The inability of permit, licence and certificate-issuing agencies to effectively implement up-to-date service delivery charters makes them inefficient and leads to increase in cost of doing business by the private sector; and as such is seen as a catalyst for corruption.
A service charter, typically a public document, sets out...
Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. In recent weeks, South Africa reported a 60% increase in natural deaths, suggesting a higher COVID death toll than reported. And the World Health Organization recently warned that cases are proliferating across Sub-Saharan Africa, including my country, The Gambia. Unless the European...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, has approved a $400-million revolving global credit facility agreement for the Export Trading Group (ETG). ETG is one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated agricultural conglomerates in Africa.
The agreement will enable ETG to keep playing its vital role...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has intensified processes in the adoption of aquaculture fish production as against the traditional unsustainable marine and inland fishing methods which have recorded significant declines in recent times.
So far, over GH¢15million has been invested into technology adoption, training of extension officers,...
OCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support the agricultural value chain in Ghana. This agreement seeks to intensify OCP Africa’s flagship agribooster programme that will bring a global offer to farmers with access to the quality...
The total number of beneficiaries for the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme has reached 120,000 - with every district in the country recording at least one beneficiary; but the biggest challenge facing the scheme is gathering necessary data.
The scheme, run by the National Board for Small Scale...
The Board of Directors and Management of Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Limited have commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for officially opening the Ekumfi Fruit Juice Processing Factory last week.
According to a statement signed by Chief Operating Officer of the company Frederick Kobbyna Acquaah: “We wish to express our profound gratitude...
The double dip is not a dance. It is the time-honored tendency of the US economy to relapse into recession after a temporary recovery. Over the years, it has happened far more often than not. Notwithstanding frothy financial markets, which currently are discounting the nirvana of an uninterrupted V-shaped...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is appealing to all travelers to wear face covering during the travel journey for the safety of all passengers and crew during COVID-19.
Wearing face coverings is a key recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) guidance for safe operations during the pandemic,...