In The Fortunes of Africa, author Martin Meredith describes a Dutch sailing ship that dropped off a load of laundry for the Khoikhoi, the local inhabitants of the southwestern cape of Africa whom Europeans called Hottentots. The year was 1713. The Khoikhoi washed the laundry and were duly paid....
Ghana Hotels Association has observed with deep concern an advice purported to have been given to Government by an Economist, Dr. Laud Mensah, in relation to government's consideration of a stimulus package for the hospitality industry in the wake of the damaging impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Much as the...
Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has supported the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and the COVID-19 National Trust Fund with a total amount of GH¢200,000 to the fight the novel coronavirus pandemic in Ghana.
The GH¢100,000 donation, to each of the two institutions, is part of CBG’s GH¢1million commitment...
as some companies lay off workers
crunch time beckons for companies
The Ghana Employers’ Association and Organised Labor are pushing for a meeting with the Ministry of Finance, to among other issues, deliberate on how government can absorb a portion of workers’ salaries to help provide some relief.
According to...
The Amenfiman Rural Bank Limited at Wasa Akropong in the Wasa Amenfi East District in the Western Region has donated items to the government through three local assemblies to support the fight against COVID 19 pandemic.
The items worth about GH¢67,000 was presented to Wasa Amenfi West Municipality, Wasa Amenfi East...
The adverse impacts of the coronavirus disease on economies, industries and people all over the nations of our world cannot be under-estimated. From the onset of this very year till now, the world has been bedevilled by this disastrous pandemic. This global plague has blighted the economies and industries...
On a typical workday, hundreds of thousands of men clad in overalls and carrying safety equipment and head lamps assemble at South Africa’s mine shafts. They crowd into cramped elevators to be lowered miles underground, where they hack at seams of gold or platinum and haul ore in intense...
The news about the spread of COVID-19 is changing fast and companies are trying to make decisions about everything, depending on the industry.
There are a lot of uncertainties about the spread of the virus and companies need to develop appropriate Change Management strategies to respond to it.
The spread of...
“Take a risk and keep testing, because what works today won`t work tomorrow, but what worked yesterday may work again.” -- Amrita Sahasrabudhe, Vice President Marketing – FastMed
The COVID-19 pandemic has almost ravaged every fabric of society worldwide and the banking industry has had its first share of the...
From Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe, Argentina to Zanzibar, the whole world is under siege. The very existence of the human race is under a ferocious attack from the novel corona virus, officially labelled “covid-19”.
This virus has brought virtually every field of human endeavor to a frightening standstill. Every sector, be...