The Brenthurst Foundation’s recent discussion paper on how South Africa can make better choices for a prosperous post-COVID-19 South Africa was insightful and instructive, for them as for others, Ghana included.
Ghana’s President, like South Africa’s, has, over the past couple of weeks, received no shortage of praise from various...
Ghana has become the first African country to lift lockdown measures, a decision motivated by the country’s progress in combatting the coronavirus and concerns over the well-being of its poorer citizens.
On April 20 President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the end of the three-week lockdown, which had been imposed on the...
The fight against coronavirus has proven to be a high hurdle as countries struggle to contain the global scourge. In Ghana, the figures keep soaring as government tries all means to arrest the fast-paced virus. As of 24th April 2020, there were 1,279 confirmed cases with 10 deaths in the country...
…Toward new imperatives for natural resource diversification
Humanity is witnessing some of the most profound changes seen since the Great Depression. And, again, it is the vulnerable among us who will suffer the worst consequences. We are out on a limb, witnessing the most disruptive global transformational mutations observed in...
Invest in Africa (IIA), a private sector-led initiative focused on growing local businesses in sub-Saharan Africa, has taken the decision to make its membership-based services offering COVID-19 support free to any small or medium-sized business (SME) in Africa.
The new ‘COVID-19 SME Survival Toolkit’ includes webinars, practical guides, solutions and...
The dramatic slowdown in industrial production, energy demand and transport activity in the first quarter of 2020 has led to significantly lower levels of air pollution, sparking debate on whether the coronavirus outbreak will lead to long-term shifts in consumer and industrial behaviours that could reorient economic policy towards sustainable...
…what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 recovery
In this COVID-19 moment when hospitality businesses are so much in need of a bail out and following the President’s directive to the Finance Minister to make available a GHC 1 billion stimulus package to support businesses, an economist, Dr. Lord...
The ground-breaking COVID-19 test kit developed by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics, is awaiting approval for use from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Dr. (Mrs.) Augustina Sylverken, a Virologist at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR), has said.
She said the...
Estimates suggest that between 40-70 per cent of the world’s population could become infected with the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has already transformed into an economic and labour market shock, impacting not only supply (production of goods and services) but also demand (consumption and investment).
All businesses, regardless of size,...
The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) has petitioned the Minister of Finance to establish an Emergency Fund from which businesses can access working capital, pay salaries and purchase raw materials for production as COVID-19 continues to bite hard.
The petition was drafted by the association after deliberations among its members on...