Tag Archives: YEAR OF RETURN

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is questioning figures from the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture on the money that entered the Ghanaian economy from the Year of Return initiative. In response to questions in Parliament on Thursday, the sector Minister, Barbara Oteng Gyasi …

Ghana earned US$3.3 billion from the Year of Return initiative, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has said. According to her, the earnings were proceeds from accommodation, food, shopping, local transport and entertainment. GHS6 million was, however, spent on promoting the Year of Return campaign in and out of …

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his gratitude to Ghanaians for supporting the ‘Year of Return’ initiative. The President launched the initiative abroad in October last year with the aim of attracting blacks in the diaspora to visit Ghana. The initiative has been a huge success with many famous people visiting the …

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and cousin to President Nana Akufo-Addo, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has named some individuals behind the ‘Year of Return’ initiative. Taking to his facebook page, Mr Otchere-Darko chronicled how the initiative was birthed and the pains taken to ensure its implementation. In …

The man from Boston stared at the ocean and thought: Maybe I’ll never go back. He’d come to coastal Ghana for an adventure, he told friends, but his motivation ran deeper. Pierre Delva, 32, craved a fresh start without the question that had bothered him since childhood. “Is it because …