As COVID-19 crisscrosses Africa, and policymakers are implementing emergency responses, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a clarion call to African governments: “In other countries,” he said in March, “we have seen how the virus actually accelerates after a certain tipping point, so the best advice...
Ghana Tech Lab, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works, is supporting local solutions in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The SLI-COVID-19 Challenge aims to support and scale-up innovative solutions to stop the spread of the pandemic. Selected local entrepreneurs stand the chance of being awarded up to...
As the world battles to contain and manage the novel coronavirus pandemic, outpouring of global solidarity and support has become a shared challenge.
It is against this backdrop that the Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie has moved in to distribute COVID-19...
Authorities need to do more to monitor and act on unfair business practices and criminal activities exploiting fears over the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has opened the floodgates of unfair, misleading and abusive business practices, hitting consumers hard and leaving the most vulnerable ones more disadvantaged.
Cases of price...
Zambia has become the latest African country looking for help to tackle its hefty debt burden this week as international lenders and analysts are warning the pandemic crisis could push many of the continent’s economies into debt distress.
Below are four charts to show some economic and fiscal pressures faced...
The global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certain to be far deeper and more protracted than the one that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. While many governments have pledged to bolster their economies with unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus – despite holding already-massive public...
The Facility is the latest measure taken by the Bank to respond to the pandemic and will be the institution's primary channel for its efforts to address the crisis.
The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in...
East Asian countries are outperforming the United States and Europe in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that the outbreak began in China, to which the rest of East Asia is very closely bound by trade and travel. The US and Europe should be learning as rapidly as...
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited has presented Veronica buckets and other sanitation equipment to driver unions in three regions, as part of efforts to stop the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The oil marketing company made the gesture at the Sankpala taxi rank in Tamale, Northern Region and other...
The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has conducted another random inspection in areas within the Tema Port.
The move is to encourage staff and port users in the midst of the current temporary restrictions on non-essential work and movements nationwide.
DG’s visit also sought to...