…Income diversification approach KEY FINDINGS: A private tertiary institution with a 17.60% income diversification venture will sustain financially during the COVID-19 pandemic era. COVID-19 is presently raising the threat to the financial sustainability of private tertiary institutions (PTIs). They are limited to the accomplishment of their missions and their...
In a COVID-19 pandemic where new inequalities have been created with rising youth unemployment widening the gap between the rich and the poor globally, Vodafone Ghana CEO, Patricia Obo-Nai has reiterated the need for young people to acquire digital skills. Ms. Obo-Nai, who described the acquisition of digital skills among...
In line with its corporate social responsibility to support the fight against COVID-19 in the country, MTN-Ghana has donated over 15,000 KN95 nose masks to six hospitals in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions. The beneficiary health facilities are: Regional Hospital-Sunyani, Kwatri Polyclinic (Bono), Holy Family Hospital-Techiman, Abrafi Hospital (Bono...
The cedi has performed better than a number of currencies across the African continent in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was reported in the August 2020 Flash Note of the African Markets Revealed (AMR) report released by the Standard Bank. According to the report, the performance of the...
MTN Ghana Foundation has donated 3,000 KN95 face masks to the Greater Accra Regional hospital, also known as  Ridge hospital, to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana, Mr. Samuel Koranteng, the donation also forms part of the foundation’s recently launched...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many digital possibilities - including eLearning, which hitherto was largely overlooked but has become an essential addition for the blended learning and teaching now being proposed. The eLearning platform is mostly a part of the larger Learning Management System (LMS) deployed by an institution...
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,...
Top African financial service technology company, OPay, and leading web browser and software company in Opera, has donated 100,000 face masks to the the government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health. The donation is aimed at supporting government in the fight against the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Receiving...
Endeavor Energy, a leading independent power company focused on developing, acquiring, financing, constructing, owning, and operating power generation projects in Africa has donated GHS350,000 to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund. “We are grateful for to the opportunity to help drive Ghana’s economic growth, create jobs, and secure its social system,”...
Reckitt Benckiser, manufacturers of Dettol range of products, has installed 15 handwashing units at popular markets across Accra to enforce adherence to safety protocols in order to effectively combat COVID-19. According to the global consumer goods company, the aim of the initiative is to rekindle among market women the need...