The National Communications Authority (NCA) has taken note of recent widespread rumours and misinformation about 5G technology and its alleged link with the COVID-19 virus.
The NCA wishes to state categorically that there is absolutely no link between 5G technology and COVID-19. The public is therefore advised to disregard the...
Thousands of pregnant girls will attend school in Tanzania as part of a $500-million World Bank loan which had been delayed for years due to the country’s ban on expectant students.
Tanzania’s education minister Joyce Ndalichako said the loan aimed to improve access to and the quality of secondary education...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries is confident that interventions to ease the impact of COVID-19 on Micro Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) will result in a robust and resilient MSME sector.
The NBSSI, which has set April ending for the GH¢600million government stimulus package for MSMEs, along...
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has maintained utility tariffs for the second quarter of 2020, contrary to pressures from civil society groups for a reduction.
According to the Commission, the decision is in the best interests of the public as it will ensure financial viability and sustainability for the...
Gov’t set to absorb GH¢1bn monthly
IPPs owed US$1.5bn
Experts describe move as ‘poorly thought'
Government’s decision to take up 50 percent of electricity bills for residential, commercial and industrial users and free electricity for the poor for the next three months, according to energy and power experts,...
China must do more to help ease the debt burden of African countries facing economic calamity due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana’s finance minister has said.
Africa accounts for just a fraction of global cases of the disease, but its countries are already feeling the impact - with the continent’s...
Free power for the poor
Halves electricity bills for commercial and private residents
President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken steps to further reduce the social and economic impact that the coronavirus pandemic has brought on businesses and households, this time, adjusting downwards the cost of power.
Speaking at the seat...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved an immediate debt service relief to 25, including 19 African countries, of the IMF’s member countries under the fund’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT).
This relief programme forms part of the fund’s response to help address the impact of...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved the disbursement of SDR 738 million (about US$1 billion) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). The disbursement will help address the urgent fiscal and balance of payments needs that Ghana is facing, improve confidence, and...
- calls for concerted efforts towards tackling the virus
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has urged traditional and religious leaders to support the national efforts toward stopping and containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the country.
He said while the role of both traditional and...