Ghanaians have been advised to celebrate patients that have recovered from the coronavirus and embrace them back into society rather than stigmatising them. Mawuko Afadzinu, Head of Marketing and Communication of Stanbic Bank, gave this advice in an interview with the B&FT on Monday when a team from the bank’s...
We cannot know how society protects its weakest and vulnerable, those at the bottom of society, from deprivation until a catastrophe such as COVID-19 - the “unseeable, undead, unliving blob”, to use the words of Arundhati Roy - is unleashed on us. Ghana has a sub-optimal social protection system, its...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for air travel. “Passenger confidence will suffer a double whammy even after the pandemic is contained—hit by personal economic concerns in the face...
The Ghana-India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC) has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) and world superpowers to stop singing negative choruses about Africa, and rather applaud the continent for the robust measures being taken to combat, contain and prevent spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Chamber's observation comes at...
Despite all the gains made by the local currency against its major trading currencies at beginning of the year, especially the United States dollar, the coronavirus pandemic impact has washed all away, causing the cedi to lose its strength. The cedi, which appreciated by 4.5 percent as of the end...
What happens when you give industries that are frequently ostracized for their role in environmental degradation an 'open license to pollute?' They take it with open arms. "This is an open license to pollute. Plain and simple. The administration should be giving its all toward making our country healthier right now. Instead,...
Adansi Rural Bank at Fomena in the Adansi North District of Ashanti Region has presented Personal Protective Equipment, PPE and disinfectants to six health institutions in the banks’ operational territories. The beneficiary health institutions include Benito Hospital in Dompoase-Adansi, Fomena Health Centre and Asokwa Health Centre. Others are Obuasi S.D.A....
Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed, the Executive Director of Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA) provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to residents of Zoggu and Nyonlugu farming communities in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region. The package includes Veronica bucket and washing bowl, bottles of liquid soap, hand sanitizers as well boxes...
  The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identified fragile contexts and building a more resilient African economic sector. However, social and economic issues...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unparalleled disruption for the global health and development community. Organizations fighting infectious disease, supporting health workers, delivering social services, and protecting livelihoods have moved to the very center of the world’s attention. But they find their work complicated by challenges of access, safety, supply chain logistics,...