The COVID-19 crisis is affecting the entire global economy and that of Ghana. Some key sectors of the Ghanaian economy are already experiencing a slowdown as a result of the pandemic. Tourism, air transport, and the oil sector as well as the formal and informal private sectors of the economy are...
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is hoping to hold some virtual events this year to sustain momentum for the ‘Beyond the Return’ agenda launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a follow-up to successful execution of the ‘Year of Return’ initiative last year.
According to the sector...
Numerous enactments have been in existence to regulate health and safety of Ghanaians. Ghana has ratified International Convention No. 155 on health and safety at the workplace.
Labour Act, 2003 (ACT 651), Workmen’s Compensation Law 1987, Factories, shops and office Act, 1970, Ghana National Fire Service Act 1992, ACT 537,...
Pro-poor social protection and intervention programs are by themselves not sufficient to adequately combat the perpetual menace of incidents of Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) the Participatory Development Associates (PDA), has stated.
As a matter of urgency, the government and other stakeholder institutions must in addition to these programs,...
Tullow Ghana has held its first ever virtual supplier development seminar for 105 indigenous suppliers. The training was done on COUPA via virtual supplier development webinar.
The company says the seminar forms part of commitment to supplier development, which remains a key pillar of its local content activities, despite the...
To the surprise of many, African governments have responded swiftly and boldly to the COVID-19 crisis. Ethiopia’s unconventional approach, for example, reflects the country’s limited financial and human resources, as well as the low level of available international support. Despite these severe constraints, the results so far have been...
“We sense that ‘normal’ isn`t coming back, that we are being born into a new normal: a new kind of society, a new relationship to the earth, a new normal experience of being human.”
------Charles Eisenstein, Public Speaker & Author.
The “new normal” has certainly become a household name in the...
Eight entrepreneurs from across sub-Saharan Africa, including Young at Heart Ghana’s Josephine Marie Godwyll, have been awarded funding to harness the engineering and business skills of their organisations to help tackle the spread of COVID-19.
With UK government funding through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Project...
Newmont Ghana’s Akyem Mine has donated GH¢166,000 worth of medical supplies to the New Abirem Government Hospital and Birim Central Municipal Health Directorate to support COVID-19 relief efforts in the mine’s host communities and region.
The donation included Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), personal hygiene items, and hospital equipment and consumables....