A former Director of Engineering at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Ing. Norbert Anku, has said that the nation’s grid infrastructure is well structured to integrate nuclear energy once the power is generated.
According to him, electricity integration is one of the mandates of GRIDCo and enough technology is available to...
Technology and Africa’s Development Challenges
African governments and stakeholders will have to deal with the stark realities of climate change variabilities, inadequate and unsustainable energy supply and increasing unemployment as nations seek economic solutions.
Climate change and its devastating impact on societal livelihoods have taken centre-stage among governments and development partners....
Regulatory agencies must work hand in hand with the private sector to cushion businesses as the Coronavirus pandemic continue to bite hard, Hilton John Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jonmoore International, a logistics services provider, has said.
“The private sector is currently encountering tough time, and so these statutory...
In a unique move to build the digital capacities of job seekers, the Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, has launched another flagship programme - ICT Skills Training for Students and Job Seekers.
This programme is expected to...
The results of Ghana’s COVID-19 Business Tracker Survey has demonstrated the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on businesses and jobs. The findings reveal that an estimated 30,000 businesses were closed during the country’s partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi, and 85,000 businesses remained closed nationwide after the lockdown. In addition, the...
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has maintained that the Mahama administration did not directly borrow from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to finance the 2016 Budget.
Mr. Terkper said the government in 2016 couldn’t have gone for BoG financing to support its expenditure since there was an IMF conditionality that...
Until COVID-19, many people in the developing world felt good about their futures. Overall, developing countries had recovered quickly from the 2009-10 Great Recession, and many – especially in Africa and Latin America – were enjoying the benefits of China’s ever-growing demand for oil, minerals, and agricultural commodities. Expectations...
Sixty youth have been trained as insurance sales agents by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) in Takoradi.
The training is to enable them have in depth knowledge about what insurance is, understand it well so they will be able to explain policies that are available to companies and individuals who...
The Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC) has announced that its 2nd Gender Conference is slated for 7 October 2020 in Accra.
The gender conference, which is on the theme, “Exploring Support Systems available in Ghana Before and after Migration: The Case of Female Migrant Workers" will bring...