For Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a wake up call to find better ways to industrialise, chief amongst them being access to reliable, cheap and clean energy
As global markets think of the post-COVID-19 world and how the pandemic will reshape business models worldwide, African countries are coming...
Local producers of oil palm have hailed government’s decision to exempt oil palm from the 50 percent reduction in the benchmark value of imports. The move will give local manufactures some competitive advantage over foreign production and help to sustain jobs in the oil palm value chain.
A statement from...
As part of its ongoing efforts to tackle child labour in the cocoa sector, Cargill has announced progress on measures and partnerships taken to reduce child labour incidences in cocoa farming communities of the world.
The company has been partnering cocoa-farming communities to identify, remediate and prevent child labour through...
IEA says mobility picking up, Chinese demand rose
S. to contribute biggest single output reduction by end-2020
IEA deems Gulf Arab cuts insufficient to balance market
Oil demand is still set for a record fall in 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said last week Thursday, but it trimmed...
As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies, its full toll on agriculture is yet to be reckoned more fully. The restrictions on movement and the limited social interactions will strain livelihoods and the agricultural supply chain as access to inputs and extension support services by the already vulnerable...
Tullow Ghana announces that Kweku Awotwi, Managing Director of Tullow Ghana, and Executive Vice President of Tullow Oil plc, will be retiring from Tullow on 30th June.
Kweku will hand over his responsibilities to Wissam Al Monthiry who becomes Managing Director, Tullow Ghana, over the coming weeks before leaving the...
as COVID-19 decimates export market
art and crafts sub-sector in total shutdown
Ghana Export Promotion Authority's (GEPA) hopes of realising US$3.6billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) this year is facing serious doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This is because spread of the virus has led countries around the world to close down borders as a preventive measure, effectively implying that local producers and exporters...
As the novel coronavirus continues to bite hard and ravage livelihoods and economies, Oil Marketing Company, GOIL Company Limited has demonstrated its commitment towards the welfare of the country by embarking on a number of interventions to limit the effects and spread of the pandemic.
The CIMG Hall of fame...
About 174,000 cocoa farmers in 450 cocoa-growing communities in Ghana have received Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth GH¢454,000.
The items, procured by the Mondelez International in partnership with Child Rights International (CRI), are meant to assist cocoa farmers in their fight against the deadly respiratory disease.
The items were handed over...
Despite closure of the country’s borders to help curb spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), some foreigners have been maneuvering into the country to conduct illegal businesses through border posts with Cote d’Ivoire in the Bono Region.
The situation has heightened fears and anxiety among residents in communities like Sampa, Nkrankwanta, Kofibadukrom...