As women in hairnets and anti-coronavirus masks sort through folded nappies coming off a conveyor belt, the head of the Nigerian firm they work for wonders how much longer he can afford to keep them in employment.
Around 80% of the materials that go into Lagos-based diaper and sanitary towel...
The Accountability, Rule of law and Anti-Corruption Programme (ARAP-Ghana), a European Union (EU)-funded initiative in collaboration with the Commission on Human Rights and Administration Justice (CHRAJ), has reviewed and validated the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP).
The validation workshop, which took place at Aqua Safari-Ada and also saw the launch...
Management of indigenous transport firm S.O Frimpong Transport Company (SOFT) has partnered the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology at the School of Biological Sciences in the University of Ghana (UG) to use chlorine disinfectant toward the company’s fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Chlorine kills pathogens such...
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has unveilled an additional US$75million commitment to its existing trade finance facility with Absa Bank. The investment will provide systemic liquidity across CDC’s African markets and enable local banks to sustain the availability of trade finance, supporting supply chains...
The Board Chairman of New Crystal Health Services (NCHS), Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, has underscored the need for private healthcare facilities to seek strategic partnerships that will inject capital into their operations. He said such capital injections will enable them to operate more efficiently and attend to the health...
Children Believe, a Canadian charity organisation, has supported the Northern Regional Health Directorate with personal protective equipment (PPE) and other kit as part of efforts to boost the morale of frontline workers at the community level.
The items worth 50,000 Canadian dollars are to be distributed to 16 health facilities...
FBNBank Ghana, as part of its commitment to empower all who embrace its brand with seamless access to everyday financial services has unveiled the quick banking *894# product. The product bestows the power to bank anywhere and at any time to customers. According to the bank, it is convenient,...
The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has inaugurated the US$7.5million Infectious Diseases Centre built by the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, at the Ga East Municipal Hospital.
The project has a Level 2.5 biomedical laboratory, a triage unit, waiting areas, a nurses’ station, VIP and general wards, and a 21-bed Intensive...
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Managing Director of Eco Index Agro Solutions Limited - the sole distributor of begreen organic fertiliser, Dr. Emmanuel Moses, has called for nationwide adoption and use of organic fertilisers to among others revitalise the ‘soil ecosystem’ while boosting productivity for farmers.
He observed...
Parliament has approved a loan facility of €101,760,002 to finance the design and construction of a drainage and ancillary sewage system in Nima, between Kawukudi to the Odaw River Basin in Accra.
The amount is made up of a term loan facility agreement between the government of Ghana (represented by...