The COVID-19 pandemic has posed numerous threats to the operations and financial sustainability of many businesses and resulted in dire economic consequences. According to a recent COVID-19 Business Survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Bank,...
One-third of all African stories in news outlets on the continent are sourced from foreign news services
One-third of all African stories in news outlets on the continent are sourced from foreign news services according to a new report from Africa No Filter The ‘How African Media Covers Africa’, highlights the fact...
The Board of GCB Bank Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Odartey Lamptey as the new Deputy Managing Director (DMD) - Operations.
Mr Lamptey was sworn in as the DMD Operations and Executive Director of the Bank on Wednesday, 20th January 2021 by Justice Sophia Bernasko Essah, a...
ONE critical aspect of the educational reforms with regards to the Senior High Schools, which hasn’t received due attention primarily because it is taken for granted by policy-makers, has been the unique role of Schools’ histories, identities, traditions and heritage – key points to mold the characters of the...
The Executive Director and the Inspector-General of Schools of the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), formerly the National Inspectorate Board (NIB), Dr. Haggar Hilda Ampadu, has indicated that the authority has introduced policy measures that promote the extensive use of ICT as a mode of teaching and learning in...
Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) has received approval from the Regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to buy back over one million shares of applicants who failed to provide sufficient personal information to complete their Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements under the Company’s Initial Public Offer.
It will be recalled that...
Gallery 1957 is to present works by Ghanaian artist Cornelius Annor in his first solo show, ‘Family Affair’ in Accra from January 27 to February 28 2021.
Cornelius Annor is a portrait and figurative painter and an art teacher. He completed his fine art studies at Ghana College of Arts and...
Sixty-one per cent of global respondents to a survey amongst accountancy and finance professionals say that they work in an environment free from harassment and discrimination, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) reveals in a new report Leading Inclusion.
Through research questions and roundtable discussions, ACCA has gauged global...
Abosso GoldFields Limited (AGL) has organized its first Damang Mine Community Consultative Committee (DMCC) meeting for 2021 at Huni Valley in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality in the Western Region.
The meeting, made up of assembly members, unit committee members, women group leaders, chiefs, queen mothers among others, was to...
Head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), John Nkengasong says Africa’s coronavirus case fatality rate has risen alarmingly to 2.5% higher than the global level of 2.2%.
Earlier, Africa’s rate had been below the global average and Mr. Nkengasong described the fatality rate as ‘very worrying’...