Stuck at home because of the lockdown, 25-year-old Ugandan Richard Kabanda is worried about feeding his family.
The motorbike taxi driver, who used to earn about $2 (£1.60) a day, has had no work since the government banned public transport last month as part of measures to slow the spread...
“You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen, otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.” – African proverb
When Hippocrates first espoused that “we are what we eat”, very few in his time and fewer still in the succeeding years have truly appreciated his viewpoint. We all know food...
Staff of Republic Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited of Trinidad and Tobago have donated various Personal Protective Equipment and other medical accessories to 13 health centers across the country under its Employee Volunteerism Programme.
The total value of the donation which amounted to GHS160,000.00 was raised...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a US$3-million grant to complement continental efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah, who made the announcement in Cairo, said that the grant was in response to a request by African heads of state, through the auspices of the African Union...
The contractor of the University of Ghana Hospital project, EDC Engineering and Construction Limited based in Israel has donated GH¢100,000 to the COVID 19 Trust Fund.
Ms Elizabeth Ayim who made the presentation on behalf of the company said the donation was part of the Company’s corporate social responsibility.
According to...
…as Kumasi-based NGO joins fray
The call for private educational institutions to be included in the GH¢600million stimulus package for businesses is gathering steam, with Pastor Thomas Broni, Director, Royal Priesthood Educational Consult (ROPEC), an education-focused non-governmental organisation (NGO), adding his voice.
To him, since schools have been affected by the...
Politicians must refrain from politicising the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is ravaging countries across the globe, Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, President of the Trinity Theological Seminary (TTS), Legon, has cautioned.
Speaking to a cross-section of journalists during a disinfection and fumigation exercise by the Vector...
…what they can do to prepare for COVID-19 recovery
In this COVID-19 moment when hospitality businesses are so much in need of a bail out and following the President’s directive to the Finance Minister to make available a GHC 1 billion stimulus package to support businesses, an economist, Dr. Lord...