Ghanaian Youth Leader and Physician, Mr. Patrick Fynn, has been selected as fellow of the 2020 Yunus&Youth fellowship. Founded with the support of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, Yunus & Youth (Y&Y), combines social entrepreneurship training with technology to remove educational barriers between countries and generations. Since 2014, Y&Y...
Over the past two decades, there have been some significant developments in the Ghanaian fashion industry. Whether one has taken the liking to scroll down social media pages or reading fashion magazines it has become quite the norm to come across images of African models or young people dressed...
The world is currently facing a crisis of unpredictable magnitude, and South Africa is no exception. Measures have been taken across the globe by governments and industry to address this crisis, and in this regard, the South African wine industry takes pride of place as a leader in responsible...
I fell in love with Accra when I first visited in 2002. At the time I was living and working in the US, but my work brought me to many parts of Africa. Outside of my home country of Cameroon, Ghana was where I felt the most at home....
Honorary Consuls General Corp-Ghana has presented a special financial package to some selected media houses in the country. The donation, presented by John Mitchell, Consul General for Trinidad and Tobago was in fulfillment of Ambassador Ray Quarcoo, Consul General of Haiti’s pledge on behalf of the Consul General Corp to media practitioners as...
It is undeniable – the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world on its head, and employment contracts have not been spared. Employers are in a quandary over how to deal with employees as social distancing and lockdowns appear to be the only guaranteed means of containing the spread of...
A senior partner at KPMG Ghana, Anthony Sarpong is advising businesses that may benefit from the government's stimulus package to spend it in critical projects that will help in reviving their operations. According to him, the fund must not be seen as free money and spent on unplanned projects. Anthony Sarpong...
Singapore is widely praised as one of the countries that reacted quickly and effectively to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. It managed to keep daily cases below 50 for two months following its first case on January 23. But subsequent spikes – though still low compared to global levels –...
On March 29 the President, Nana Addo-Danquah Akuffo Addo announced a lockdown of the country for two weeks. At the end of the two-week lockdown the period was extended for one more week. Later that same day the one week was changed to two weeks. Last Sunday, although there...
On Monday, the B&FT published a story that showed that the second-largest sea port in the country, Takoradi Port, since April 1 has been struggling to electronically clear goods coming through due to technical challenges facing the UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS). Sources at the port say that valuation is...