The Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit, an annual conference of investors, sector leaders, and policy makers aimed at attracting investments in Ghana’s agricultural sector, kicked off today in Accra. The Summit was jointly opened by the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan and the U.S. Ambassador, H.E. Gene Cretz.
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, together with support from UNICEF and USAID will launch the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) 1000 project. This cross-sectoral initiative that incorporates nutrition, economic growth, governance, and gender is breaking new ground in promoting resilience among vulnerable populations in the Northern and Upper East regions. USAID will fund the project to the amount of $12 million.
The African Indoor Residual Spraying (AIRS) Program for malaria control has been implemented in Ghana since 2008 in selected districts in the Northern Region. It is funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and has been implemented by Abt Associates since 2012.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today opened an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Trade Resource Center in Accra in partnership with the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The aim of the Center, one of 15 across West Africa, is to increase the value of exports from the region by guiding businesses to access regional and global markets for agricultural and value-added trade. The end result, say organizers, will be increased exports. This, in turn, will spur greater competitiveness, lead to more jobs, and be a a powerful foundation for broad-based economic growth.
On March 4, Mission Director for USAID/Ghana, James Bever, traveled to Tamale to kick-off two Feed the Future funded projects in the region: the launch of the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and a groundbreaking for the new Ghana Seed Inspection Unit.
On 24 February, 2015, USAID, in collaboration with key regional partners, kicked off a series of roundtable discussions on generating sustainable gains in child literacy and numeracy nationwide. To further this goal, regional actors, including, Education Offices, Coordinating Councils, Ghana Education Service national representatives and USAID’s Ghana Mission Education team will gather for introductory Partnership for Education meetings through March 31, 2015.
February 19, 2015, the Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman and the United States Ambassador to Ghana, Gene A. Cretz, inaugurated a newly-furnished two-story Municipal Directorate of Education Office complex for the Ledzokuku Krowor Municipality.
On January 27, community members gathered with village chiefs, national, and international dignitaries for a ribbon-cutting at the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center in Nkwanta South District. The center is the first of its kind for the region and for Ghana, and will play a critical role in planned prevention of malnourishment for children under the age of five. USAID Ghana's Deputy Mission Director Andy Karas called it, “a hub of hope.”
The USAID Ghana's Mission Director, Mr. James A. Bever, and UNICEF Country Representative for Ghana, Ms. Susan Namondo Ngongi, signed an agreement on January 22, 2015 that reinforces USAID’s and UNICEF’s partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to improve the quality of education in Ghana. Through the agreement, USAID will provide UNICEF with $14.5 million to expand its work on improving learning outcomes and fostering more inclusive basic education in Ghana.
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