Ghana

Demand for rail transport set to rise sharply — report

Demand for rail transport set to rise sharply — report

• The daily number of passengers transported in recent years has been as low as 13,000 on five rail lines. • Unreliable locomotive fleet, unsatisfactory levels of comfort, limited…...

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Marathon, hackathon planned in Dubai for African children

Marathon, hackathon planned in Dubai for African children

By Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary, Senior Reporter -- Dubai: A marathon run in aid of children and a hackathon to find technology solutions for humanitarian causes are two key events pla…...

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Ghana Teenager wins US$600k Zayed Future Energy Prize for Farmers' App

Ghana Teenager wins US$600k Zayed Future Energy Prize for Farmers' App

By Kelly Clarke -- A teenager from Ghana who began teaching himself how to code just three years ago was crowned a winner of the Zayed Sustainability Prize on Monday.Mustapha Haqq, …...

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Ghana ports to see more cargo volumes in 2020

Ghana ports to see more cargo volumes in 2020

Ghana’s ports will anchor increases in cargo volumes in 2020 following the positioning of Tema and Takoradi Ports as transhipment and oil and gas hubs respectively.Mr Michael Luguj…...

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Ghana To Record 3rd Highest GDP Growth Rate In Africa For 2020 — World Bank

Ghana To Record 3rd Highest GDP Growth Rate In Africa For 2020 — World Bank

The World Bank’s latest economic growth outlook report for the year 2020 is projecting a 6.8 per cent growth rate for Ghana by the end of this year.This would make Ghana the third …...

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Progress in rolling out of national power grids has stalled across Africa

Progress in rolling out of national power grids has stalled across Africa

Coming up: Megawatt Africa trade fair & conference, 17-19 June 2020, Accra, Ghana: http://megawattafrica.com/--Three years ago the African Development Bank launched an initiativ…...

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Ghana: GH¢2.2bn (USD396mln) for 2020 roads, bridges construction

Ghana: GH¢2.2bn (USD396mln) for 2020 roads, bridges construction

Dec. 18 2019 - To be able to execute the declaration of 2020 as the ‘Year of Roads’ by the Finance Minister, the Ministry of Roads and Highways has bagged GH¢2,275,325,663 fo…...

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Ghana joins push for West African currency

Ghana joins push for West African currency

By Oluwatosin AdeshokanPosted on Friday, 3 January 2020 08:48Ghanas President Nana Akufo-Addo addresses participants of the "G20 Investment Summit in Berlin November 19, 2019. …...

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Vodafone Ghana affirms commitment to bolster its 4G infrastructure in 2020

Vodafone Ghana affirms commitment to bolster its 4G infrastructure in 2020

Dec. 23 2019 - Telecom giants, Vodafone Ghana has expressed its commitment to build a robust network that will constantly make live easy for its numerous subscribers across the coun…...

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Ghana goes paperless amid privacy concerns

Ghana goes paperless amid privacy concerns

Plans to digitise business transactions and government services could boost Ghana’s impressive economic growth, but as Charlie Mitchell reports, its citizens have concerns about da…...

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