The President of the Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) has observed the need for the Ghana government to help the informal sector to become more productive in order to benefit from the Continental Free Trade agreement.
Mr. Alexander Nortey says, “The informal sector is too large, and government needs...
From the mid-2000s onwards, the digital revolution raised hopes of democratic transformation and strengthening in Africa. But it hasn’t quite turned out like that. Now, almost a decade after the “Arab Spring”, techno-optimism has given way to techno-pessimism.
African leaders have proved able to blunt the transformative potential of smart...
In the last 45 years, suicide has increased by 60% worldwide. The interpersonal theory of suicide explains that there needs to be the desire and ability to kill oneself for suicidal behavior to occur. Joiner further explains that social disconnection or alienation and perception of being a burden to...
The Organization of African Unity, now African Union (AU), under Kwame Nkrumah’s leadership conceived an African Common Market programme. Nkrumah envisioned it to be an economic community of African countries pulling their production and trade to a common advantage.
That, to Nkrumah, was the epitome of true independence. The idea...
President of the National House of Chiefs and Co-founder of Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited, Togbe Afede XIV, has led a four-member delegation from Sunon Asogli Power and African World Airlines (AWA) to explore opportunities in the power sector of Cameroon.
The Sunon Asogli power plant was the first privately-owned...
MTN Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to becoming a fully-fledged digital operator by 2023. Whilst the digitisation agenda has been at the forefront of the company’s strategy since inception, the advent of the ongoing pandemic has only served to accelerate the process.
Speaking to the B&FT in an interview, Emmanuel...
... plans to register qualified professional
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) says it plans to gazette five Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standards, introduce a database of qualified ICT professional in order to properly guide and regulate the operations of all players in the space.
The standards include Data...
Workplace Communications in the Pandemic
It is quite impressive the way human beings are able to quickly adapt to situations. It definitely has to be one of the reasons why we have survived this long as a species. Our adaptability is simply amazing. Who would have thought that wearing of...
Olam International, a leading food and agri-business, in partnership with Singapore-based Temasek Foundation has donated a consignment of PPE to the Government of Ghana to support national efforts in the fight against COVID -19.
The consignment comprised various items of PPE including 3,000 surgical gowns, face shields, KN95 masks, and...
The Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL) has unveiled a multi-million-dollar water, juice and soft drinks factory at Tanoso in the Ashanti Region as part of government’s flagship One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative.
The multipurpose factory which is set up on a 10,000-square metre property, has the capacity to produce 35,000...