As COVID-19 crisscrosses Africa, and policymakers are implementing emergency responses, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a clarion call to African governments: “In other countries,” he said in March, “we have seen how the virus actually accelerates after a certain tipping point, so the best advice...
Ghana Tech Lab, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works, is supporting local solutions in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The SLI-COVID-19 Challenge aims to support and scale-up innovative solutions to stop the spread of the pandemic. Selected local entrepreneurs stand the chance of being awarded up to...
As the world battles to contain and manage the novel coronavirus pandemic, outpouring of global solidarity and support has become a shared challenge.
It is against this backdrop that the Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie has moved in to distribute COVID-19...
CEO Network Ghana has made an initial donation of GH¢200,000 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund at the Jubilee House, the seat of Ghana’s presidency in Accra.
The amount is the first tranche of a targeted sum of GH¢1 million it is raising to support the national fight against Covid-19. This...
Authorities need to do more to monitor and act on unfair business practices and criminal activities exploiting fears over the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has opened the floodgates of unfair, misleading and abusive business practices, hitting consumers hard and leaving the most vulnerable ones more disadvantaged.
Cases of price...
Indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Company Limited has presented personal protective equipment (PPEs) and disinfectants valued at GH₵50,000 to the 37 Military Hospital to support the fight against the COVID-19 virus.
The items comprised 100 pieces of full body gear; 100 pieces of surgical gown; 10,000 pieces of hand gloves;...
Zambia has become the latest African country looking for help to tackle its hefty debt burden this week as international lenders and analysts are warning the pandemic crisis could push many of the continent’s economies into debt distress.
Below are four charts to show some economic and fiscal pressures faced...
The coronavirus pandemic which has hit almost the whole world did not leave Ghana behind hence stakeholders in the country are trying their best to educate their community on the symptoms and safety measures on how to avoid this pandemic.
Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante, the Omanhene of Asante Asokore traditional...
The global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certain to be far deeper and more protracted than the one that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. While many governments have pledged to bolster their economies with unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus – despite holding already-massive public...
The Facility is the latest measure taken by the Bank to respond to the pandemic and will be the institution's primary channel for its efforts to address the crisis.
The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in...