COVID-19 Exacerbates Poverty Risks in Poorest Countries
By Paul Akiwumi and Giovanni Valensisi
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Africa and Southern Asia, and the global economy enters...
Nigeria Sets Six-Week Timeline to Gradually Unlock Economy
The government will oversee the reopening of the economy which will be done in phases, spanning a total of six weeks and broken...
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count rises to 3,091 as Bono Region records...
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has increased to 3,091.
This comes after 372 new cases were recorded from various parts of the country.
The Bono Region has...
Food prices to keep rising due to impact of COVID-19 –...
Commodity price survey service company, Esoko, is predicting that the prices of food items will continue to rise in the coming weeks due to...
Afreximbank announces $3-Million coronavirus Response Grant for African countries
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a $3-million grant to complement continental efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah, who...
Ursula Owusu shuts down MTN office at Dansoman for not ensuring...
The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has shut down telecommunications giant, MTN’s branch office at Dansoman Zodiac, for not adhering to directives to ensure social...
Speed up COVID-19 testing with GeneXpert – Lab Scientists to government
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) is calling on government to make functional the over one hundred GeneXpert machines that can aid...
The impact of COVID-19 on startups
By Felix Dela Klutse
The
recent major economic crisis — 2007 – 2009 — is deemed by the International
Monetary Fund as one of the toughest in...
