Analysts noted that Africa is expected to see subdued economic recovery in 2021, and not likely to reach 2019 growth levels till 2022
Ghana, Senegal & Uganda met virtually with international financial partners and risk analysts to discuss the most urgent risks and mitigation solutions at ATI’s annual Roundtable. Analysts...
As the world economy emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the consumption of coal is expected to recover from its sharp decline during the pandemic.
Demand for coal remains strong and helps to fuel economic development in emerging markets. Yet many countries, seeking a more sustainable future, have been taking steps...
The Rotary Club of Tema in collaboration with Rotary Club of Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne, Australia organized a two-day workshop on diabetes care and management for private sector nurses and midwives at the Tema General Hospital.
President of Tema Rotary Club, Seth Otu-Larbi said, "Rotary is a service organization whose purpose...
Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues
Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for exploitative practices have concerned ethical consumers. Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues. Leading chocolate companies have since 2001 made pledges to end widespread abusive...
Oil price drop will continue to take its toll on Nigerian banks while the coronavirus is reversing Ghanaian banks’ improving financial metrics
Kenyan banks’ profitability will remain strong and absorb higher loan provisioning without eroding capital but will fall for Tanzanian banks’ because of higher provisions
However, African...
In the past few months, I have dwelt relentlessly on the subject of customer experience - a mission I committed to after having a telling encounter years ago during my sojourn in the UK. The lessons from that encounter have undoubtedly been permanently etched in my memory until this...
The 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections were not only organised in an efficient manner but it also took place in a peaceful atmosphere, the preliminary findings of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has said.
However, shortcomings identified by previous EU EOMs, mainly relating to the transparency of...
The general price levels of goods and services in November 2020 increased by 9.8 percent but represents the lowest inflation rate since the pandemic started impacting prices, data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have shown.
Prior to April this year, inflation had stayed flat at 7.8 percent for...
President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been declared the President-elect of the Republic of Ghana in a peaceful but rather fiercely contested general election. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Dr. Jean Mensa, by her constitutional mandate, declared the incumbent yesterday evening.
The 2020 general election will go down...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has provided an ultra-modern clinic for residents of Zinnindo community in the Gushegu district of Northern Region. The gesture forms part of NPA’s corporate social responsibility to aid in curbing the high maternal mortality rate and also relieve residents of the stress they go through...