The report that Ghanaians studying Medicine in Ukraine, whose education has been truncated due to disturbances in that country, can now continue their studies in Grenada is one of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Thursday.
The Graphic reports that Ghanaians studying Medicine in Ukraine whose education has been truncated due to disturbances in that country can now continue their studies in Grenada.
Last Tuesday, the government secured an agreement with the Caribbean island state for 200 Ghanaian medical students who had to flee Ukraine to continue and complete their education at the St George’s University of Medicine, Grenada.
The Registrar of the Scholarships Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang, and the Director of Recruitment and Commercial Engagement of the university, David Anthonisz, signed the agreement to this effect in the United Kingdom (UK).
Those present at the ceremony included the Chief Growth and Strategy Officer of Medforth, a global healthcare education organisation, Molly K. O’Neill, the Chief Accountant of the Scholarships Secretariat, Richard Aidoo; the Head of Education and Recruitment of the Ghana High Commission, Afua Gyasiwaa Gaisie, and the Officer in charge of Diasporan Affairs at the Scholarship Secretariat, Richard Gyamfi.
Mr Agyemang told the Daily Graphic that the country was engaging other countries it had educational exchange agreements with to strike similar agreements.
Mr Agyemang told the Daily Graphic that the country was engaging other countries it had educational exchange agreements with to strike similar agreements.
The newspaper says that Ghana’s consumer price inflation rose to 15.7 per cent year-on-year in February from 13.9 per cent the previous month, the Statistical Service said on Wednesday.
This means that between the month of February 2021 and February 2022, the general price level of goods and services has increased by 15.7%. This compares with the 13.9 Year-on-Year inflation that was recorded in January 2022, indicating a 1.8 percentage variation between the year-on-year inflation in the two months.
Government Statistician, Mr Samuel Kobina Annim told reporters in Accra, that this is the second-highest recorded since the rebasing of the CPI and inflation in August 2019. The highest was recorded during the COVID-19 period between the months of March and April 2020 when the variation was 2.8 percentage points.
Three divisions – Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other fuels, Transport, and Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages – recorded inflation rates above the national average of 15.7 per cent.
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other fuels recorded the largest price increase in February of 25.4 per cent, while Transport was up 18.3% and prices of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose by 17.4% after rising only 13.7% the previous month.
The Graphic also reports that the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Dr Afua Asabea Asare, has invited businesses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in Ghana saying that they would benefit from a favourable environment.
In addition, she assured them of a politically stable country with a high level of skilled youth.
Dr Asare was speaking as one of the panelists at a Ghana Business Forum at the Jafza One convention centre in Dubai Wednesday, (March 9, 2022) as a follow up to a previous forum held Tuesday at the Expo 2020.
The forum had the theme: “Ghana: Limitless Opportunities.”
It delved into viable business and investment opportunities in Ghana.
Participants included the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and industry.
Currently, more than 68 Emirati companies are registered in Ghana.
The discussions covered housing and construction, sanitation, trade and manufacturing, tourism, arts and culture.
A number of memorandum of agreement were signed to create an attractive environment for the UAE and Ghanaian companies to encourage the exchange of trade missions and facilitate information exchange between the two parties.
The Ghanaian Times says that the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs Elsie Awadzie Addo, says digital technology presents opportunity to empower women economically and increase their participation in the economy.
“There are, in my view, more opportunities today than ever before to strive towards more gender equality. Technology and digitisation hold great promise especially for the developing world to leapfrog economic, political, and social advancement of women by levelling the playing field in a cost-effective way and help to achieve in particular, Sustainable Development Goals -5 on “Gender equality and women’s empowerment,” she said at a ceremony to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD).
Organised by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) as part of the International Women’s Day observed on Tuesday on the global theme “Break the Bias”,” it was on the sub-theme “Women as Builders of Digital Economy in Ghana.”
MrsAddo, who delivered the keynote address said the digital economy provided immense opportunities for women to advance themselves through online education and skills acquisition, increased trading in goods and services with more digital payment options, digital savings, credit, insurance, and investment opportunities, all leveraging widely available technology.
The Second Deputy Governor, said the World Economic Forum’s 2018 report titled “Our Shared Digital Future: Building an Inclusive Trustworthy and Sustainable Digital Society” highlighted the benefits of the digital economy to promote economic and financial inclusion and supports the view that the digital revolution had the power to reduce inequalities across the world.
“It is widely acknowledged that digital financial services (DFS) have the potential to make a significant difference in bridging the gender gap in access to finance which has remained at nine percent in the developing world since 2011. DFS can help bridge the gap in account ownership, increase women’s participation in the financial system and give them the opportunity to save formally or access credit,” Mrs Addo said.
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