“Facing the pandemic, is not what happened matters, it is how we respond.”
― Napz Cherub Pellazo
Last week, I examined the need for a thorough update of Business Continuity Plans in banks to contain the COVID 19 pandemic. The scale of the pandemic is unprecedented and some of the effects...
The Ghana Bankers Association has donated 72 hand-washing materials to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital as part of efforts to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic at the country’s premier health facility. The items include what has been termed Veronica buckets, metal stands, and washing sinks which can be directly...
Managing Director of the Republic Bank, Farid Antar, has reassured the business community - including small-scale enterprises - that banks in the country will do their best to offer financial assistance to businesses hit hard by impacts of the coronavirus pandemic for them to recover faster.
Many businesses have suffered...
As part of its GH¢1million commitment to the fight against the growing coronavirus pandemic, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and sanitary items to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and other state institutions to facilitate their work in the fight against COVID-19.
The items,...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Exim Bank, Lawrence Agyinsam, has revealed that GHȼ57.8 million was invested in five garment companies in the country, way before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Ghana.
According to him the disbursement of the funds was to help revive the textiles and garment sector which...
African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina says an accelerated global health and economic effort is needed to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
Stating that “one death is one too many” and that “our collective humanity is at stake,” Adesina urged U.S. and African government officials and corporate executives...
Standard Chartered Bank has donated 2000 PPE to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Ridge to aid in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic.
The PPE are made up of N95 masks, surgical gloves and disposable coveralls for frontline staff.
The Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Ridge is the first...
Sekyere Rural Bank Limited at Jamasi in the Sekyere South District of Ashanti Region has presented Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, and disinfectants to three hospitals in the bank’s operational territories.
The beneficiary health institutions include Jamasi Health Center, Agona Asamang SDA Hospital and Pope John Paul ll Medical Center at...
Republic Bank Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), has donated medical equipment worth GH¢240,000 to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, to support the treatment of patients under critical condition.
The equipment donated to the hospital included two brand new ultramodern ventilators and two patient monitors to...
GCB Bank has presented 100 Veronica buckets and their accessories to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources as part of the bank’s commitment toward the control of coronavirus in the country.
The ministry will deploy the buckets to needy communities and areas of need it has identified.
The Head of...