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Standard Chartered Bank hosts Ghana's first SDGs Country Financing Roadmap Roundtable

The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the OECD, in partnership with the Government of Ghana through the SDGs Advisory Unit in the Office of the President, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) held the first Ghana SDGs Country Financing Roadmap Roundtable on September 16th 2020 in Accra.

GPHA takes action to expedite clearance of dangerous cargo

Using the recent Beirut port disaster as a wake-up call, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) is currently engaging the ministries of Transport and Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expedite approvals for the clearance of dangerous cargo at the country’s ports.

TikTok rejects Microsoft bid at eleventh hour

Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle to make a last-minute bid.

US budget deficit soars to $3tn record

The US budget deficit has hit a record high of more than $3tn (£2.3tn), driven by the government's massive spending on coronavirus relief.