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...
Economic growth and support of government business would experience a major boost if recruitment into the civil service and the upgrading of civil servants is hinged on merit and not long service, as it currently persists, Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration...
The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun phase three of the national disinfection exercise of Senior High Schools (SHSs) across the country.
The seven-day exercise, which kick-started simultaneously yesterday with SHSs in four regions—Greater Accra, Central, Eastern and...
Thirty eight individuals and companies were honoured at the seventh Virtual Made-in-Ghana Awards held live on Television in Accra last Saturday.
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo , was declared the Pride of Ghana Award 2019-2020; Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Mr Edward Boateng, received the Ghanaian Ambassador of the...
Achimota Retail Centre has set off its month-long fifth anniversary celebration in a public-spirited fashion, with the donation of a consignment of medical supplies and PPEs to the Achimota Hospital in Accra.
A delegation led by Mr. Isaac Kyei-Mensah, a Director at the Centre, handed over items including latex examination...
Banking has evolved world-wide since turn of the decade, and the winds of change are blowing faster everywhere within the industry. The 'new normal' has added bite to the speed with which industry players are going about business within the highly regulated space. It is evident that many banks...
THE MISSING MANIFESTO…
All the major political parties have launched their manifestoes for the December general elections. This is highly commendable as it largely makes the campaigns issues-based...hopefully. A manifesto is a declaration of aims and policy. It asks the question, "What do you believe?" It is supposed to be a...
Emerging economies are wrought with fragmented payment infrastructure that operates in silos.
Not limited to only emerging economies is the cost and time it takes to clear cross-border and interbank settlements using the SWIFT infrastructure.
International settlements can take up to five business days, while transaction charges continue to erode the...
The FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration
As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and ensuring access to healthy food for each...