Road transport is the most predominantly used mode of transportation in Ghana. It currently takes about 98% of freight and 95% of passenger traffic in Ghana. Busses popularly known as “trotro” are the main mode of commute which account for about 60% of passenger movement followed by taxis with...
MultiChoice Ghana has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth over GH¢500,000 (US$100,000) to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi and Ga East Municipal Hospital, Accra intended for frontline staff in support towards the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during the handover ceremonies, MultiChoice Ghana Managing Director, Cecil Sunkwa Mills...
Is there really something that has no risk embedded in it? Cannot the chair you are about sitting on break? How sure are you that you will finish the school are paying fees to? Is there any certainty about you not getting choked with the food you eat? Risk...
The Galaxy Note20 series is a productivity powerhouse that works like a computer and lets you game like a pro. The recently launched series comes in two versions: Galaxy Note20 Ultra, designed for Note fans who demand the ultimate in power and productivity; and Galaxy Note20, for broader Note...
The practical challenge of quickly getting financial support in the hands of people who lost jobs amid the COVID-19 economic crisis has baffled advanced and developing economies alike. Economic lockdowns, physical distancing measures, patchy social protection systems and, especially for low-income countries, the high level of informality, complicate the...
President Akufo-Addo yesterday inaugurated and handed over the secretariat for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union Commission cementing the new dawn for African integration. Coincidently, the occasion fell on the birthday of the father of modern pan-Africanism, the honorary Marcus Mosiah Garvey whose life work...
CEO of E90 Ghana Limited, Fafape Ama Etsa Foe, has commended Vodafone Ghana for its mobile app initiative, Red Trader, a product created to provide digital solutions for traders especially during COVID-19 period. According to her, SMEs should take advantage of technology during this period for business continuity. “As SMEs,...
Management of Quantity and Quality (Q and Q) services, a subsidiary of Kingdom Exim Group, has over the weekend opened an ultra-modern weighing bridge and truck parking facility in the harbour city, Tema, to importers and exporters for the purpose of proper weighing system for heavy duty trucks and...
Finnfund, a Finnish development finance company and impact investor, has provided a US$10 million senior loan to First National Bank Ghana Ltd. One of the key objectives of Finnfund’s investment is to support the Ghanaian financial sector and the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and in particular,...
The Journalists for Responsible Fisheries and Environment (JRFE) is calling on government to end illegal transhipment of fish at sea popularly known as ‘Saiko’ to help better the lives of artisanal fishers. JRFE is worried about how the livelihoods of artisanal fishers in the four coastal regions of Ghana, are...