As several African countries are using lockdowns to control the COVID-19 virus' spread, they will also negatively affect economic growth on a continent which has had some of the world's fastest-growing economies in recent years, a World Bank report indicates.
Last week, an African Union report said that nearly 20...
The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and Organised Labor are pushing for a meeting with the Ministry of Finance, to among other issues, deliberate on how government can absorb a portion of workers’ salaries to help provide some relief.
Director in Charge of Industrial Relations at the GEA, Joseph Kingsley Amuah,...
A 165-strong international group including 92 former Presidents and Prime ministers have penned an open letter addressed to G20 leaders, demanding the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global pledging conference that would approve and coordinate a multi-billion-dollar coronavirus fighting fund.
Among other concerns, the group...
As of yesterday, the total case-count for COVID-19 jumped to 287 after the country recorded 73 more cases, the Ghana Health Service announced.
The regional distribution of cases are as follows: Greater Accra Region has most cases (258) followed by the Ashanti Region (18), Northern Region (10), Upper West Region...
Kandifo Institute, a public policy and analytical research think tank, has launched a non-partisan election watch website to provide a one-stop-centre for election data analyses ahead of election 2020.
The project dubbed ‘Ghana Election Watch’, seeks to serve as a platform that will provide historical electoral data, all election news,...
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, took her turn at the Ministry of Information’s Meet-the-Press series in Accra and announced that a total of 196 dam sites have been confirmed under her government’s ‘One village, One Dam’ programme for the three northern regions.
The campaign promise...
Since it has been established that less than 1% of the country’s GDP is spent on research, the launching of an endowment fund by President Akufo-Addo for the University of Ghana this week is remarkable.
It coincided with the 70th anniversary celebrations of the university, and in an address the...
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) was established under the Youth Employment Act 2015 (Act 887) to empower young people to contribute meaningfully to socio-economic and sustainable development of the nation. This proves the youth have been factored-in for nation-building.
Africa’s population is projected to double by 2050 to around 2.4 billion people....
Introduction of the paperless system at the country’s ports of entry has generated a lot of joy and relief for importers and exporters alike, since it is deemed to have eased the cost and duration of conducting business at the ports.
However, trouble appears to be brewing as a turf-war...
Tax collection is being improved to ensure that domestic revenue mobilisation is improved. In fact, domestic revenue mobilisation is key to the agenda of a ‘Ghana beyond aid’. Thus, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up its tax collection role and is introducing new measures such as the...