In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic and what is happening across the world and the continent, it is no longer feasible to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on July, 1 as planned.
With the closure of most land and sea borders, as well as airports, it...
African governments are being impressed upon to keep their trade borders open for business in order to ensure the free flow of medical supplies, food and other essentials which will aid the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The deadly coronavirus pandemic outbreak has forced several jurisdictions to close their borders...
Pernod Ricard Ghana, the leading distributor of premium spirits brands has committed an amount of GH¢193,000 to assist government in the fight against COVID-19 in Ghana.
The company announced the amount is dedicated towards the purchase of 5,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) masks to frontline hospital personnel of the Greater...
Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale and his Shatta Movement team on Friday, April 17, 2020 made a donation to the James Camp Prisons located at Roman Ridge in Accra.
The assorted items donated by the team included food items (bags of rice, gallons of...
Sustainable Square, a multinational advisory firm that delivers impact through redefined solutions in the field of social investment, sustainability and environment, has established a sub regional headquarters in Ghana.
The Accra office will serve as a headquarters for the West Africa region and will be led by Henry Treku, a...
GLICO Life Insurance Company Limited (GLICO LIFE) has offered free Hospitalisation Benefit to all its existing and prospective policyholders with effect from 10th April to 31st July 2020.
GLICO Life appreciates the hardship that the COVID-19 pandemic could have on its policyholders and has therefore offered the free Hospitalization Benefit...
The huge health and economic shock that the new coronavirus is delivering to rich countries is also starting to reach deeply into the developing world. But we should not presume that the rich world’s policy responses to the pandemic are best for developing countries, or even feasible. On the...
The nations of the developed world have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by supporting their domestic economies and financial systems in bold and unprecedented ways, on a scale that would have been unimaginable three months ago.
In contrast, when the world’s finance and central bank governors convene virtually this week...
Without a comprehensive debt moratorium, the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a wave of uncontrolled sovereign defaults, especially among emerging and developing economies. Should that happen, global efforts to contain the public-health crisis will fail, and the current economic collapse may well turn into a permanent decline.
Rich and poor...
A number of very important guidelines have been issued worldwide to address the COVID-19 pandemic, namely:
• frequently wash hands under running water with soap for at least twenty seconds
• sanitize hands periodically
• limit the number of face-to-face interactions
• observe basic social distancing protocols, etc.
These guidelines are being widely repeated here in Ghana...