The second tier of the country’s pension scheme is better placed to make relief payments to workers affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), rather than from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), an analysis of the pensions scheme, has shown.
With the National Pensions Act making the Tier...
Ghana Police Service (GPS), in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has commenced a nationwide disinfection and fumigation exercise to disinfect all Police Stations in the country against COVID-19.
The ‘Police-Zoomlion National Disinfection and Fumigation Exercise,’ which was launched at the National Police Training School, Tesano, Accra, on Wednesday, would also...
Clear Junction, a London-based global fintech company that offers end-to-end regulated payment solutions based on in-house technology, has signed an agreement establishing a partnership with Zeepay, a leading African fintech company.
The partnership would allow Clear Junction to offer correspondent accounts for collecting payments in the European Union and the...
Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited and Barry Callebaut Ghana, subsidiaries of Barry Callebaut Group - a global leader in the chocolate industry, has joined the COVID-19 fight by donating handwashing kits to Cocobod for distribution to cocoa farming communities.
The items - valued at US$2,500 - include 300 Veronica buckets, liquid...
MTN Ghana Foundation has announced the opening of entries for its Bright Scholarship program from 1st May 2020 to 31st May 2020.
The MTN Bright Scholarship seeks to ease the financial burden on students by catering for the cost of tuition, accommodation and providing a stipend for books for the...
Nestlé is also contributing masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep frontline health workers safe Nestlé is supporting more than 850,000 vulnerable people in Central and West Africa as part of a USD 3.4 million effort to help countries in the region fight COVID-19.
At a time when...
AirtelTigo has refreshed its “Fuse Bundle” to offer more minutes and data to its new and existing pre-paid customers to call all networks and browse the internet.
With extra minutes and data on offer, the bundle has been renamed as “Fuse Xtra”. Customers can dial *111# to activate their favorite...
Every year on 5 May the world celebrates World Hand Hygiene Day. This year, as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the life-saving importance of clean hands has never been more prominent.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, says we can protect ourselves and our families by frequently washing...
The European Union (EU), Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation are partnering to create jobs for at least 5,000 people in Ghana.
The project, ‘Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana – (GrEEn)’, is a four-year action...
Parliament must pass the National Research Fund bill to help fund local researchers adequately and reduce dependence on foreign donations and grants, Professor Gordon Awandare, the Director of West Africa Centre for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) - a research-based institution, has said.
In calling on Civil Society Organisations...