The Lumiere Group International (LGI) and the Chamber of Pharmacy, Ghana have announced the establishment of US$200 million COVID-19 Relief Fund to foster medium and long-term financial stability of pharmaceutical sector in Ghana.
The agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalises the mutual interaction between the...
Dalex Finance donated medical supplies worth GH¢20,000 to the St. Andrews Catholic Hospital, at Kordiabe to help fight the Coronavirus pandemic.
Head of Support Services of Dalex Finance, Eric Asante, presented the items to the hospital. He was supported by the Corporate Communications Coordinator, Yaw Acheampong Adjei and Kofi Arkoh...
The Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR), has appointed, Peter Martey Agbeko, head of Public Relations at the Ghana Standards Authority to serve on its Governing Council, as a member without portfolio.
The Council is the highest decision-making unit of the Institute, which is the sole professional body for Public...
For the third consecutive time, quarterly GDP figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicate that the agriculture sector has outpaced the industrial sector in growth, making it the first time in recent history, at least since rebasing of the economy in 2013, even though the sector is one...
If properly enforced, Ghana’s new 2019 Companies Act will make it much more difficult for Chinese fishing corporations to illegally use Ghanaian ‘front’ companies to obtain local licences, a legal analysis has confirmed.
Designed to improve transparency in company ownership and reveal any vested interests, the Act requires clear identification...
… calls for sustainable fisheries management decision-making
Illegal fishing is considered globally as a fundamental driver of overfishing threatening marine ecosystems. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing puts food security and regional stability at risk. On a broader perspective, West Africa’s IUU accounts for approximately 40% of fish caught.
This estimated...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has been supported by the European Union through the EU WeCAPS project, with over half a million cedis worth of personal protective equipment to help the fight against COVID-19.
The PPEs include 5,000 pcs surgical masks, 2000pcs KN95 Nose masks, 2,000 disposable surgical gowns;...
The General Assembly of the Honorary Consular Corps of Ghana (HCCGH) led by Dimitri Avraam, Honorary Consul of Belgium and Dean of HCCGH, has elected new executives to steer its affairs for the next two years, 2020 -2022. The event saw many members in attendance, and the body elected...
The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has launched a five-year strategic plan to improve its governance, administrative structure and funding status. The strategic plan begins in 2020 and is on the theme ‘Creating a Socially Responsible, Ecologically Sustainable and an Economically Vibrant and Inclusive Oil Palm Industry...
The NDEA called for a substantial increase in investments to realise the Bank’s High 5 priority to ‘Light Up and Power Africa’
Five years into the African Development Bank’s ambitious New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the Bank’s investments are set to provide electricity access to around 13 million...