The Country Director of the World Bank, Pierre Frank Laporte, has said the global finance firm will undertake an assessment of the COVID-19 situation in December to ascertain whether or not the pandemic is declining before a decision is taken to extend the debt suspension for countries. He told Alfred...
COA Herbal Centre has debunked reports that their product, COA-FS, has been approved as a cure for COVID-19. The report, from an independent test that was conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been extensively reported as confirming a cure for the novel coronavirus disease -...
The 2020 survey was conducted between February and April 2020 and yielded over 15,000 brand mentions and over 2,000 unique brands For the third time in a row, Dangote Group has emerged as the most admired African brand, of African continent origin, by consumers, paired with the telecommunication giant, MTN...
The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) and Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together as part of GCX’s mission of transforming the country's agricultural value chain. As part of the MoU, Venture Capital Trust Fund will create a fund under the auspices of the...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has opened the floodlights for General Insurers to apply No Claim Discount (NCD) to their existing customers. No Claim Discount is an insurance terminology used by Non-Life companies on clients who insure their motor vehicle for one year without an accident. In a memo issued...
Deputy Minister for Local Government, Ntim Fordjour, has paid a working visit to monitor the progress of work on government's rural development programme - Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), undertaken in the Saboba district of the Northern Region. Saboba district is among the 98 districts embarking on cashew...
Renowned Economist and Investment Consultant, Kwame Pianim, has called on African governments to realign their spending priorities toward supporting private businesses to thrive amid the COVID-19 economic destabilisation. This, he said, would enable them to create the needed jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and those experiencing lay-offs on the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has introduced what he calls a ‘phased approach’ to bring the economy back to life as he has eased some restrictions imposed on social gatherings and the movement of people to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Despite the number of recorded cases hitting...
Effective today, June 1, 2020, all transactions related to the import and export of goods at the various ports will be conducted through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS). This follows successful simulation and piloting of ICUMS at Tema Port, the final...
In keeping with regulations for listed companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) amid restrictions on public gatherings due to COVID-19, Access Bank Ghana has led the way by holding its 12th Annual General Meeting through a virtual platform for its shareholders. The virtual AGM was held to consider and...