Amid global travel restrictions, social distancing protocols and prohibitions on mass gatherings, the world’s meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) segment has been forced to adapt to the coronavirus context, with some events shifting online and others being deferred.
Before the outbreak of the virus – and the subsequent introduction...
The sale of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has reduced drastically in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern region with traders worried about the investment injected into the business.
A survey conducted by the B&FT within the Tamale Metropolis to ascertain the impact of...
If players in the aviation, immigration and health sector firm up government’s decision to re-opening of the borders - hopefully by September 1 as the President stated - any person who tests positive on arrival into Ghana and asked to self-quarantine may be required to wear a tracking device....
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate fell slightly in July to 9.3 percent compared with a revised 9.
5 percent recorded in June.
The month-on-month change in producer price index between June 2020 and July 2020 was 1.7 percent.
The Ghana Statistical Service explained that the marginal decrease in all Industry Inflation...
Restrictions on movement of goods and people imposed by governments around the world to contain spread of the coronavirus pandemic has significantly affected revenue generated from international trade, as figures published by the Bank of Ghana show a drastic decline of import duty in the first quarter of the...
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Good day Ghana. I trust you are keeping safe wherever you find yourself. In keeping with my promise, this week we will share another presentation made at the 3rd Ghana Green Building Summit. Presented under the theme of green indigenous architecture, we explored some of the...
World Trade Centre Accra (WTC Accra) and Silent Eight, a global RegTech firm with offices in Singapore, London, New York and Warsaw, have announced a partnership to enhance the capacity of governments and the financial services industry in Africa to combat the “three ills” of international financial crime, cyber...
COVID-19 has claimed more than 700,000 lives, infected over 19 million people, and decimated rich and poor economies alike. But, even as most of the world faces unprecedented recession, policy responses differ sharply. The contrast between Europe and Asia is a case in point.
Both regions are undoubtedly facing serious...
Education Lead at the Mastercard Foundation, Kimberly Kerr, has described as good news the current wave of curricula reforms which are being implemented, particularly at the secondary school level.
Citing a recently released report by the Foundation, ‘Secondary Education in Africa: The future of work’, she stated that these reforms...