President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo resumed official duties yesterday, after going on a mandatory 14-day isolation after being exposed to a COVID-19 positive patient. Ghanaians welcome him back to work, even though he performed some slight official duties during his isolation period.
We are also pleased to learn from the...
As part of efforts to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses, households and individuals, Mr. Anthony Akoto Ampaw - a private legal practitioner - has urged banks to review their interest rates downward.
He said the country could not begin any serious economic revival unless the banks are...
The Receiver of collapsed Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs), Savings & Loans companies (S&Ls) and Micro-Credit companies (MCCs), Eric Nana Nipah, has confirmed that he is on course to begin payment of all employee related claims - salaries and exit packages due ex-staff - of the defunct institutions.
He had in an...
Smock weavers have called on government to establish a smock factory that would produce raw materials to ease the stress they go through in producing the fabrics. This, they say, would help engage more of the youths in the area and develop their entrepreneurial skills in weaving the fabric.
The...
The immediate past Chief Pharmacist for the Ashanti Region, Kofi Baryeh, is pushing for pharmaceutical procurement policy which will mandate government to buy a certain percentage of their medical supplies from local drug manufacturing companies in order to ensure that monies it (government) has pushed into the sector translate...
Global Media Alliance (GMA), a marketing communications industry leader, has organized a virtual training session to educate its staff on the proper observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols as part of efforts to retool staff on the fight against the pandemic.
Speaking on the training session, Fafa Gbeho, Head of...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank Group, has approved the disbursement of $12million loan to support Rider Iron and Steel Ghana Limited (RISGL), for the construction of steel manufacturing plant in Kumasi.
The construction of the steel manufacturing plant, is expected to create about 450 direct...
Markets in the 29 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region on Monday benefited from a massive clean-up exercise.
The exercise was organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited.
It followed the launch of a nationwide mass...
Even though the country’s stock market has also been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic and plunge it into abysmal form, market watcher SEM Capital Advisors Limited says the falling share prices present a good opportunity for investors who are looking to the future and want to increase their...
Plans are far-advanced by the central government to turn the Oti Landfill in Kumasi, Ashanti Region into a modern waste treatment facility.
In line with that, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) has contracted leading waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through EAP Consult, to execute the project.
This...