COVID-19 threatens to decimate informal labour force Informal workers' incomes already down 60% "Help them now," pleads global labour body's head Some 1.6 billion people employed in the informal economy – or nearly half the global workforce - could see their livelihoods destroyed due to the continued decline in...
Nestlé Ghana Limited is supporting various institutions and communities of Ghana in the fight against COVID-19, through several donations valued at a total of GH¢2.4million. Managing Director of Nestlé Ghana, Philomena Tan stated: “Nestle is part of the social fabric in Ghana, having operated here for more than 62 years....
Nigeria’s oil and gas exports are expected to decline by at least $26.5 billion as the novel coronavirus batters international prices and cuts fuel demand, the International Monetary Fund said late last week Wednesday. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil exporter, told the IMF in a letter requesting emergency financial assistance that...
Having already claimed nearly 217,000 lives and sent the global economy toward its deepest slump since the Great Depression, the COVID-19 crisis is bound to reshape geopolitics. While the contours of the post-pandemic order remain to be seen, one thing seems certain: far from normalising their relationship, the United...
Offshore banking is mostly discussed in a negative light, simply because many people use it as a way to hide their money and avoid paying taxes while others use it for illicit purposes like money laundering and tax evasion. While these activities are criminal and can result in prosecution...
ECOM Ghana one of Ghana’s leading licensed   cocoa buying company has presented items to KMA as part of the company's efforts in helping the government to fight Covid-19. The donated  items worth about GH¢30k include  Veronica Buckets,   hand sanitizers, liquid soap,  gloves, nose masks, among other  personal preventive equipment. The Director of...
The Ghana Cooperative Credit Unions Association (CUA) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other items to the Adabraka Polyclinic Isolation Centre to support the fight against COVID-19. The donation activity took place at the Isolation Centre of the Adabraka polyclinic, and forms part of the association’s Corporate Social Responsibility...
One issue that is emerging from COVID-19 management is the need to develop a model for Ghana’s response. Dr. Owusu Sekyere of the Kumasi Research Centre is one researcher who has made a strong case for Ghana to model a system for COVID-19 response. This raises the question of...
…reopens some branches Enterprise Group has urged its clients to make use of the company’s efficient digital and electronic channels to access its products and services, even as it is set to open some of its branches following lifting of the partial lockdown. From today, May 4, Enterprise Group will be...
…. flights to be disinfected at city airports before departure Domestic Airline operators, in adherence to the presidential directives on the wearing of nose mask at public places, have made it compulsory for all passenger to wear face masks and carry personal hand sanitisers throughout their journey. The move is...