Coronavirus is threatening to undo recent gains made toward gender equality as millions of women and girls are predicted to have unwanted pregnancies and fall into poverty, world leaders said last week Thursday.
A “wake-up call” is needed to protect women’s and children’s rights amid the pandemic, said the president...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has introduced what he calls a ‘phased approach’ to bring the economy back to life as he has eased some restrictions imposed on social gatherings and the movement of people to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Despite the number of recorded cases hitting...
Effective today, June 1, 2020, all transactions related to the import and export of goods at the various ports will be conducted through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS).
This follows successful simulation and piloting of ICUMS at Tema Port, the final...
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank (WB) is conducting a survey to track the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, households, localities and the national economy.
The survey dubbed “Local Economy Tracker” begins from 28th May to 20th...
Internet access expected to be key to continent’s post-pandemic socio-economic prosperity
A new CEO Survey on Africa carried out by the global research and advisory company Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with BASF looks in detail at how countries across the region are responding to Covid-19, which sectors...
Demand a new deal in and for Africa
Advocate speedy implementation of AFCFTA
Call for Increased Investment in Digital Connectivity
Leaders across Africa and the globe have called for deeper collaboration between governments and private sector players to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the 2nd UBA Africa Day Conversations, screened...
The African Business magazine has released this year’s top-250 African companies survey, which highlights the overall carnage in African share valuations over the last year - and Ghana made only three entries.
Ghana’s first entry was chalked by Tullow Oil, in 39th position with a market capitalisation of US$2,888million. Standard...
Is deficit financing back?
BOG 2020 budget deficit support at 53%?
It seems the Bank of Ghana (BOG) May 2020 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Report cites the US Fed and US Treasury to prepare our minds for a significant shift its past conservative fiscal stance to an aggressive one....