The Rotary Club of Accra-Spintex, have rewarded three female students of the Old Lashibi Basic School with various prize packages as part of an essay competition dubbed ‘The power of my dream and aspiration as a girl” to aid in their education and empower them to stay in school...
Bridge for Equity Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation that focuses on gender education and child protection, has called on government to increase access to digital education to children in basic schools especially those in rural communities. In an interview to mark World Children’s Day, Founder of the organisation, Lilipearl Baaba Otoo,...
Set aback by millenia of global disruptions, mainly wars and pandemics, tourism in Ghana, like any other country, has borne the brunt of a devastating ravine in our tourism peaks in recent times. Like other Black Swans, highly impactful but unpredictable events in centuries before, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed...
Set aback by millenia of global disruptions, mainly wars and pandemics, tourism in Ghana, like any other country, has borne the brunt of a devastating ravine in our tourism peaks in recent times. Like other Black Swans, highly impactful but unpredictable events in centuries before, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed...
Chairperson of the Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Dr. Edith Dankwa, says Ghana’s COVID-19-adjusted economic recovery will only be successful with the backing of a thriving Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. Speaking on Joy FM’s morning show, the recently crowned Chartered Institute of Marketing GHANA (CIMG) Marketing Woman of...
The Alumni Body of the University of Ghana Business School, UGBS, has donated food items and conducted a free medical screening for the Good Shepherd Orphanage located in Ofankor, Accra as part of their commitment to give back to society by supporting children in need. The items donated include bags...
The COVID-19 emergency has featured the case for working on the administration of procurement of basic supplies like ventilators and individual defensive hardware (PPE). Throughout this crisis, where worldwide stockpile chains have been disturbed - at first by the Chinese lockdown and therefore by a flood popular from every...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has urged government to give some more attention to its quest to produce COVID-19 vaccines locally as it holds national security implications. The production of vaccines locally, the President of the Pharmaceutical Society Ghana, Pharmacist Samuel Kow Donkoh notes, will reduce dependence on foreign...
The World Travel and Tourism Council(WTTC) has prepared some new guidelines for travel insurance. This is an opportunity for Insurance companies scrutinizing these guidelines and possibly prepare new travel insurance policy cover. Consumer-facing insurance recommendations: Conduct an audit of any existing insurance policies to identify risks/gaps in coverage, and look...
Ghana has received 98,400 doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca that were donated by Norway through the COVAX facility. COVAX is a global initiative co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi (the Vaccines Alliance) and the World Health Organization, which works with governments and manufacturers to accelerate the...