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    World Bank Launches Ghana Youth Voices

    According to Patrick Mullen, Program Lead, Human Development at the World Bank Ghana Office, the Ghana Country Partnership Framework for 2022 to 2026 emphasizes support for economic transformation with the creation of more high-quality jobs for youth through skill and entrepreneurial development, access to finance, investment climate reform, and quality infrastructure. He asserted that through…

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    GhNCDA

    Intensify surveillance at various borders to impound unregistered and expired products- GhNCDA advises

    The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA) has advised the general public as a matter of urgency to avoid the consumption of unhealthy products during the festive season in order to avert an increase in healthcare costs after the celebrations. According to GhNCDA during the yuletide, the industry takes advantage of the vulnerability of the public…

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    US$1.5 Million PROBLUE Grant To Reduce Marine Litter & Pollution In Greater Accra Region

      The World Bank has begun to implement technical assistance funded by PROBLUE, an umbrella Multi-Donor Trust Fund Partnership that supports integrated and sustainable economic development in healthy oceans. As a result, a multi-sectoral team has secured a 1.5 million US dollars PROBLUE grant for the implementation of “Improving Framework Conditions for Reducing Marine Litter…

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    NITA

    ICT sector requires strong regulation- Sector Minister

    The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) in collaboration with the Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH), has organized the NITA ICT Stakeholders’ Forum under the theme: “Regulating ICT Businesses and Practitioners in Ghana: Opportunities and Challenges.” The NITA ICT Stakeholders’ Forum was aimed at bringing Information Technology (IT) managers under one umbrella to brainstorm and…

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    Debt Restructuring: Gov’t announces suspension of payment of Eurobond

    Ghana has suspended its payment of some external debts including Eurobonds as part of the country’s Debt Restructuring. This has been announced by the country’s Ministry in charge of Finance. In a statement, the Finance Ministry said “This suspension will not include the payments of our multilateral debt, new debts (whether multilateral or otherwise) contracted…

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    GhNCDA

    Gov’t tasked To Implement Effective Tax System on Tobacco & Sweetened Beverages

    Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA), and the Private Health Sector of Ghana have called on Government to implement an effective and efficient taxation system on unhealthy commodities like tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages as they are the main Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) risk factors. These taxes, according to the two pro-health-inspired organizations had proven to reduce…

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