Tag: COVID-19 pandemic
Working from home is here to stay
Mr Michael Kwofie, Country Information Security Risk Officer, Standard Chartered Bank, has encouraged organisations to embrace the practice of working from home as it...
Ghana records $785.62 million FDI in 2020 half year
Ghana has recorded total investments of US$869.47 million, with total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) value amounting to US$785.62 million between January to June 2020.
Mr...
Austrian postal service prints Covid-19 stamp on toilet paper
The Covid-19 pandemic has inspired Austria's postal service to make stamps out of toilet paper.
The postal service said on Friday that it got the...
Increased support needed for enhanced Rohingya Response – IOM urges
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stands with its UN partners and the international community in calling for renewed support to more than one...
Population and Housing Census to begin in April 2021
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will conduct the 2021 population and Housing Census between April and May 2021.
A statement from GSS, copied to the...
Greater Accra Regional NHIA targets two million new members
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Greater Accra Region has stepped up efforts to meet its target of two million new members by the...
MultiChoice Group reaffirms commitment to supporting global UN Pause campaign
As the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic continues, MultiChoice Group (MCG) has reaffirmed its commitment to the United Nations’ (UN’s) efforts to conquer the...
World Interfaith Online Prayer Conference slated for 26th of October
2020 (HWPL) World Interfaith Joint Prayer Conference will be held online on the 26th of October to call for the eradication of the COVID...
S. African government thanks media for COVID-19 messages
The South African government on Monday thanked the media for playing a critical role in information dissemination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
Ghanaian online comics thrive as people seek fun amid pandemic
Dressed in a tight-fitting skirt, put on a wig and lipstick, a "female" character who likes telling dramatic stories starring a Ghanaian male, is...
NGO calls for renewed attention to the plight of rural women
The Centre for Women in Agriculture and Nutrition (C-WAN), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for the establishment of land banks to promote rural...
Israeli coalition government faces internal divisions, public pressure
Israel's coalition government is facing persistent internal divisions and mounting public pressure.
Saturday night marked months of weekly protests against the government and Prime Minister...
Let’s avoid a second wave of COVID-19 by observing protocols
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to comply strictly with the protocols on hygiene and social distancing to stem a resurgence of...
Prejudices, stigma, constitute barriers to the visually impaired
Mr Eric Ofori, Director of New Horizon Foundation of the Blind (NHFB) has said prejudices, stigma and discrimination and failure of society to accommodate...
EU leaders reaffirm support for Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic
European Union (EU) leaders reiterated their support for Africa as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to test the health care systems and economies on...
GAMLS commends government for interventions in COVID-19 fight
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has commended the Government for the innovative decisions that stimulated the local capacity of industries to...
Danfa Community Hospital receives protective items
The Fortitude Child Support Foundation, a maternal and child health not-for-profit organisation, has presented protective items to the Danfa Community Hospital in the La...
Universities in Cameroon reopen after months of suspension amid COVID-19
Universities and other higher education institutions in Cameroon started to welcome returning students on Thursday after a suspension of nearly seven months due to...
Food for All Africa organizes “Feeding Caravan” to commemorate UN World Food day
As a yearly ritual, today October, 16th 2020, marks UN World Food Day. Food is the essence of life and the bedrock of our...
AGRA joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Food Day
The COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change, and 2.5million people (5%...
Africa Battles COVID-19 Pandemic Effectively
Western media astonished at the successful efforts to contain virus on the continent
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic there was much concern...
YHFG launches adolescent reproductive health programme
The Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana (YHFG), a Non-Governmental youth focus organisation in Bolgatanga, has launched adolescent reproductive health education programme in two Districts of...
Presbyterian Church of Ghana consults stakeholders on higher education
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), is hosting a stakeholder consultation meeting on higher education for all heads of its higher educational institutions.
The institutions...
Assembly working to relocate traders from Coronation Park-MCE
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has pleaded with residents, especially football loving fans to exercise patience as the Municipal Assembly...
Presiding Member urges Ghanaians to continue to abide by COVID-19 protocols
Mr Alfred Asiedu Adjei, the Presiding Member of the Accra Metropolitan has called on Ghanaians to continue to observe the COVID-19 safety protocols...
EPA to deepen collaboration with the Chamber of Mines
The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr Henry Kokofu, has underscored the importance of institutional collaboration between players in the...
EKMA NADMO Commemorates International Disaster reduction day
The Effia Kwesimintim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) in conjunction with the National Disaster Management Organization, (NADMO,) has marked this year's International Disaster Day for Risk...
E-health is future of health system — Dr Da Costa Aboagye
Dr Da Costa Aboagye, Director of Health Promotion, Ghana Health Service, says electronic health delivery is the future of Ghana's health system.
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Ghana on ‘track to achieve universal access to electricity’ by 2030 – IEA
Ghana is among a handful of countries that are “on track to achieve universal access to electricity” by 2030, according to the World Energy...
UK and Kenya to co-host education summit in 2021
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, are to co-host an education summit in the United Kingdom in...