Also known as: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Development Programme — UN agency supporting Ghana's development priorities including youth employment, credit rating strengthening, disability rights, and innovation programmes.
… The platform is being hosted by the Tree Crops Development Authority following its acceptance of a proposal submitted by the United Nations Development Programme in 2024. …
… The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which reaffirmed its support for Ghana’s environmental restoration efforts, noted that the country is pursuing an ambitious target of restoring two million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030. …
… The initiative formed part of the Preventing and Responding to Violent Extremism Initiative under the Atlantic Corridor Project, funded by the Embassies of Denmark and Norway through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). …
… He added that Tree Aid is also implementing another initiative under the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reduction Project, funded by the Green Climate Fund in partnership with the Forestry Commission, Global Shea Alliance and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). …
… He is also an accredited trainer for the International Labour Organization (ILO), Impact Insurance Facility and also the United Nations Development Programme (Insurance and Risk Financing) where he teaches inclusive insurance. …
… According to the United Nations Development Programme, credit-ratings agencies’ subjective evaluations have cost African countries an estimated $74.5 billion. …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has urged Ghana to prioritise youth employment, warning that rising joblessness could undermine economic gains, peace and security. …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) support to indigenous innovators and entrepreneurs is driving sustainable community development in health, education and reducing unemployment in Ghana. …
Ghana must intensify efforts to strengthen its sovereign credit profile or risk high borrowing costs undermining its long-term development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned. …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Japan, is supporting Ghana in strengthening its sovereign credit profile and restoring investor confidence through its Credit Rating Support Initiative. …
Ghana has launched the National Shea Commodity Platform to coordinate development of the shea sector and improve livelihoods by transitioning from wild harvesting to commercial cultivation. The platform, hosted by the Tree Crops Development Authority, brings together government, researchers, development partners, and private sector actors to support sustainable growth in the value chain.
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Ghana launches National Shea Commodity Platform to transition from wild harvesting to commercial cultivation, supporting smallholder livelihoods and agribusiness.
Ghana has launched the National Shea Commodity Platform to coordinate development of the shea sector and improve livelihoods by transitioning from wild harvesting to commercial cultivation. The platform, hosted by the Tree Crops Development Authority, brings together government, researchers, development partners, and private sector actors to support sustainable growth in the value chain.
Ghana has set a target of planting 30 million tree seedlings in 2026 as part of efforts to combat climate change and restore forest cover, following the planting of more than 31 million trees in 2025 under the Tree for Life Reforestation Initiative. The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources warned that Ghana is already experiencing climate change effects including rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, floods, droughts, and coastal erosion.
The National Peace Council is strengthening collaboration between security agencies and communities in the fight against violent extremism through a series of civilian-security dialogues. Over 300 community members and security personnel in the Builsa South District and Builsa North Municipality participated in discussions aimed at improving information sharing, strengthening community vigilance, and preventing violent extremism and other security threats.
Stakeholders in Tamale have urged urgent investment and stronger policy alignment to scale up agroforestry as a strategy to combat climate change, land degradation, and rural poverty. The Agroforestry Technical Working Group dialogue brought together policymakers, development partners, traditional authorities, technical experts, and farmers to discuss integrating trees into farming systems for climate resilience and food security.
Professor Olufemi Adebowale Abass has been appointed as the incoming Director General and Head of Mission of the West African Insurance Institute, headquartered in Banjul, The Gambia. He will assume office on January 1, 2027.
Despite Africa representing nearly one-fifth of global population but less than 3% of sovereign debt—lower ratios than Europe, the US, and Japan—many African countries remain trapped in debt cycles due to structural inequalities in global finance that limit access to affordable, long-term capital and force reliance on costly, short-term, market-based borrowing in foreign currencies.
The UN Development Programme has urged Ghana to prioritise youth employment, warning that rising joblessness among young people risks fuelling social unrest, radicalisation and conflict. About 1.3 million people aged 15 to 24 remain out of work, education or training, despite unemployment falling from 13.7 per cent to 12.8 per cent.
UNDP support to indigenous innovators and entrepreneurs has reached 12,000 young Ghanaians through enterprise development programmes over one-and-a-half years, with youth creating technologies to assist persons with disabilities and address local challenges in health and education.
The United Nations Development Programme has warned Ghana that it must strengthen its sovereign credit profile to avoid high borrowing costs undermining long-term development, even as Fitch Ratings affirms the country's B- rating with a stable outlook following debt restructuring efforts. The UNDP noted Ghana faces a financing gap of 60 to 70 billion dollars by 2030 and has at times been forced to borrow at rates as high as 15 to 25 percent.
The UNDP, in partnership with Japan, has launched a Credit Rating Support Initiative to help Ghana strengthen its sovereign credit profile and restore investor confidence as it recovers from its 2022 debt default and transitions from its IMF programme. Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ghana's Long-Term rating at 'B-' with a stable outlook, though the country faces a projected financing gap of up to $70 billion by 2030.
The NDPC chairman has called for greater discipline and responsiveness in Ghana's national development planning, warning against the proliferation of plans without effective implementation. He stressed that development must translate into concrete outcomes that improve citizens' lives, and noted that the president has directed the consolidation of multiple development frameworks into a single national development plan.
A disability rights activist has urged women and girls with disabilities to be assertive about their rights, demand accountability from duty bearers, and acquaint themselves with protective laws including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A workshop organised by the Ghana National Association of the Deaf with UNDP support brought together women and girls with disabilities to learn about the CRPD and Ghana's Persons with Disabilities Act, with participants noting persistent social, institutional, and systemic barriers.