After activating a financial relief package to cushion customers in the wake of the COVID-19 economic challenges currently being faced, Absa Bank Ghana has announced a new weekly series of webinar sessions that will educate and support clients and businesses on how to thrive in times of crisis.
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The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM) at Mampong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region has recommended to government the Centre of Awareness Food Supplement (COA FS) for use as immune support and supportive treatment for the relief of some symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
This was contained...
The Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda has said that one of the major reasons why a proposal for disinfecting Ghana’s airport from LCB Worldwide was reject is that, it did not meet the standards of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Crisis management...
Stark warnings about the COVID-19 shock’s potentially devastating effects on emerging markets (EMs) have become ubiquitous. With the pandemic engulfing ever more countries, EMs face a mass exit by foreign investors seeking safe assets. As a result, capital outflows and currency depreciations have become unprecedentedly synchronized.
A first round of...
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have expressed worry over the high number of job losses in the country due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, hence they are advising companies to devise more innovative measures to keep jobs.
For the...
Activa International Insurance Company Limited and the Activa Foundation have donated a number of Personal Protective Equipment to the National Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
The presentation was made by a high-powered management team led by Mr. Steve Kyerematen, Vice –President of the Company, Mr....
The Northern Regional Coordinating Director, Alhaji Alhassan Issahaku, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from stigmatizing COVID-19 patients.
He said stigmatising COVID-19 patients, has the tendency of drawing back efforts towards the fight against the virus.
According to him, stigmatisation has been identified by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the...
Bank unveils plan to finance entire poultry, rice value chains
Projects GH¢2bn financing for agribusinesses by 2022
Draw partnerships with MoFA, OVCF, GIRSAL to provide cheaper finance
COVID-19 presents Ghanaians with the best opportunity to localise the entire food production value chain in the country, become less reliant on...
After three months’ victory over the wrestle with its major trading currency, the US dollar, the cedi finally lost its valour and entered into depreciating mode, as it has succumbed to the threat from the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The local currency was on top of its game...
Consumers will soon have to pay more than the current average pump price of GH¢4.01 per litre for fuel, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) has predicted, citing a surge in prices on the international market.
The energy think-tank believes that the national average price of Gh¢4.01 per litre for...