Welcome to another week of financial learning. We will be discussing the “hunger” impact of Covid-19 lockdown on the masses.
The COVID-19 lockdown has taught us lessons that we will need to incorporate as part of our daily lives going forward.
One such lesson is going back to the basics of...
The novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 has thrown the world into fear and changed our way is life, predictably, forever. Our conversations are now dominated by new catch vocabulary like “social distancing”, “lockdown”, “quarantine”, “remote working”, “working from home”, etc.
As at the time of writing this piece, the...
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which forces many financial services providers to remain focused on serving wealthier customers.
These are some...
Faced with an unprecedented economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers in rich countries have adopted a ‘whatever it takes’ approach to save their economies from meltdown. But, confronted by an even worse crisis in the rest of the world, the same policymakers have echoed US President Herbert...
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread all over the world at an accelerated pace and the disease has already had adverse consequences on multiple countries across the globe.
According to the World Economic Forum, the outbreak of COVID-19 has “highlighted cracks in global trust, the pitfalls of global interdependence and...
Women in Engineering Ghana (WinE Ghana), a network of Ghanaian Women Engineering practitioners and student members within the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhiE), has presented a proposal to re-engineer markets in the country for the COVID-19 period and beyond.
The proposal was presented to the Minister of Sanitation and Water...
Zoomlion Ghana, contracted by the Ghana Education Service to fumigate all Senior High Schools in the country, has commenced the exercise in Ashanti Region.
The fumigation exercise started last week and is expected to benefit about 190 schools in the Ashanti Region, aimed at eliminating bedbugs and other insects in...
Policy think-tank, Imani Africa, has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over a potential GH¢33m average daily revenue loss due to current challenges with the new integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), otherwise known as UNIPASS, deployed at the country’s sea ports.
Imani, in the petition signed by its Founding President...
Even as Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister for Transport, via a letter has directed shipping companies to waive their demurrage/detention charges - fees importers pay for overstayed containers - with good intention, the lack of proper consultation among stakeholders, especially shipping companies, could render the directive a fantasy.
A B&FT...
Managing Director of the Republic Bank, Farid Antar, has reassured the business community - including small-scale enterprises - that banks in the country will do their best to offer financial assistance to businesses hit hard by impacts of the coronavirus pandemic for them to recover faster.
Many businesses have suffered...