Yinson Production West Africa Limited (“YPWAL”) has donated a Biological Safety Cabinet worth USD4,600 to the National Public Health Reference Laboratory at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana in support of the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, YPWAL has pledged to provide the laboratory with USD4, 500...
The Institute of Industrial Research (IIR) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has held an open-day as part of its stakeholder engagements planned for Work Package 3 of the Recirculate project, which is currently underway. The event was held under the topic ‘Water for Food Production’, and...
Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) on Thursday 25, 2020, took delivery of packs of hygiene kits and emergency food supplies from the Ghana office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Ghana), for onward distribution to marginalised young people, especially those living with HIV across Ghana. The support items were...
The management of MountCrest University College (MountCrest) has noted with gratitude the high commendation received by the institution in a recent report by the General Legal Council (GLC) and National Accreditation Board (NAB) on the assessment of tertiary institutions which offer legal education in Ghana. The joint report was signed...
This week’s B&FT’s Inspiring Startups features a young couple who are using the Moringa plant to promote healthy living in his community and beyond. Beyond that, they have employed the use of technology that naturally restores lost nutrients to the soil to support plant growth. Read how it all...
With barely four months in operation, G-Money - Ghana’s first bank-led mobile money service - has overtaken all its competitors to become the mobile money service with the best rates in the industry. Following a comparative analysis of rates between G-Money and the three other mobile money service providers in...
Language barrier can be frustrating for patients and health professionals during healthcare delivery. Clear correspondence is basic to delivering excellent healthcare. The results could be disastrous, if medical information gets lost in translation when patients are describing their symptoms or when doctors explain treatment procedures. Vodafone Foundation through its Healthline...
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a global health problem affecting millions of people around the world. It is estimated that more than 300,000,000 individuals worldwide have sickle cell trait (AS), the benign carrier condition. More than 500,000 infants are born with major haemoglobin disorders inclusive of more than 400,000...
Nestlé Ghana is rewarding loyal consumers of Ideal Milk with cars and home appliances as part of its ‘Twi na Winni’ promo. A total of 135 consumers will win prizes ranging from cars to electrical appliances across the Southern, Middle, Northern, Eastern and Western belts - aside from mobile credit...
 Almost six months into the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the world is still struggling to deal with the economic cracks and imbalances created by the emergence of COVID-19.   The virus has exposed the non-resilience or otherwise of economies across the globe. Indeed, the world’s most powerful economies...