At the start of COVID-19 pandemic, UNWTO research down by region found that 83% of destinations in Europe introduced complete closure of borders for international tourism.
In the Americas, this proportion stood at 80%, in Asia and the Pacific it stood at 70%, the Middle East was 62% and in...
A couple of months ago when the President, as part of measures to ease financial burden and to promote handwashing in these COVID times, announced that water was going to be free till June, there was unanimous relief. That high only lasted a few days in, before there were...
Inlaks, the leading African systems integrator and financial technology solutions provider, has hosted a webinar with some of its partners in the financial sector on strategies to implement in keeping businesses afloat during and post COVID-19.
The webinar saw experts from various sectors of the economy contribute to Sustainable Strategies...
Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) which was started in 2017 is one of the five flagship programmes of the government of Ghana aimed at promoting food security and availability on the market, aside from providing job opportunities more especially for the teeming Ghanaian unemployed youth in agriculture and...
In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Bono East, Bono and Ahafo regions are set to raise US$100,000 to support vulnerable communities in the three regions.
The initiative which is expected to commence in June 2020 is dubbed “COVID-19 Vulnerable Communities Support (CVCS)...
The Minority Caucus in Parliament have called on the Auditor General for a probe in government’s spending on food and other relief packages under the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme.
The group, in a letter addressed to Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor General of Ghana, stated that some GHc280.3millon spent during the...
Businesses need new solutions to ensure business continuity in the current economic climate, recover quickly and ensure operational resilience beyond COVID-19
It has been said over and over by a multitude of business systems experts. One of the greatest barriers to digital transformation is not technological. It is human resistance...
Vodafone Foundation has donated Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE) to the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) in line with its commitment to help the country combat the global pandemic.
The donation was in response to a call made by the Assembly to support its on-going COVID-19 awareness campaign, which includes the...
In response to COVID-19, the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana, which promotes the study of banking and regulates the banking profession's practice in the country, has unveiled a suite of virtual programmes to continue training banking professionals.
The virtual programmes take the form of online classes for all student members...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has donated assorted items to the Lepers Aid Committee (LAC) to support Leprosaria in Ho, and the group of cured lepers in and around Wa, as part of the mobile industry’s effort to support the national fight against the coronavirus disease.
LAC is a non-governmental...