The total number of confirmed coronavirus has now crossed 2,000 and currently stands at 2,074 with 212 recoveries and 17 deaths as of Thursday, April 30.
According to the Ghana Health Service's disease surveillance, the latest development brings the case count per region to 1,795 recorded in the Greater Accra...
The Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA) has waived all rent and related charges for transit cargo - goods bound for another country but discharged in Ghana - that overstayed at various transit yards due to challenges of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Several trucks with transit cargo that overstayed at GPHA...
The ground-breaking COVID-19 test kit developed by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, is awaiting approval for use from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Dr. (Mrs.) Augustina Sylverken, a Virologist at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR), has said.
She said the...
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has made a cash donation of GHS40,000.00 and quantities of Water, Hand Sanitizers and essential medications to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund.
This donation is in line with the Institute’s Corporate Social Responsibility and public advocacy programmes. The donation was made through the...
Estimates suggest that between 40-70 per cent of the world’s population could become infected with the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has already transformed into an economic and labour market shock, impacting not only supply (production of goods and services) but also demand (consumption and investment).
All businesses, regardless of size,...
The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) has petitioned the Minister of Finance to establish an Emergency Fund from which businesses can access working capital, pay salaries and purchase raw materials for production as COVID-19 continues to bite hard.
The petition was drafted by the association after deliberations among its members on...
Without Asia’s buyers due to the Coronavirus pandemic, local cashew farmers and dealers say they are left with no option but to sell their raw nuts at giveaway prices.
The cash crop has been a supreme contributor to the country’s Non-traditional Exports (NTEs) earnings over the years, topping the list...
The CEO of International Maritime Hospital, Dr. Sylvester Oppong has advised the general public that the lifting of restrictions on movements of persons by the President does not mean the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
“The lift on restrictions doesn’t mean the pandemic is over. In fact, we are virtually starting,”...
Over 9.6 million learners attending pre-primary to tertiary education in Ghana, have been affected by the unprecedented closure of schools due to Covid-19 (UNESCO, 2020).
Persons on the autism spectrum (a neurodevelopmental disorder with associated challenges of social communication, social interaction and rigidity/restrictive repetitive behaviour), have likewise been affected.
Now, educational...
The decision to involve Rural and Community Banks in the distribution of funds from the COVID-19 stimulus package to businesses is both proper and timely. Together with the EXIM Bank and other commercial banks, the RCBs will ensure the stimulus package reaches all potential SMEs earmarked to receive the...