The "No mask, no entry" policy is in full force around Ghana, and I can tell from all the visible shop decals that property owners are enforcing it to the letter. But a mask is a mask and a mask, branded or not. You need the right mask on...
Samuel Kwame Boadu has been nominated for the Male Entrepreneur of the Year at this year’s Young Achievers Summit Awards. The annual awards scheme identifies young Ghanaian entrepreneurs who have excelled in the respective endeavours thereby creating a positive social change and how they are inspiring others with their style...
Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC) - an Agency under the Ministry of Education, Ghana, is advocating the concept of family reading as a tool to ensure that the culture of reading permeates every part of the country. This is one of the many measures put in place as a complement...
Most international trade and investment occurs in networks which divide production into discrete steps that can be carried out in different countries. Firms exchange inputs and outputs in cross-border value chains, some of great complexity. These value chains – whether intra-firm or inter-firm, regional or global – accounted for...
These are truly trying times. So far the corona virus has spared no continent, no region, no country. Europe has been hit particularly hard. Measures, unthinkable only months ago, have been taken everywhere. Countries all over the world have seen their economies sink. This crisis is unprecedented. But so...
This collaboration will help children study online and stay on top of their education Ecobank Group ,the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the...
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has again received high plaudits from his colleague African Heads of State for his sterling leadership. Former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa jointly commended Akinwumi for his visionary leadership and bold...
Global merchandise trade is set to plummet by an estimated 13-32% this year (2020) because of COVID-19, trade analysts have indicated. The pandemic has paralysed manufacturing networks and supply chains – especially in China, which accounts for 28% of global manufacturing output. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the global economy...
In the fight against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has initiated a process to raise about GH¢60million to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline agriculture workers. The rationale is to support frontline agriculture workers, encompassing smallholder farmers, agriculture extension...
Despite closure of the country’s borders to help curb spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), some foreigners have been maneuvering into the country to conduct illegal businesses through border posts with Cote d’Ivoire in the Bono Region. The situation has heightened fears and anxiety among residents in communities like Sampa, Nkrankwanta, Kofibadukrom...