as COVID-19 decimates export market
art and crafts sub-sector in total shutdown
Ghana Export Promotion Authority's (GEPA) hopes of realising US$3.6billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) this year is facing serious doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
This is because spread of the virus has led countries around the world to close down borders as a preventive measure, effectively implying that local producers and exporters...
Responding to calls to help alleviate dire situations in various communities across the country, Access Bank Ghana has stepped up its COVID-19 support efforts by earmarking GH¢300,000 for food, sanitary and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to over fifteen municipalities across the country.
The beneficiary municipalities selected for this intervention and...
The Standard Chartered Bank has handed over 520 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Tema General Hospital to support the work of frontline healthcare staff as efforts to treat new cases of COVID-19 in Ghana step up.
The items which included N95 masks and surgical gloves come on the backdrop...
It was on February 14, 2019 that this writer wrote an article with a misleading title: ‘THIS IS NOT FOR RICH PEOPLE’ it said—when in fact, it was an exposition into the nation and continent’s industrialisation journeys. It proffered public/private partnerships, university/industry collaborations, the creation of research universities et...
With the current fast-changing developments, policy makers need to know what is happening to the economy in real time, but they often must settle for data telling them what happened many weeks ago. And international trade, which links countries through a complex web of supply chains, is an area where...
Gov’t assures of no more lockdowns as economic impact could be catastrophic
Government, through the Ministry of Health, has given the strongest indication yet to underscore the global message that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is here to stay and humans must learn new ways to live with it until...
…moves to help facilitate the submitting of annual returns
The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) has approved the holding of Annual General Meetings (AGMs) virtually to aid companies wrap up the books and submit their annual returns to the department on schedule,
This move joins Ghana to a growing list of countries that...
The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) is confident that local innovations can help slow down spread of novel coronavirus in the country. This follows certification of the first-ever locally made automatic disinfection device.
The device, manufactured by ATCL Construction and Engineering - a Tema-based firm, uses alcohol-based disinfectants recommended by the...
The Ghana Blind Union (GBU), the union responsible for advocacy and rehabilitation of blind and partially sighted persons in society, has bemoaned being left out of the coronavirus intervention goodies and packages distributed by government.
Government, through the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has...