Ghana

A Big Push for Investments at the Ghana Mission of New York/US Business Forum

Forum Panelists L-R Moderator, Ben D. Malor, Chief, UN Radio; Nicole Bivens Collinson, President, International Trade & Government Relations, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA; Dr. Abdul-Rashid H. Pelpuo, Ghana's Minister for Private Sector Development; Mawuena Trebarh, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Center - GIPC (first woman to be appointed CEO of GIPC) and Jeffrey Krilla, Vice President, Global Public Policy & Government Affairs, Kosmos Energy

From many indications, the hundreds of diverse potential investors the Ghana Transformational Agenda: An Opportunity for Business and Investment forum attracted at the Espace event gallery Tuesday in midtown Manhattan exhibited an immense success. Surprisingly, a large number of Ghanaians in the Diaspora who attended the forum expressed their readiness to repatriate and invest in the development of their country.

Publish Date: Tuesday, March 15th 2016 | Read Comments

RGU to outline energy career pathways at Nigeria and Ghana events

RGU Team L-R Ibiye Iyalla, Bassam Bjeirmi, Jamie Hastings, David Lonie and Charles Maddison

Robert Gordon University (RGU) will host a series of energy and engineering focused seminars in Ghana and Nigeria for prospective students keen to develop their careers or make a start in the oil and gas industry. The free sessions, which will be held in October and November, will feature presentations from four of the university’s lecturers and focus on the breadth of energy related courses on offer at RGU, and the career opportunities they can lead to. Ibiye Iyalla, course leader for MSc Subsea Engineering at the School of Engineering and Dr David Lonie, course leader for MSc IT for the Oil and Gas Industry at the School of Computing Science and Digital Media will both give presentations.

Publish Date: Tuesday, October 20th 2015 | Read Comments

Kumasi Cancer Registry appeals for government and public support to sustain gains as Ghana’s first Cancer Registry

CEO of KATH(seated middle) at the launch

Managers of the country’s first ever cancer registry are soliciting government and public support to sustain the work of the facility and make it reliable. The Kumasi Cancer Registry, set up about two years ago, looks to reach out to prayer camps, herbal centres and private health facilities to collect data on the disease for effective diagnosis and management.

Publish Date: Thursday, April 23rd 2015 | Read Comments