As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in AGRA-focus (1) countries, food insecurity remains a concern as economies suffer, AGRA’s COVID-19 Situation Report Number 5 for July 2020 states.
With slowing growth across Africa, governments are launching new initiatives to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and bring agriculture to the forefront...
As the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, prepares to deliver the mid-year budget statement sometime this month, the Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana is persisting in its plea for government to create a level playing field for local industry and importers by exempting vegetables oils from the 50 percent...
Local fishermen can expect to power their fishing boats with state-of-the-art outboard motors as the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) pre-financed the purchase of 1,300 outboard motors at a cost of GH¢19.8million for the Coastal Development Authority (CODA) and the Ministry for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development.
The 1,300 outboard motors, which...
Renewable energy offers a clean and sustainable future for Ghana and Africa in a post COVID-19 world, Raymond Nuworkpor, Research and Policy Analyst at the Institute for Energy Security (IES), has said.
“It is the resilience of renewables to the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the falling cost of power generation...
…to enforce environmental bye-laws
As part of efforts to maintain and sustain good sanitation in major cities of the country, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has donated five (5) double-cabin pickup vehicles to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
The move is...
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) was fumigated and disinfected by Dansworld Services Limited in a bid to kill all viruses and bacteria that might be present in their premises. The fumigation exercise was carried out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which some staff members...
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed banks to be not part of the problem for a change, but part of the solution. They have so far proven to be resilient, mostly as a result of the stricter capital and liquidity requirements imposed on them following the 2007-09 global financial crisis....
The newly-launched Huawei Nova 7i got sold out across the country within four hours of its release, just like the Huawei Nova 5T. Huawei customers and enthusiasts all over the country rushed to authorized Huawei dealer shops near them to purchase the much-talked-about Huawei Nova 7i.
Customers who thronged Huawei...
Happy 98.9FM has engaged key personalities namely Edward Boateng, Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Zhu Jing, Charge D’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Accra and Musa Frimpong, Founder of the Duapa Africa initiative in a gripping conversation on Ghana-China relations, COVID-19 and the way forward as the two countries mark...
The world is currently facing a global health crisis which has impacted the way of life of most economies. The coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic has shown us the need to rebuild our economies for the provision of jobs that is secure, resilient, and safe. It is seemingly true that some...