Business closures. Mass layoffs. Financial fragility. These are some of the words you would often hear being associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the impact of the pandemic caught many unawares. And sheer endurance of the virus and its constant mutations further raises the anxiety and the...
No business leader would have predicted that this era in history would bring with it a pandemic, economic turmoil, international employment crisis, and consequent widespread health implications. Even as the recovery process has gained momentum through 2021, COVID-19 has left an indelible mark on the way we live and...
The Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Strategic Communication Africa (Stratcomm), has called for immediate reinforcement of the COVID-19 protocols and safety measures to prevent the occurrence of another spike.
According to these institutions, it is important for the state to take a cue from the fourth and fifth waves of...
The 2021 HR Practitioner of the Year, Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, has said the role of Human Resource practitioners is focusing more on employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to her, HR management has deployed a complex set of competencies to deal with the change in work patterns within a...
A total of 23,118 Senior High School candidates from three regions - Northern, Savannah and North East - have registered to sit the 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) test.
Out of the number, 14,805 are from the Northern Region; 4,407 from Savannah; and the remaining 3,906 from the North...
The launch by Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the US$7.5million Infectious Diseases Centre built by the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, is something worth celebrating.
Dr. Bawumia noted that the Centre celebrates Ghanaian ingenuity and patriotism, and dedication to humanity. The world-class facility was...
Country Managing Partner for Deloitte Ghana, Daniel Kwadwo Owusu, has said that with the end of COVID-19 still unknown, banks need to capitalise on new opportunities and innovations to take decisions which guarantee their survival amid and beyond the pandemic.
Speaking in a live conversation on the Ghana’s Most Respected...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced that the Ghana Infectious Disease Centre, built in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been certified by the IFC Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) green building program.
The 100-bed facility will reduce energy use by about 23 percent...
The Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) has presented a 10-point blueprint to the government aimed at supporting the industry to accelerate its recovery from the adverse impact experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
The Association is bemoaning neglect from the government saying that, even though there were several...
Nyaho Medical Centre, an indigenous leading private health provider, has donated a brand new VW Polo Seden vehicle to the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly specifically the health directorate to facilitate movement and help in the fight against COVID-19.
According to the Nyaho, one of the first private hospitals to have...