Africa’s leading e-commerce platform Jumia has announced a partnership with The Coca-Cola Bottling Company on its ‘Stay Home’ campaign, to ensure easy and safer access to supply for consumers, wherever they are located in Ghana. This has become crucial in the wake of COVID-19, to ensure that all consumers who...
The issue of inequality at the workplace have been discussed extensively by many authors. But one sector in which women’s participation is below that of the broader economy, is the energy sector. Despite making up 48 percent of the global labour force, women only account for 22 percent of...
WestRock Quarries Limited, operating at Anto-Aboso in the Shama District of Western Region, has observed that fighting coronavirus disease (COVID 19) should be the collective responsibility of all Ghanaians. The company noted that until the virus is defeated, Ghanaians will not feel safe and this in a way can affect...
Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licencee, has once again demonstrated its commitment to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic by donating over six thousand items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the National COVID Case Management Team. The donation forms part of the company’s comprehensive programme on COVID-19 prevention to complement government’s...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has scheduled a virtual meeting of Heads of States of member countries to further discuss the coronavirus situation in the sub-region, tomorrow, April 23. The ‘Extraordinary Session’ which be held via videoconference follows an earlier meeting involving the “ministers in charge of...
The Head of Virology Department of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Professor William Ampofo, has said about 30,000 samples have been tested in the past two days, in addition to the total number of tested samples disclosed by the President, in his 7th COVID-19 address to...
Ghana has so far recorded 120 Coronavirus recoveries, with the number of deaths remaining 9, Head of Virology at Noguchi, Prof. William Ampofo has said. The country's total number of positive cases also stands at 1,154. He also noted that close to 30,000 samples have been tested since the President's 7th...
In the wake of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Ghana, OmniBSIC Bank has intensified safety measures to ensure the protection of the health of its employees, customers and general public while it continues to provide great and innovative financial services during this period. As a truly customer focused...
Ghanaians have been advised to celebrate patients that have recovered from the coronavirus and embrace them back into society rather than stigmatising them. Mawuko Afadzinu, Head of Marketing and Communication of Stanbic Bank, gave this advice in an interview with the B&FT on Monday when a team from the bank’s...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for air travel. “Passenger confidence will suffer a double whammy even after the pandemic is contained—hit by personal economic concerns in the face...