The National Coordinator for Shea Network Ghana (SNG), Iddi Zakaria, has called on government to compensate communities where Shea trees are destroyed to make room for government projects and infrastructure. According to him, Shea trees serve as the main source of livelihood for rural women; therefore, when the trees are...
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has received an excellence award for promoting food security and transforming the agribusiness sector in Ghana and Africa. The award was conferred on AGRA by the Agribusiness Chamber, Ghana, at the 2nd Ghana Agribusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards held in Accra....
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is recommending that the stimulus package should match the estimated output loss in terms of decline in the growth of GDP. “We would like to add that the national economic response must be proportionate to the scale of the human, economic and social costs arising...
The media is regarded as the fourth estate of the realm and obliged to serve as a watchdog of society, encouraging transparency and accountability of governance in any democratic country. Over the years, the media in Ghana has passed through the hands of several governments, some of which tried to...
A heavy rainstorm on Sunday hit a farming community at Kokubila- Nasia in the Savelugu Municipality in the Northern Region resulting in the destruction of 350 acres of commercial farms. One of the farms, a 120-acre farm located at Kokubila on the Tamale-Bolgatanga road, affected by the rainstorm poses risk...
In a time of immense uncertainty when the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged economies across the world, Standard Charted Bank Ghana Limited continues to stand by its staff, clients, stakeholders as well as social partners in their work. The bank, in line with workers’ month, lauds the efforts, dedication and loyalty...
The Vera Abena Okyerewaa Burckson (VAOB) Foundation, a subsidiary of the VAOB Group, has donated essential items to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to support the hospital's efforts to manage the spread of COVID-19. The donations were presented by a director of VAOB Group, Leslie Okyere and the Head of Operations,...
Managing technological change to boost decent work, including an international governance system for digital labour platforms, is among the ten recommendations made in a landmark report by the ILO’s Global Commission on the Future of Work. The ILO, in the report, has called on governments, businesses and organisations to commit...
All the six major transformers procured by the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) for the ongoing Pokuase Bulk Supply Point Project have arrived in Ghana, MiDA said in a statement on Monday. The transformers, which come in two sizes - 145 MVA and 39 MVA - and will support the operations...
The National Coordinator for Shea Network Ghana (SNG), Iddi Zakaria, has called on government to compensate communities where Shea trees are destroyed to make room for government projects and infrastructure. According to him, Shea trees serve as the main source of livelihood for rural women; therefore, when the trees are...