AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited has rolled out a series of interventions and campaigns in the Obuasi township as part of measures to combat the spread of the Coronavirus (CoVID-19). Among them are the deployment of the services of its malaria control subsidiary, AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control (AGAMal) and its...
JarkWayne Missions, a US-based Non-Governmental Organsation, has donated some essential items to the Adabraka Polyclinic to support the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic.
The items include hand-sanitizers, surgical masks, disposable gloves, Veronica buckets among others.
In an interview with Mr. Alexander Gyan, Project Manager for JarkWayne Missions, he noted that...
The World Bank has said that measures such as lockdowns used to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by many advanced countries may not work in Africa, hence, the need for governments to design a model that will suit their systems.
Some African countries including Ghana have resorted to...
The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has led to the formulations of many conspiracy theories, aimed at linking the spread to the 5G wireless service. Reuters reported on April 5 that mobile phone masts have, in recent days, been vandalised and telecoms staff abused in Birmingham in central...
Honorary Consular Corps of Ghana (HCCGH), an association of Consular corps, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other safety equipment to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and Ghana Police Service (GPS) respectively, to help in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
The support from HCCGH is aimed at...
Vodafone Ghana has reopened its pioneering Healthline Medical Call Centre to empower Ghanaians with accurate COVID-19 information and refer suspected cases to the Rapid Response Team (RRT).
Healthline Call Centre, which has been a resounding success, was established in 2013 by the Vodafone Ghana Foundation to provide expert medical advice...
The Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, a private sector-led initiative, has set out a major plan to construct a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment and isolation facility to complement government efforts to contain the coronavirus.
Construction work on the new facility was expected to commence yesterday, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, and is...
When I postulated the digital economy in Africa in 2013 as a precursor to becoming a fulltime angel investor and subsequently writing about its KINGS in 2016, it never crossed my mind that in 2020 COVID-19 would be the SPEEDING agent. Who could have predicted COVID-19 except Bill Gates...
First National Bank Ghana Limited is introducing a raft of relief packages to help both individual and corporate customers against the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Long before the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Ghana, many analysts had predicted that the pandemic would adversely impact Ghanaian businesses...
The announcement by the IMF Executive Board that US$1Billion loan under the RCF has been approved for Ghana is good news. However, this does not take away the fiscal, growth, debt management and international reserve realities for Ghana.
The IMF as an international financial institution has provided for countries to access, rapid credit...