For Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely mean negative GDP growth at unprecedented rates. In addition, several African countries are dealing with the aftermath of a commodity price collapse – another key contributor to current recessionary trends.
The continent must now navigate economic recovery while building resilience to future shocks....
As supply chains around the world are disrupted and the demand for certain types of food drops following the COVID-19 outbreak, questions have begun to emerge about Africa and its ability to ensure food security for its citizens.
While parts of the continent have faced recent food production challenges due...
All is set for the official launch of ‘The Wish List: Thoughts that can shape society’, a book by award-winning PR practitioner, blogger and columnist Georgina Asare Fiagbenu on Thursday, November 5, 2020, at the Accra City Hotel.
The seasoned communications expert, who was adjudged Public Relations (PR) Discovery by...
The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt E.S. Okraku, has paid a courtesy call on the Chief Executive of First National Bank Ghana, Dominic Adu.
The visit was to seek support from First National Bank in the development of Ghana’s football, foster a mutually beneficial relationship between the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an engagement series dubbed ‘Time with the Commission’ to drive closer partnerships with the investing public and other market operators in the capital market.
The initiative forms part of the Commission’s mandate for regulating, innovating and promoting the growth and development of...
The Food Sovereignty Platform (FSP), a group of Civil Society Organisations, is calling for withdrawal of the Plant Variety Protection bill, 2020 -currently before parliament.
According to the group, the bill is the same as the Plant Breeders bill that sought to promote the production of genetically modified organisms -...
We must do what we can to encourage it
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, not all of the economic news in Africa has been negative. We continue to see promising developments.
Look at Uganda’s oil and gas industry. Following multiple petroleum discoveries in Uganda’s Albertine Graben, foreign investments there have reached nearly...
The Ghana Exports Promotion Authority (GEPA), through its flagship project the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS), has outlined plans to boost cashew exports by as much as 320 percent from its current earnings to the country.
Currently, the crop is the second-largest contributor to non-traditional exports with earnings of US$237.8million...
In its quest to surmount negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to serve customers better, Otuasekan Rural Bank Limited at Kofiase in the Sekyere West district of Ashanti Region has introduced mobile banking services whereby customers can transfer money from their bank accounts onto their mobile phones...