Government’s quick response to contain the novel coronavirus from spreading further among final-year students in SHSs is commendable. A total of 684 contacts who got close to some eight persons who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Accra Girls Senior High School have been identified by health officials. Dr. Yaw Adutwum,...
Technology is, indeed, a great enhancer. Peoples’ lives have been made a lot easier and great feats have been achieved by technological advancement. A feature story in today’s edition of the B&FT by noted agriculture writer Nana Akyaa Akosa proves how technology has seen a country like Israel, which...
The latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a stark warning from scientists around the globe that human activity is damaging the planet at an alarming rate. The report highlights that cutting global emissions, starting immediately, to net zero by mid-century would give a good...
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, again reiterated that forest reserves must remain no-mining zones - except in some exceptional situations - when he appeared before parliament to brief it on efforts to curb illegal mining. To this end, he said, government had ceased issuing reconnaissance, prospecting...
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has commenced legal processes to deregister 8,531 companies limited by shares that have been in default for over two years. This decision has become necessary to purge the register of dormant companies and companies in default for failure to file their annual...
A strong advocate for intra-African trade because of the manifold benefits it holds, David Ofosu-Dorte - Executive Chairman of law firm AB & David, is positing that African countries should position themselves well in commerce, so as to be known for the distribution of certain goods and services throughout...
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana Mr. Sugandh Rajaram, speaking at the AgriTech West Africa 2023 Exhibition, called for greater cooperation between India and Ghana in the area of agriculture and rural development. The call for agricultural partnerships between India and Ghana has become increasingly important under the AfCFTA, which presents...
President Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated and handed over the secretariat for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union Commission cementing the new dawn for African integration. Coincidently, the occasion fell on the birthday of the father of modern pan-Africanism, the honorary Marcus Mosiah Garvey whose life work...
Each year, World Food Day is observed on 16 October and marks the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) founding in 1945. It is an opportunity to spark conversations about our food, how it is produced and all its dimensions: availability, accessibility, utilisation and stability. This year World Food Day...
As the country’s coronavirus case counts passes the 23,000 mark, the World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air. The airborne transmission could not be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings, the WHO...

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