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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) formally launched the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs’ University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) at an in-person and virtual launch ceremony on the KNUST campus on Wednesday October 14, 2020. The event was presided over by Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, PhD, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST. Assistant Secretary of ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 15 October, 2020 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Education, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & Ghana | Tags: Assistant Secretary Nagy, KNUST, University Partnerships Initiative (UPI), US Embassy Ghana
Accra, GHANA— On Friday, August 28, the United States donated critical medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ghana Health Service to assist frontline health workers in Kumasi and Sekondi in the fight against COVID-19. U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan presented the supplies to members of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 28 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, PEPFAR, Speeches, Success Stories, U.S. & Ghana | Tags: Africom, Covid-19 Medical Supplies, Ghana Armed Forces, PEPFAR, US Embassy Ghana
From September 26-27, a U.S. Embassy Public Affairs team traveled to the city of Kumasi to participate in a series of programs to promote education in partnership with Ghanaians. The team consisted of Public Affairs Officer Roberto Quiroz II, Cultural Affairs Specialist Maya Parker, Cultural Affairs Assistant Aisha Nartey, and Kumasi based Education USA Advisor ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 2 October, 2019 | Topics: Education, News | Tags: US Embassy Ghana
On February 9, 2019, Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan joined the African American Association of Ghana (AAAG) at the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Center in Accra to launch AAAG Black History Month programming. For its first program, AAAG highlighted excellent presentations on the theme “Black Migration: Exploring Our Roots and Beyond.” During the launch, Ambassador Sullivan ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 11 February, 2019 | Topics: News | Tags: African American Association, Ambassador Sullivan, Black History Month, US Embassy Ghana
On August 16, 2018, Chargé d’Affaires (Acting Ambassador) Christopher J. Lamora swore in 33 Peace Corps education volunteers. These volunteers will be teaching science, maths, visual arts and special education in various schools in the rural parts of Ghana. Present at the ceremony was Ghana’s minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh and Peace Corps Country Director ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 16 August, 2018 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: Peace Corps, peace corps ghana, US Embassy Ghana
On June 21, the U.S. Embassy in Accra welcomed four Ghanaian senior high students, their parents, and a teacher for an orientation session prior to their three week visit to the United States of America under the Pan African Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP). The students are Emma Hawa, from Tamale Girls Senior High School, Atubsaan ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 22 June, 2018 | Topics: Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Exchange program, US Embassy Ghana
June 20, 2018 Accra, GHANA — As sovereign nations, the Governments of the United States and Ghana each have obligations to their citizens to uphold their laws, as well as obligations to the international community to comply with international agreements. All nations have the right to enforce their immigration laws. The United States embraces its ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 20 June, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Deportation, US Deporting Ghanaians, US Embassy Ghana, US Embassy press release
During a commencement ceremony held at Webster University’s campus in Accra on May 19, Ambassador Jackson congratulated the graduating class of 2018 and exhorted them to seek careers which fulfil a purpose in their lives: “Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time ...
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By U.S. Embassy in Ghana | 21 May, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, News | Tags: US Ambassador, US Embassy Ghana, Webster University Ghana, Webster university graduation
