Paku Enterprise Ghana, in collaboration with the African Market Baskets of the Overseas Connection of United States of America (USA), as part of efforts to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has provided assorted items to more than 10 Bolgatanga straw basket weaver groups in the Upper...
…what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 recovery
The economic effect of COVID-19 to the world economy may not be known until the Pandemic has fully be contained. However, experts like Sarathy, a professor of international business and strategy says
“My gut feel is the impact on the economy is...
Major hospitality businesses such as hotels and lodgings in the Northern Region have shut down their facilities due to the rapid loses being incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure also saw over 500 workers within these companies asked to go home until further notice.
Some of the hotels that have...
In an attempt to support the fight against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the Eusbett Group of Companies in Sunyani has donated assorted items to the Ghana Prisons Service in Sunyani and Sunyani Divisional Police Station.
The items, estimated at over GH¢20,000, among others are expected to help the...
Ghanaweb came out with a news report on Sunday 12th April 2020 regarding some revealers seen enjoying themselves at a beach near chorkor. This was really troubling news in this period of lockdown and social distancing. When Ghanaweb’s lenses caught up with these persons, most of them could be...
Lockdowns and border closures decimate tourism
Tourist dollars help fund conservation efforts
Conservationists worried about poaching
As airports and borders closed last month to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Africa’s wildlife tourism sector evaporated, along with revenues many conservation projects rely on to protect some of the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the nation's borders will continue to remain shut until the decision is reviewed.
This, according to the President, will enhance the efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the country since a major number of confirmed cases in recent times were...
Since the Coronavirus Pandemic, I have been following discussions on radio and television regarding the effect of the pandemic on the tourism industry both domestically and internationally. Many have called for domestic tourism whiles others have called for intra-Africa tourism as the solution to the impact of covid-19 on...
Ghana Hotels Association has observed with deep concern an advice purported to have been given to Government by an Economist, Dr. Laud Mensah, in relation to government's consideration of a stimulus package for the hospitality industry in the wake of the damaging impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Much as the...
Atlas Rent-A-Car, a leading Ghanaian owned car rental firm has officially opened its modern corporate head office, with a call on government to help promote and facilitate the car rental industry, as it plays a pivotal role in the country’s tourism sector.
The capital intensive sub-sector, the car rental industry,...