Like many people around the world, Ghanaians considered the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 as a distant worry. Economies and healthcare systems did not envisage the impact we are experiencing and it wasn’t until the first case was reported that the reality dawned on the whole nation....
…World Bank calls for policy reforms to maximise gains
A new report by the World Bank has revealed that the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to lift about 100 million people from poverty if countries commit to the agreement and put in the...
The concept of the ‘petrodollar’ or ‘dollar oil’ refers to the agreement made in the 1970s between the United States and Saudi Arabia, which has had a significant impact on the global economy.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon ended the convertibility of the US dollar to gold, which had been...
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) is complaining that only 25.8 percent of registered companies have declared their beneficial ownership (BO) information, three months after the deadline requiring businesses to do so.
As at February 27, 2023, the ORC said only 74,316, representing 25.8 percent out of the...
Economics is about creating win-win situations. But in sports, someone loses.
--Stan Kroenke, American billionaire and owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
The most admitted story tells that the game was developed in England in the 12th century. In this century, games that resembled football were played on meadows and roads...
Photo Credit: Kwahu Republic
Over the past decades, the boundaries of tourism have grown to include festival, cultural and ecological attractions. But the benefits of this development haven’t been extensively explored. These include attracting tourists who in turn make contributions to the development of the community and stimulating the diffusion and commemoration of...
In case you haven’t heard, on Thursday, 20th January 2022, a large explosion occurred along the Tarkwa-Bogoso-Ayamfuri road after a truck transporting mining explosives reportedly collided with a motorcycle. The explosion leveled an entire village nearby. As at the date of this article, 13 people had been confirmed dead, and...
