The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will be holding an extraordinary session through videoconference scheduled for this morning at 10am Universal Time.
The Heads of State will be discussing the ‘Situation and Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in the ECOWAS Region’.
The Ministers in Charge of Finance...
GCB Bank has presented 100 Veronica buckets and their accessories to the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources as part of the bank’s commitment toward the control of coronavirus in the country.
The ministry will deploy the buckets to needy communities and areas of need it has identified.
The Head of...
The World Health Organisation defines the new global pandemic coronavirus disease as a highly infectious disease caused by a newly discovered strand of the coronavirus in late 2019, hence the infamous name (COVID-19).
Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring...
Ecobank Group, the Pan African Bank, has contributed about US$3 million to the fight against COVID-19 across its footprint in Africa.
In line with its commitment to the continent, various contributions were made to support the efforts of governments, the World Health Organization as well as the private sector in...
Interview with
Joshua Owusu-Ansah, Country Lead, Talamus Health Ghana; and Daniel Marfo, General Manager, Zipline Ghana
How can technology complement health measures during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and how will this impact the longer- term development of certain technologies?
OWUSU-ANSAH: A wider segment of the population can benefit from a...
AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited has rolled out a series of interventions and campaigns in the Obuasi township as part of measures to combat the spread of the Coronavirus (CoVID-19). Among them are the deployment of the services of its malaria control subsidiary, AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control (AGAMal) and its...
The Alliance for Development and Industrialisation, (ADI) is asking the Ministry of Finance to make all needed resources available for the growth of agriculture.
These resources would strengthen the operations and output of farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme so the country can be assured of...
Almost three billion people still rely on open fires or inefficient stoves to cook, filling their homes with harmful smoke and increasing their vulnerability to respiratory infections.
People exposed to air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 than people living in areas with cleaner air, according to a...
An expert in supply and value chain management, Professor Douglas Boateng, has intimated that the best way to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) is to tailor-make solutions to complement the economic architecture of a country.
According to him, globally, there is no ‘one size fits all’ strategy answer to the pandemic....
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is unhappy with the Ghana Shippers’ Authority over modalities being used to implement the directives to waive demurrage and rent charges.
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has sent a notice to all its stakeholders that the directive to waive demurrage and rent charges at...