Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1% in 2020 - the first recession in the region over the past 25 years according to the latest Africa’s Pulse, the World...
Cocoa remains Ghana`s most important export crop representing nearly 40 percent of total exports. Due to its significant foreign exchange earnings, the Government of Ghana has set up the Ghana Cocoa Board under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to regulate the sector with the hope of ensuring...
Hasman Technical Services Limited (HTSL), a Ghanaian-owned company providing world-class technical services to the Power Generation and Oil and Gas sectors, today presented a cheque for GH¢100,000 to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR).
The donation is to support the institute to enhance its testing activities in Ghana’s...
The government of Ghana is making frantic effort to reposition the country as regional center of academic excellence, technological innovation and human capital development, Dr. Baffour Adjei Bawuah, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, has said.
Consequently, the necessary infrastructures and policies are being put in place towards...
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has rolled out a Business Tracker, which is an online survey targetting businesses with the aim of assessing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Ghana.
The study will also assess measures put in place by businesses...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has commended Chirano Gold Mines Limited, on measures put in place to ensure employees and residents of local communities are protected from COVID-19.
The minister, who paid a working visit to the mine, said the protocols put in place to prevent...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has taken note of recent widespread rumours and misinformation about 5G technology and its alleged link with the COVID-19 virus.
The NCA wishes to state categorically that there is absolutely no link between 5G technology and COVID-19. The public is therefore advised to disregard the...
Thousands of pregnant girls will attend school in Tanzania as part of a $500-million World Bank loan which had been delayed for years due to the country’s ban on expectant students.
Tanzania’s education minister Joyce Ndalichako said the loan aimed to improve access to and the quality of secondary education...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries is confident that interventions to ease the impact of COVID-19 on Micro Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) will result in a robust and resilient MSME sector.
The NBSSI, which has set April ending for the GH¢600million government stimulus package for MSMEs, along...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has maintained utility tariffs for the second quarter of 2020, contrary to pressures from civil society groups for a reduction.
According to the Commission, the decision is in the best interests of the public as it will ensure financial viability and sustainability for the...