Women in Engineering (WinE), a network of Ghanaian women engineering practitioners and student members within the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), has donated COVID-19 items to three market centers in Accra, Tema and Kumasi at separate ceremonies.
The Mallam Atta Market in Accra New Town, under the Ayawaso Central Municipality,...
Mrs Kosi Yankey Ayeh, the Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), said the application process for the COVID-19 Alleviation Programme (CAP) is free hence no one should pay any fee for it.
The caution comes on the back of reports that some of the applicants...
Despite the coronavirus smashing business confidence and unsettling the private sector, especially before and during the three-week lockdown in April, a market report has indicated that confidence has rebounded some few weeks after the restrictions were eased.
The report, authored by IHS Markit Ghana PMI, shows the headline seasonally adjusted...
...as insurance sector feels COVID-19 economic downturn
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has been urged to choose business continuity over the demand to raise new capital because the economic slowdown caused by the novel Coronavirus pandemic has made it nearly impossible for even ‘good' insurance companies to raise funds.
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The Medical Director of the Kumasi South Hospital, Dr. Kwame Ofori Boadu, has said the facility continues to review its safety protocols as well as regularly updating frontline staff on any new evidence of infection as part of measures to ensure their safety while treating COVID-19 patients.
He said, for...
Two landfills—one in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality, Greater Accra Region, and the other in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, Ashanti Region, will soon be turned into multi-purpose recreational centres.
This came to light when the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, undertook an inspection tour of the...
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has registered his support for head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for his re-election, despite a US call for him to face a fresh ethics probe.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian minister for Agriculture, is...
Lay Off, Pay Cut and Employee Expectation
The promotion and attainment of the SDGs will greatly be impacted negatively due to the unexpected Corona Virus. Almost all the SDGs will be hit by the recession but (SDG3) Good Health and Well-Being and (SDG8) Decent Work and Economic Growth will be...
Afreximbank is teaming up with International Trade Centre, ITC, to train small-business owners and young entrepreneurs in Africa to trade with other African countries as part of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The training programme - How to Export within the AfCFTA - is being launched as the...
The post-pandemic world economy seems likely to be a far less globalized economy, with political leaders and publics rejecting openness in a manner unlike anything seen since the tariff wars and competitive devaluations of the 1930s. And the byproduct will be not just slower growth, but a significant fall...