Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state health systems.
The continent, which has a population of more than one billion, has had about 1.5 million cases, according to data compiled by the John...
A properly defined and enforced national guideline on food safety is critical to maintaining health and preventing malnutrition amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Head of Corporation of the Canadian High Commission in Accra, Corey Huntington says a robust and diverse food supply is an essential part of the health and nutrition...
Telcos giant, MTN Ghana, has said it continues to invest in its security systems including acquisition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology as part of its effort to secure the Mobile Money (MoMo) platform against activities of fraudsters.
Just a year ago, MTN Ghana launched a comprehensive security programme called the...
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected developed and developing countries alike, despite vast disparities in initial response capacities.
Global leaders were especially concerned about the disease’s potential implications for Africa, given the continent’s lack of financial and medical resources, weak health-care systems, fragile economies, and vulnerable populations.
But...
Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, (Presec- Legon) has emerged winners of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) 2020, edition after brilliantly dominating their colleagues Adisadel College and Opoku Ware in the grand finally.
On winning the competition, Presec Legon has now extended their tally of trophies won to six...
Developments in ethnic conflict and secessionist agitations over the past decade are a cause for concern for countries in West Africa. The most recent of these being the declaration of a group of people declaing their independence in Ghana and calling themselves Western Togoland. It raises concern because they...
West Africa Regional Director, Yara International, Danquah Addo-Yobo, has stressed the need for the agricultural value chain actors to rethink and find sustainable approaches to doing business during and post COVID-19 across the value chain, so that the sector will remain resilient in the face of crisis and became...
Even though the coronavirus impact has ruined many gains of the economy, leading to a contraction in the second quarter, one thing that has been able to ride through the storm is the local currency – cedi, as its rate of depreciation has been slower than what was experienced...
A government constructed warehouse facility, under the One District One Warehouse (1D1W) initiative, partly funded with ‘oil money’, at Atasikrom in the Dormaa Municipality of the Ahafo Region, has stalled nine months after the construction deadline.
The project, which is now projected to be about 98 percent completed, was awarded...
GCB Bank Limited, Ghana’s largest and first indigenous Bank has partnered Eliho Ghana Ltd. to facilitate the transfer and receipt of funds in the cocoa farming and purchasing ecosystem, using the G-Money platform.
The G-Money/Eliho partnership is an outcome of the Bank’s interest in providing financial inclusion for the partially...