Operators of beaches in the country may be licking their wounds whiles wondering why beaches remain closed when bars and restaurants have been allowed to operate during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Some may be wondering if social distance, wearing of nose masks and all other safety protocols cannot be implemented at...
How will COVID-19 affect developing countries’ growth prospects? The answer will depend largely on how globalization – and intellectual support for it – evolves in the pandemic’s aftermath. The prospects are not encouraging.
Even before the pandemic struck, the global merchandise export-to-GDP ratio had been declining for the first time...
The presidential election contest of 2020 is the third between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his immediate predecessor President John Mahama.
In 2012 and 2016, Mahama was the incumbent whereas Akufo-Addo was the challenger. On this occasion, the table has turned, with Akufo-Addo as the incumbent and Mahama as the opposition...
Nana Yaw Oti Boateng, 15-year-old Ghanaian boy based in the United Kingdom was adjudged as the Phenomenal Abrantie of the Year at the JSA Phenomenal Abrantie Academy Graduation organized by Junior Shapers Africa (JSA).
The graduation event held virtually also coincided with the fifth anniversary celebration of the organization. JSA...
Government intends to use the development in the automobile industry as a catalyst for import substitution and exports of Ghanaian products within the African region.
Speaking at the Mid-Year Policy Review in Parliament, Finance Minister said the automobile industry is considered by government as a strategic anchor and one that...
There is an urgent need for financing to reenergize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest trade finance report released jointly by the African Development Bank and the African Export-Import Bank.
According to the report, only 40% of Africa’s trade is bank-intermediated – a...
Head of Corporate Client Relations at Axis Pensions Trust, Emmanuel Ntreh, has adviced that impending pensioners - those with five or less years to mandatory retirement - should not treat the decision to retire early lightly, but seek expert opinion before coming to a decision.
This, he suggested, is expedient...
Press Freedom. It’s a phrase fiercely protected and projected by global governments, journalists, and media houses.
With the annual Global Press Media Conference taking place in November, it is time we explore, interrogate and reimagine this phrase, what it means, and to whom.
2020 has been a year of global connectivity...
New data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, as a horrifying 161,066 businesses were closed as of June 2020 despite ease of some of the restrictions.
According to the GDP data for the second quarter of the year,...
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is recovering from the financial meltdown that hit it due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in the closure on the country’s air borders, the newly appointed Director General of the GCAA Charles Kraikue has said.
According to him, the aviation...