The National Coordinator for Shea Network Ghana (SNG), Iddi Zakaria, has called on government to compensate communities where Shea trees are destroyed to make room for government projects and infrastructure.
According to him, Shea trees serve as the main source of livelihood for rural women; therefore, when the trees are...
Cristiano Ronaldo, Cr7, is the admiration of the world today and the best scorer/football player on the planet. He didn’t just rise to fame and dominance in the world of football; it took him years of training hard work, consistency, persistence, perseverance, determination, strong will-power, brevity, boldness and focus...
Despite inflation surging to double digits in April as a result of a spike in demand for food and other essentials in anticipation of the lockdown announcement, Databank Research says there is hope that the rate will come down due to government’s subsidy on utilities.
In late March and April,...
The Ghana Health Service has declared the workplace as one of the stations driving the country’s COVID-19 case count upward.
To this end, the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI held an emergency meeting this week,...
Two prominent African statesmen with a passion for agriculture have written an opinion piece featured in this edition of the paper which is worth giving a thought, considering the havoc wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic globally.
They approach the article through the prism of agriculture, its importance to the continent...
Agriculture contributes 65 percent of Africa’s employment and 75 percent of its domestic trade
Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of the crisis: 80 million Africans could be...
With the current fast-changing developments, policy makers need to know what is happening to the economy in real time, but they often must settle for data telling them what happened many weeks ago. And international trade, which links countries through a complex web of supply chains, is an area where...
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) is making a case for government to push the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to cut down its staff, reduce administration cost and realign its investment priorities to address issues of poor returns.
According to the Public Relations Officer...