COVID-19, along with the related disruptions to the movement of goods and people, has compounded the challenges facing globalisation. With the breakdown of supply chains leading to concerns over the provision of key goods during the crisis, some emerging markets had moved towards regionalisation in an effort to share...
COVID-19 is indeed a revealer. It has revealed that the economy of Ghana has inadequate liquidity buffers.
The Minister of Finance reported to parliament as required by section 30 of Bank of Ghana Act, 2002(Act 612) as amended by Act 918 in 2016 - requesting a GH¢10bn financing from the...
The Commander in Charge of Nima Divisional Police Headquarters, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Abraham Quaye, has made a passionate appeal for the testing of police personnel and inmates to be a continuous process during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
"The continuous testing of officers and inmates will enable us...
The Country Director of the World Bank, Pierre Frank Laporte, has said the global finance firm will undertake an assessment of the COVID-19 situation in December to ascertain whether or not the pandemic is declining before a decision is taken to extend the debt suspension for countries.
He told Alfred...
COA Herbal Centre has debunked reports that their product, COA-FS, has been approved as a cure for COVID-19.
The report, from an independent test that was conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been extensively reported as confirming a cure for the novel coronavirus disease -...
The 2020 survey was conducted between February and April 2020 and yielded over 15,000 brand mentions and over 2,000 unique brands
For the third time in a row, Dangote Group has emerged as the most admired African brand, of African continent origin, by consumers, paired with the telecommunication giant, MTN...
The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) and Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together as part of GCX’s mission of transforming the country's agricultural value chain.
As part of the MoU, Venture Capital Trust Fund will create a fund under the auspices of the...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has opened the floodlights for General Insurers to apply No Claim Discount (NCD) to their existing customers.
No Claim Discount is an insurance terminology used by Non-Life companies on clients who insure their motor vehicle for one year without an accident. In a memo issued...
Deputy Minister for Local Government, Ntim Fordjour, has paid a working visit to monitor the progress of work on government's rural development programme - Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), undertaken in the Saboba district of the Northern Region.
Saboba district is among the 98 districts embarking on cashew...
Renowned Economist and Investment Consultant, Kwame Pianim, has called on African governments to realign their spending priorities toward supporting private businesses to thrive amid the COVID-19 economic destabilisation.
This, he said, would enable them to create the needed jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and those experiencing lay-offs on the...