As the COVID-19 crisis has escalated, stay-at-home orders have led to a surge in online purchases – of everything from groceries to medicines to household essentials – by consumers in the advanced economies. Africans facing similar movement restrictions will not enjoy the same convenience – or the safety it...
Food security in sub-Saharan Africa is under threat. The ability of many Africans to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs has been disrupted by successive natural disasters and epidemics. Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, locust outbreaks in eastern Africa, and droughts in southern and eastern...
Zoomlion Ghana Limited has been commended for using World Health Organisation (WHO) approved standards, and state-of-the-art equipment, in its disinfection and fumigation exercises.
Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (Rtd) Derrick Oduro, made the commendation when he launched the nationwide disinfection and dis-infestation of military facilities and Garrisons at Burma Camp,...
A Managing Trustee of the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, Senyo Hosi, has lauded the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for its immense support to the construction of the COVID-19 Infectious Disease and Isolation Centre from the moment the idea was conceived.
“The Ghana Armed Forces has been the driving force...
Fixed income investment is any investment that offers a fixed or guaranteed rate of return to the investor over a specified period of time. Typical examples of fixed income investments are bonds issued by the government or corporate entities. These investments have fixed rate of returns on the face...
Ama K. Abebrese, the award-winning British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and producer, is Appolonia City’s newest homeowner.
Ama’s film credits include the critically acclaimed Sinking Sands, Ties That Bind, The Cursed Ones and the Netflix original movie, Beasts of No Nation. She starred in Azali, which was selected in 2019 as the...
Research by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that by giving women the same access as men to agricultural resources, it could increase production of women’s farms in developing countries by 20 to 30 percent.
The contribution of women to agricultural and food production is significant but it...
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push rural families even deeper into poverty and threaten global prosperity and stability
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of millions of jobs in the developed and developing world. Migrant workers are among the most directly...
As Africa braces itself for a surge of coronavirus infections, both China and the US are claiming to be Africa's greatest supporter; but there is more at stake in this escalating rivalry than simply tackling the virus, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was...