Stunning restoration and conversion of a historic building places Accra City Hotel’s guests in the heart of the city and among the first to savour the debut of a new dining experience by award-winning Chef Lucky Alifoe.  With an attractive and well lighted lobby welcoming guests at its heart, Accra City Hotel...
The practical challenge of quickly getting financial support in the hands of people who lost jobs amid the COVID-19 economic crisis has baffled advanced and developing economies alike. Economic lockdowns, physical distancing measures, patchy social protection systems and, especially for low-income countries, the high level of informality, complicate the...
Root Capital, an impact finance organisation, has given Kuapa Kokoo Co-operative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union Limited (KKFU) US$325,000 to aid its effort to fight COVID-19 among cocoa farmers. The first tranche of the money, which has been released according to KKFU, has enabled the purchases and distribution of soaps,...
The scientific name for Parsley is petroselinum crispum, and is a species of Petroselinum, a member of the family of Apiaceae plants. Other plants in the Apiaceae family include carrots etc. Parsley seed essential oil, just as the name suggests is extracted from the dried seeds of the Parsley plant through steam distillation method. Ayurveda  has...
Residents of the Keta community including traditional authorities have been sensitized on the ongoing construction of the fish landing site in that area. A delegation comprising the Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Kingsley Francis Ato Codjoe, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, Johnson Avuletey, officials from the Ministry of Transport,...
The country saved GH₵95.7 million or an equivalent of US$16.8 million when she endeavoured to locally manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) during the heat of the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed by the Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay at the Nation Builders update held recently under the theme:...
While active private pension contributors stood at 1.7 million in 2019, those on the Basic National Social Scheme (BNSS) managed by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) was 1.6million. Not only do Private pension funds have the highest number of active contributors its assets reached a record high...
What are the risks if not everyone is vaccinated against COVID-19? In countries where no significant proportion of the population is vaccinated, there is a huge risk of sustained community spread of COVID-19 over a prolonged period. The longer the period of sustained community spread, the more likely that the virus...
The Parliament of Ghana has approved a loan agreement facility of US$200million from the World Bank as additional financing for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. The facility is expected to enable the rolling out of a mass vaccination programme in the country, as a number of individuals...
Bridge for Equity Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation that focuses on gender education and child protection, has called on government to increase access to digital education to children in basic schools especially those in rural communities. In an interview to mark World Children’s Day, Founder of the organisation, Lilipearl Baaba Otoo,...