The novel coronavirus has impacted most economies negatively since it disrupted global economic activity. Worst-affected are Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which account for 70 percent of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while also forming about 92 percent of businesses in the country. This week President Akufo-Addo launched the ‘CAP...
Football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the greatest players of all time, Maradona was captain...
A  conference  on Out of Home Advertising has opened in Accra with a focus to validate a draft policy document to regulate  activities of advertising agencies in Accra. The conference which is the first of its kind in Ghana is being facilitated by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) and...
Whereas Ghana marks 2023 as thirty (30) years of constitutional rule under this Forth Republic, 30 years is a generational span of every leader. If you look at definition of youth according to the National Youth Authority Act, 2016 (Act 939), 15-35 years is the definition of youth. We...
  The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identified fragile contexts and building a more resilient African economic sector. However, social and economic issues...
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has climaxed its 4-Kindred projects with the commissioning of a Computer Laboratory for the Ofankor M/A 3 JHS pupils at Ofankor in the Greater Accra Region. The Computer Laboratory project was the fourth and final of the Vodafone Kindred initiative to aid pupils of Ofankor M/A...
The country’s largest power producer, the Volta River Authority (VRA), is seeking to privatize most of its non-core businesses, as the Authority strategises to become one of the leading power producers in the sub-region. The initiative is also meant to ensure a more transparent budgeting for tariff requests by the...
There are three broad groups of pottery - Earthenware, Stoneware, and Porcelain. Earthenware is pottery (i.e. made from clay) that has not been fired to the point of vitrification and so is slightly porous after the first firing. It is made waterproof by the application of slip (a liquid clay mixture...
Management of Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has announced the re-launch of its popular ‘Tuesday Market’, an initiative to create awareness for Made-In-Ghana products and harness their potential for exports. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at the World Trade Centre in Accra, and will witness an exhibition of Made-In-Ghana...
Two executives from Zoomlion Ghana Limited have been honoured at this year’s Women’s Choice Awards Africa, 2021. They were the Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mrs. Gloria Opoku Anti who was awarded the Shero in Environmental Safety and Sanitation award; and Group Financial Controller of Zoomlion, Mrs. Adokarley Okpoti-Paulo,...