Child Rights International (CRI), a child-centred organisation, has called on the Ministry of Education (MoE) to consider using the continuous assessment method as an alternative to award certification or grade students who are going to write BECE and WASSCE in the absence of written examinations at the end of...
As part of its GH¢1million commitment to the fight against the growing coronavirus pandemic, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and sanitary items to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and other state institutions to facilitate their work in the fight against COVID-19.
The items,...
COVID-19 has produced the right opportunity for Ghana to produce its own medicines and medical equipment and stop relying on imports, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
In his 8th address on the measures taken on the COVID-19 pandemic, the President thus urged the pharmaceutical industry to intensify its...
President Akufo-Addo has revealed that 32,000 more persons have undergone testing for COVID-19 and are awaiting results. He made this revelation during his 8th address to the nation on the measures taken against the spread of the Coronavirus disease.
He noted that there are six persons in critical condition with...
When we were free, my life as a writer was not in the least smooth. I have used this column to share what my challenges have been and the interventions I have put in place to deal with those challenges. Since the start of this column three-plus years ago,...
I fell in love with Accra when I first visited in 2002. At the time I was living and working in the US, but my work brought me to many parts of Africa. Outside of my home country of Cameroon, Ghana was where I felt the most at home....
Paku Enterprise Ghana, in collaboration with the African Market Baskets of the Overseas Connection of United States of America (USA), as part of efforts to help curb the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has provided assorted items to more than 10 Bolgatanga straw basket weaver groups in the Upper...
Tropo Farms, Africa's largest producer of tilapia with over 20 years of aquaculture experience, has commenced supplying fresh tilapia from Lake Volta to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) for distribution to mitigate the effect of lockdown on residents of Accra.
The first consignment of 20,000 kgs of fresh...
The price of gold has been rising since the coronavirus crisis began, which is the usual pattern in times of uncertainty as people seek what they believe is a hedge against uncertain financial markets.
Assets such as government bonds and gold are generally viewed as safe havens for investors. When...
set to better last year’s production
revenue to remain intact
The mining sector is confident of improving on last year’s production of over 4 million ounces of gold, despite the devastating effects of the novel Coronavirus, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has assured.
Although the Chamber is still in the...