The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana believes the huge number of asymptomatic cases of the new Delta variant poses a severe risk with attendant devastation than the previous two waves of COVID-19.
Consequently, it has impressed on government to take a second look...
Subsidies in agriculture are great, just ask the American farmer. Direct United States federal government aid to America’s farmers increased from US$22.4billion in 2019 to US$46.5billion in 2020 - which accounted for 39% of net farm income. This is according to data from the Economic Research Service of the...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in several jurisdictions.
IATA also urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests.
According to IATA’s most recent traveler survey,...
In view of security and data breaches across the globe by cybercriminals, government has taken a bold step to confront the increasing and obvious risks which the state faces by enacting the cybersecurity act 2020, Act 1038.
The Act is to regulate cyber issues and also empower the Authority with...
A Tax Partner at PwC Ghana, Abeiku Gyan-Quansah, has observed that the delay in setting up the Independent Tax Appeals Board (ITAB) is not healthy for tax dispute resolutions in the country.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in March 2021 assured parliament that the board would be constituted by June 30...
Following a petition by the Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA) and Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) to the Council of State to look into the recent high cost of goods, particularly construction materials, a former Chief Justice and member of the Council of State, Georgina Theodora Wood...
The Business Climate 2020 Report has urged the country to change its old practice of exporting primary products to the United Kingdom (UK) to avoid negative balances of trade.
The report indicated that the UK imported US$242million worth of goods, while Ghana on the other hand imported US$473million worth of...
Commencement of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has spurred global investment attention to the continent, Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA has indicated.
He is therefore calling on Africans in the diaspora to position themselves to benefit from the opportunity available, as well as aid the continent’s economic...
The Republic Bank and the Business and Financial Times (B&FT) held a breakfast meeting on Tuesday, June 22 themed ‘Digitisation, Artificial Intelligence and Future of Things: The impact and immense opportunities for Ghanaian businesses’, with the verdict that the coronavirus pandemic has provided an opportunity for businesses to be...
Government has appointed an interim management team to steer the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), following the dismissal of the refinery’s Managing Director, Francis Boateng and his deputy, Ato Morrison.
The three-member interim committee includes Nobert Cormla-Djamposu Anku as chairman and William Ntim Boadu and Okyere Baffuor Sarpong.
TOR,...