Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) organised its maiden virtual edition of the annual SME Clinic for over two hundred of its SME customers across different business sectors on the theme, “Running a Successful SME Business in a Disruptive Environment”.
The Chief Executive of UMB, Mr. Benjamin Amenumey stressed on the Bank’s...
Amid a global pandemic, unprecedented needs and growing insecurity, aid workers and health care responders are staying and delivering to the world’s most vulnerable people
Last year was the most violent on record for humanitarians with 483 attacked, 125 killed, 234 wounded and 124 kidnapped. The UN condemns...
The results of Ghana’s COVID-19 Business Tracker Survey has demonstrated the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on businesses and jobs. The findings reveal that an estimated 30,000 businesses were closed during the country’s partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi, and 85,000 businesses remained closed nationwide after the lockdown. In addition, the...
Nigeria will reopen its airports for international flights from Aug. 29, its aviation minister said on Monday.
The airports have been closed since March 23 to all but essential international flights as part of the country's efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said four flights will begin...
MultiChoice Ghana has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth over GH¢500,000 (US$100,000) to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi and Ga East Municipal Hospital, Accra intended for frontline staff in support towards the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking during the handover ceremonies, MultiChoice Ghana Managing Director, Cecil Sunkwa Mills...
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...
CEO of E90 Ghana Limited, Fafape Ama Etsa Foe, has commended Vodafone Ghana for its mobile app initiative, Red Trader, a product created to provide digital solutions for traders especially during COVID-19 period. According to her, SMEs should take advantage of technology during this period for business continuity.
“As SMEs,...
Parliament has approved an amount of Ghc174 million as tax waiver on income taxes and additional allowances for frontline health workers in the country.
The waiver, which covers for the months of July, August, and September 2020, form part of government’s measures to support frontline personnel involved in tackling the...
COVID-19 has had devastating effects on businesses of all shapes and sizes around the world. This has caused a drastic shift in conduct and behaviour at work. It is affecting organisational culture, human interactions at work among others. Various measures have been put in place to contain and curb...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that the government is working to enhance the capabilities of testing all travelers who arrive in the country on the reopening of the borders.
However, he noted that the country is in no hurry to reopen the closed borders while hinting a...