Vodafone Ghana has marked International Workers’ Day with a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to three hospitals as part of efforts to protect and celebrate the country’s brave frontline health workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The items donated include sets of protective gowns with shoe covers,...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Exports Promotion Authority, Dr. Afua Asabea Asare, has revealed that due to some interventions the Exports Promotion Authority has embarked on, which includes the distribution of cashew seedlings, and pineapple suckers to farmers, Ghana has seen monumental increase of 10% in Non-Traditional...
With some countries already emerging from lockdown, can wearing face masks in public help to keep coronavirus infection rates from rising again?
Face masks are a symbol of the pandemic era – a visual metaphor for the tiny, unseen viral foe that could be lurking around any corner. Some opt...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Exports Promotion Authority, Dr. Afua Asabea Asare has assured of her outfit’s collaboration with the Ghana Free Zones Authority to achieve its expected target of 4 Billion dollars gained in exports.
Speaking on Eye on Port's live panel discussion on the State of...
Coronavirus coverage appears to concentrate on new incidents and casualties but how many people did recover? And how do people recover from the virus?
Coronavirus affects our everyday lives, with recent enforcements suggesting that the nation has to stay at home and avoid unessential public spaces-how many people in Ghana...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Exports Promotion Authority, Dr. Afua Asabea Asare, has indicated that the Exports Promotion Authority has diversified its strategies towards the objective of ensuring Ghana taps into its full export potential.
Speaking as a co-panellist on the Eye on Port program on the State...
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PharmAccess Foundation, has introduced a new care coordination service app, to efficiently provide healthcare services for people with Covid-19. The app, CovidConnect, will offer individuals a range of services including care management and monitoring,...
International businesses are the hardest hit by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and the cashew sector is no different.
China, USA and European countries, which are the major cashew kernel markets, have closed their borders to travels to control the spread of the deadly virus, slowing down trade. Cashew processing giants...
Once again, African countries are confronting overwhelming debt burdens. According to the most recent World Bank debt statistics, they owe a total of $493.6 billion in long term debt to their foreign official and commercial creditors. About one third, $117 billion, is in the form of tradeable bonds. In...
COVID-19’s global economic fallout is widely acknowledged and least developed countries (LDCs) have limited capacity and preparedness to handle the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, which means they will most likely face significant hardships.
Initial estimates suggest that these disruptions could potentially contribute to increased global poverty, with the...