Relatively few confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa. Less air travel might be a factor after most countries closed their borders. But more are starting to resume passenger flights.; As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good:...
Will COVID-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education? Throughout the world, sudden mid-semester lockdowns aimed at combating the pandemic forced universities to switch to distance learning almost overnight. But while this rapid transition has been tough for faculty and students alike, some good might yet come...
Bank of Africa in partnership with CFAO Ghana Limited in June this year launched a Vehicle Financing Facility. The idea of the Vehicle Finance partnership is to bring convenience to both corporate and individual customers of both the Bank and CFAO who would want to purchase brand-new cars from...
“All across the world we are noticing growth…. Technology growth is the driving principles that are developing renewable energy resources. But Ghana seems to be missing in the puzzle. Renewable energy is a fright to policy makers” – Nana Amoasi VII, IES Executive Director. Across the world, access to...
Central banks are starting to experiment with negative interest rates to stimulate their countries’ economies Money has been around for a long time. And we have always paid for using someone else’s money or savings. The charge for doing this is known by many different words, from prayog in ancient...
The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture, together with the Ghana Tourism Authority and the PANAFEST Foundation have launched the 2021 Pan African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) with a focus on health and wealth. PANAFEST 2021 is designed to establish a build up starting in August 2020 which is...
Have you ever found yourself unable to work due to ill health? Have you been a victim of corporate layoffs? Have you been stranded with your car that won’t start? Unexpected events are a part of life. That is why we need to Save a Cedi a Day, create an...
The Covid-19 test result for the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo has returned positive, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed. He made this known during the media briefing on the country’s Covid-19 situation and matters arising. “In a separate development that has come to us this morning, Senior Minister Osafo-Marfo has...
The low-wage workers who make up nearly half of the US workforce have long been neglected, steadily falling behind highly educated workers in expanding industries such as technology, finance, and entertainment. Since the 1970s, real (inflation-adjusted) wages have stagnated for prime-age men with less than a college education, and...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has three new companies as members. These new members, specifically in the development and deployment of telecoms infrastructure, are C-Squared Ghana Ltd, ComSys Ghana Ltd and Huawei Ghana. The new members are joining two other infrastructure companies and three multinational mobile network operators (MNOs) who...