Security Expert: Ghana doesn’t need Turkey to protect itself

Security expert, Dr Kwesi Aning, says a warning by the Turkish parliament about the operation of [so-called FETO]-linked schools in Ghana should be ignored.

Fighting poverty, ignorance and disunity in Ghana; the TUDEC experience

The fight against poverty, ignorance and disunity is a shared responsibility among the government, the private sector, civil society and non-governmental organizations. The reason is that the government alone does not have the requisite human and capital resources to sustain this struggle.

Developing Ghana; the role of Tudec and Galaxy Int’l School

More Turkish investors have expressed their interest to invest in education, the real estate, construction and manufacturing sectors in Ghana.

The President of the Ghana-Turkey Cooperation and Development Association (TUDEC), Mr Yusuf Temizkan, says prospective investors would be arriving in the country within the year to inject their capital into the country’s economy.

National Development Requires Peaceful Co-existence

Last year on April 30th, Accra hosted an international conference on the theme: Love and Tolerance: Peaceful Co-existence in Diversity’, which attracted reputable local and international scholars with diverse background.

Ghana delegation explores business in Turkey

A fifteen Ghanaian business delegation is in Izmir, Turkey, to participate in an international business summit dubbed, "Turkey-Midwest Africa Trade Bridge."

Turkish schools helped start trade between Turkey and Ghana

John Dramani Mahama, the President of Ghana, spoke in Istanbul at the Turkiye-Ghana Business and Investment Forum, which was organized by TUSKON (The Confederation of Turkish Industrialists and Entrepreneurs). He said that Turkish schools provided with qualified employees in his country. Mr. Mahama invited Turkish entrepreneurs to do more investment and open more schools in Ghana.

Gov't gears up to boost mutual trade with Ghana to $1 bln

Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan said on Wednesday that the government is gearing up to increase the mutual trade volume with Ghana from $550 million in 2012 to $1 billion in the next two years.

A reader's digest for the 9th International Turkish Olympiads

9th International Turkish Olympiads took place between June 15-30. Below are some news excerpts and insider stories that were not published in our blog earlier.

Prestigious Turkish Olympiad song award goes to Tajik student

Today's Zaman

Tajik student received a prestigious song award on Tuesday night in İstanbul where youth from dozens of nations have displayed superb and stunning performances in now world-famous Turkish language contest that has been able to attract millions across the globe.

‘Turkey’s Africa approach not one-sided, based on mutual benefit’

Today's Zaman

President Abdullah Gül has said Turkey always had an approach towards Africa that has prioritized benefits for both parties, and that Turkey recognizes that nations on the continent have suffered a lot as a result of centuries-long colonialism.

Gül addressed Turkish and Ghanaian businesspeople attending a business forum organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) in the West African country’s capital Accra on Thursday. “Relations that are based on one-sided profit are wrong and mostly aimed at colonialism. We, however, give priority to mutual benefits in our relations [with Africa]. We do not only want to trade, we also attach substantial importance to investment. I firmly believe that the best contribution to Africa’s development is investing in these lands,” he said at the forum.