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The Chinese ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, says that China’s trade volume with Ghana has peaked at $6 billion in the first half of this year.
The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Annim, says that Ghana’s economy continued its positive recovery in the second quarter of 2024, recording a trade surplus for the third consecutive quarter.
Ghana’s leader has called for urgent UN reforms to address pressing global challenges, including climate change, inequality, and governance.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and its host country, Switzerland are strengthening their partnership in promoting sustainable trade-led development worldwide.
About 50 million people in West Africa and the Sahel, including more than 1 million people in Ghana, are food insecure and need assistance to cover their basic food needs, according to the March 2024 food and nutrition situation analysis of the Cadre Harmonisé.
The United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Lord Collins of Highbury, says that the UK government is investing about £1.9 million to bolster economic growth in West Africa through science, technology, and innovation (STI).
The Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim has said that Ghana’s economy experienced its fastest growth in five years, expanding by 6.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2024.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said that 15,000 died from Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C- related liver diseases in 2022, indicating 42 deaths per day.
Ghana has lost over a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output to smuggling, as low local prices and payment delays push some farmers to sell to sophisticated trafficking rings, a top official of the cocoa marketing board (Cocobod) said.
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has announced that a significant surge in online investment scams across Ghana with losses exceeding GH¢1.9 million in 2024.