The Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber Commence and Industry (STCCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) to promote human capital through research, and to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
The MoU seeks to conduct joint research, offer consultancy services for both institutions, exchange information/documentation,...
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc the world over. Its effects range from social consequences and political ramifications to economic and financial costs. By the end of April 2020, more than 65% of the world’s economy had gone under quarantine or some form of a lockdown....
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana has taken delivery of some rapid test kits, a donation from Omnifert in support of the fight against COVID-19.
Omnifert (Omini Speciality Products) is a wholly indigenous Ghanaian-owned company based in Accra that focuses on improving the crop...
Three countries – the United States, Brazil, and Mexico – account for nearly half (46%) of the world’s reported COVID-19 deaths, yet they contain only 8.6% of the world’s population. Some 60% of Europe’s deaths are concentrated in just three countries – Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom –...
The Inter-City State Transport Company (STC) has secured a new state of the art vehicle-testing centre at the STC yard in Accra.
The facility, constructed by Hammer Automobile and Transport Company Limited, was officially opened to public use over the weekend and is intended to serve the Kwame Nkrumah Circle-Kaneshie,...
Key Issues
The adverse impact of COVID-19 on credit markets has been devastating. Several non-bank financial institutions have reported a deterioration in portfolio quality.
The advent of presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2020 has brought in its wake intense political rhetoric that may create uncertainty in the outlook,...
Glo Mobile at the weekend presented prizes to winners in its SIM Activation promo in both Kumasi and Koforidua.
The two separate events, which held at the Gloworld shops in both cities, had scores of winners receiving their winning items for the various categories of performances in the first month...
Food Outlook report assesses global supply and demand for major food commodities
Growing rice in the Philippines.
Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report...
Ghana became the 3rd African country (44th Party) to accede to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) serviced by UNECE; and the 37th Party to the Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (Watercourses Convention).
Ghana’s transboundary river...
Government debt burdens across sub-Saharan Africa are rising at a faster pace and to higher levels than elsewhere in emerging markets, heightening the risk of further rating downgrades and defaults, ratings agency Fitch warned on Tuesday.
Emerging markets have been battered by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, with a...