News that the Chinese government has given a strong indication that it is willing to help Ghana secure its balance of payment bailout is indeed reassuring, considering the economic doldrums the country finds itself in today.
The Chinese government has unequivocally indicated that it has an obligation to ensure the...
COVID-19 presents an opportunity for African countries to accelerate the shift towards a single market and for the continent to make a paradigm shift to be able to fend for itself and reduce its dependence on food imports.
One of the principal objectives of the AfCFTA is to expand intra-African...
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has again received high plaudits from his colleague African Heads of State for his sterling leadership. Former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa jointly commended Akinwumi for his visionary leadership and bold...
A legal practitioner who is currently working as a consultant with the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF) has observed that a large number of small and medium sized businesses remain informal not by choice, but because their efforts to transition into the formal sector are frustrated by delays in acquiring...
Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ghana, Yasumichi Araki, has said the organisation’s support, in the form of a grant for construction of the Tema motorway interchange, will help boost the local and regional economies of West Africa.
“I believe this high-quality road infrastructure will improve the transportation...
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has taken delivery of the first unit out of two Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC).
The Crane arrived on 8th December 2017 and it is currently being commissioned by the manufacturers’ engineers expected to be put into operations after completing the training in the coming two weeks....
As the timeline for the implementation of AfCFTA approaches, a series of engagements to apprise stakeholders what is in store for them has been held throughout the week.
The latest to comment of this landmark trade deal is the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyeremanten who has given every...
Owing to the fact that the existing system for overseeing remittances is fraught with challenges, the country urgently needs to enhance its framework for monitoring and tracking same.
Issues such as obtaining accurate migration data and coordinating the efforts of regulatory agencies, money transfer companies (MTCs) and fintech firms have...
Unlike the Kyoto Protocol that established legally binding emissions reduction targets, the Paris Agreement requires all countries — rich, poor, developed, and developing — to do their part and slash greenhouse gas emissions.
To that end, greater flexibility is built into the Paris Agreement: No language is included on the...
On 15 March, 1962, President John F. Kennedy sent a special message to the US Congress in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights.
He was the first world leader to do so, and the consumer movement now marks 15 March with World Consumer Rights Day every year as a means of...