A Ghanaian tech company, Ripple Influence has set a sustainable goal of curbing youth unemployment in Africa, with an ambitious target to create US$3 million worth of social media influencer jobs by the end of 2021, starting from Ghana.
Unemployment and business losses have become a widespread challenge in the...
The media is the most powerful tool to cause change in today’s world. Aside the basic duties of educating, informing and entertaining the public, the media have a huge task of serving as a check on government, politicians, the elites, business organisations and the powerful in the society.
In order...
The hue and cry about domestic workers having a regulation to govern their activities in Ghana and abroad is no longer an illusion but a reality. Domestic work is one of the world’s oldest occupations. It basically refers to domestic chores performed in a home or domestic setting. The...
The International Day of Rural Women has been held in Tamale, the Northern regional capital with a call for an urgent need for building rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19 by strengthening rural women’s sustainable livelihoods and wellbeing.
This year’s event organised by the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency...
Country only under enhanced vigilance
Ambassador Diana Acconcia, Head of European Union Delegation to Ghana, has clarified issues regarding the blacklisting of the country due to significant deficiencies in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorist (AML/CFT) regimes, saying, there are no consequential restrictions or bans imposed on government...
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location of the country’s northern savannah ecological zone.
Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off by farming maize on 8 hectares and...
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart has said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging.
“This did not start as a financial crisis, but it is morphing into a major economic crisis with very serious financial consequences,”...
MTN Foundation has invested a total of US$15 million in 150 projects in Ghana over the past 12 years. These investments cover areas such education, healthcare and economic empowerment.
On education, the foundation has 87 projects and these are on Information Communications Technology (ICT), dormitories for some Senior High Schools,...
The charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, Vodafone Foundation, has completed and handed-over a transit shelter to Ark Foundation, a non-governmental organisation to support and accommodate domestic violence victims in Ghana.
The transit shelter project was funded by Vodafone Ghana and the benevolent contribution of staff of Vodafone Ghana ranging from...
In many African countries including Ghana and around the globe, plastics play a very important role in the economic lives of people due to its durability, potability and affordability.
Plastics play a significant role in transporting Ghana’s indigenous goods. Indigenous food products like ‘‘waakye’’ ‘‘kenkey’’ are no exceptions. However, these...