Menaye Donkor, a Canadian-born Ghanaian business woman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, has thrown her weight behind Menstrual Hygiene education in Ghana by producing high-quality affordable sanitary pads, Sincerely by Menaye.
According to her, her passion for quality healthcare and hygiene for women encouraged her to venture into the production of the Sincerely...
Gender Advocacy NGO, Bridge for Equity Ghana, has presented a petition to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, to nudge government to scrap taxes on sanitary pads and enable local production across the country.
In a six-month campaign dubbed ‘No Pad Tax’, the NGO believes that scraping the...
Despite the coronavirus smashing business confidence and unsettling the private sector, especially before and during the three-week lockdown in April, a market report has indicated that confidence has rebounded some few weeks after the restrictions were eased.
The report, authored by IHS Markit Ghana PMI, shows the headline seasonally adjusted...
...as insurance sector feels COVID-19 economic downturn
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has been urged to choose business continuity over the demand to raise new capital because the economic slowdown caused by the novel Coronavirus pandemic has made it nearly impossible for even ‘good' insurance companies to raise funds.
“Yes,...
The Medical Director of the Kumasi South Hospital, Dr. Kwame Ofori Boadu, has said the facility continues to review its safety protocols as well as regularly updating frontline staff on any new evidence of infection as part of measures to ensure their safety while treating COVID-19 patients.
He said, for...
Two landfills—one in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality, Greater Accra Region, and the other in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, Ashanti Region, will soon be turned into multi-purpose recreational centres.
This came to light when the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, undertook an inspection tour of the...
The PwC Tower in Accra, a development by Goldkey Properties, has received EDGE certification - an internationally-recognised green building certification system operated by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - for its energy and water efficiency.
EDGE rewards developers which implement strategies to reduce energy and water use in their buildings,...
Ghanaians are pushing for more investment in social protection, dedicated sources of funding for social interventions, and increased transparency and accountability in the delivery of social interventions, a survey by SEND Ghana - a civil society organisation - has revealed.
The survey was carried out to identify the needs of...
A couple of months ago when the President, as part of measures to ease financial burden and to promote handwashing in these COVID times, announced that water was going to be free till June, there was unanimous relief. That high only lasted a few days in, before there were...
For the first time in three years, the countries fishing sector has shown signs of a promising future as figures from the Ghana Statistical Service indicate it has finally recorded growth after a period of contraction.
The fishing sector has been in abysmal form since 2017, when growth contracted to...