In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Bono East, Bono and Ahafo regions are set to raise US$100,000 to support vulnerable communities in the three regions. The initiative which is expected to commence in June 2020 is dubbed “COVID-19 Vulnerable Communities Support (CVCS)...
The Minority Caucus in Parliament have called on the Auditor General for a probe in government’s spending on food and other relief packages under the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme. The group, in a letter addressed to Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor General of Ghana, stated that some GHc280.3millon spent during the...
The tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated challenges have thrown our world into chaos, with the virus destroying lives and livelihoods in its path. The whole world is presently seized by the effects of the pandemic, but there is a silent crisis of equal measure that has...
Businesses need new solutions to ensure business continuity in the current economic climate, recover quickly and ensure operational resilience beyond COVID-19 It has been said over and over by a multitude of business systems experts. One of the greatest barriers to digital transformation is not technological. It is human resistance...
Vodafone Foundation has donated Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE) to the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) in line with its commitment to help the country combat the global pandemic. The donation was in response to a call made by the Assembly to support its on-going COVID-19 awareness campaign, which includes the...
Over the years, journalists, civil society and anti-corruption advocates have campaigned for passage of the Right to Information (RTI) bill, and argued that nonexistence of the law prohibits people from knowing what is happening in public institutions - hence breeding corruption. Even though the right to information is a basic...
In response to COVID-19, the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana, which promotes the study of banking and regulates the banking profession's practice in the country, has unveiled a suite of virtual programmes to continue training banking professionals. The virtual programmes take the form of online classes for all student members...
For the first time in three years, the countries fishing sector has shown signs of a promising future as figures from the Ghana Statistical Service indicate it has finally recorded growth after a period of contraction. The fishing sector has been in abysmal form since 2017, when growth contracted to...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has donated assorted items to the Lepers Aid Committee (LAC) to support Leprosaria in Ho, and the group of cured lepers in and around Wa, as part of the mobile industry’s effort to support the national fight against the coronavirus disease. LAC is a non-governmental...
News about an egg glut has pushed poultry farmers to call on government to take a bold decision and regulate the importation of frozen and other finished poultry products into the country, as 500,000 crates of eggs are waiting to go bad even though players in the sector have...