The Tourism Society of Ghana has called on government to formulate a national policy on tourism to provide a road map for sustainable development of the sector. Speaking at a media encounter under the support of BUSAG, DANIDA, USAID and other development partners, Mr. Joseph Amartey - Executive Director of...
Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa have passed 750,000, a Reuters tally of government and World Health Organization data showed on Wednesday. The tally showed the continent had 751,151 cases, 15,721 deaths and 407,461 recoveries. Cases crossed the 500,000 mark on July 8. The virus hit Africa later than other continents...
The Built Environment of Ghana, a professional body made up of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA), Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP) and the Ghana Institute of Surveyors (GhIS), have paid a joint visit to inspect the first ever Ghana Infectious Disease Centre at...
AstraZeneca, the Ghana Health Service and PATH Ghana have marked the one-year anniversary of the Healthy Heart Africa programme’s launch in Ghana. Over the first year of implementation, the programme has conducted over 275,800 blood pressure screenings in communities; identified over 44,500 elevated blood pressure readings; and diagnosed over 10,200...
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has announced that plans are advanced for the launch of a GH₵100 billion development programme aimed, among others, to revitalize the local economy, at the back of the difficulties brought by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The three and half years programme,...
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 Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Afrobarometer Round 8 survey has shown that television and radio platforms are better than online options for teaching and learning students across the country during the COVID-19 induced closedown of schools. Exposing the lack of access to devices, the Internet, and reliable electricity in...
When the wrath of COVID-19 began to ravage world economies, take lives and alter our way of life, many thought it was just a temporal occurrence. Six months down the line, we are still keeping social distance, wearing our face masks, and regularly washing or sanitising our hands. As...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), SEND Ghana, the International Budget Partnership (IBP), the Voice for Change Partnership Program, GROW partners and like-minded CSOs are proposing the reliance of agriculture as the tool for reviving Ghana’s economy after COVID-19. Since the onset of the COVID-19, Ghana has not only...
    Management Consulting | Technology Advisory | Outsourcing                                                        The Financial Services industry is currently in the midst of profound transformation as it embraces the ‘next normal’ phase of digital transformation. But, are we in danger of embracing digital without really understanding the consequences?   In the past decade, a future with...