great success. “The welcoming attitude and the warm Ghanaian hospitality proved to...

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January 8, 2020 / Comments (0)

World Bank provides US$200m for electricity in West Africa, Sahel region

April 26, 2019 The World Bank Group has approved  the Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP), which includes US$150million in the form of credit and grants from the International...

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April 26, 2019 / Comments (0)