Tag: stimulus package
MSMEs receive Stimulus Package in Assin Central
More than 3,700 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Assin Central Municipality have benefited from the stimulus fund set up by the...
Give special stimulus package to rural women- GhaFFaP
The Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) has called for a special stimulus package for rural women.
The Federation in a statement issued...
Trump says he is ending talks with Democrats on new stimulus package
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a new virus relief proposal put forward by House Democrats and said he is breaking off the...
More women receiving coronavirus stimulus package -NBSSI
Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Volta Region have started receiving their share of Government’s coronavirus package for businesses.
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Beneficiaries of stimulus package in UER ask for more
Beneficiaries of the government stimulus package, meant to help businesses that suffered under the COVID-19 pandemic in the Upper East Region are disappointed at...
Speed up disbursement of stimulus package to MSMEs – AGI
Mr Dela Gadzanku, the Volta/Eastern/Oti Chair of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has appealed to the government to speed up the disbursement of...
NSA begins vetting for over 1,000 selected athletes
The National Sports Authority (NSA) has commenced vetting for over 1,000 selected athletes, who are to benefit from the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) stimulus...
COVID-19 Stimulus Package: Government gifts players of Women’s Premier League GHc500 each
Players in the Women’s Premier League stand to benefit from the Government of Ghana COVID-19 stimulus package under the Youth Employment Agency Programme.
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We need the right data to disburse stimulus package-NBSSI
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has said the country needs right data to identify and give support to Ghana's Micro, Small...
Government must prioritise job creation-oriented SMEs in disbursement of stimulus package
The Network of Associations of Registered NGOs in Ghana (NARNGO), has called on government to give priority to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs)...
First one thousand beneficiaries receive NBSSI Stimulus package
The National Board for Small Scale Industries, (NBSSI) managers of the Government’s anti COVID-19 One billion-cedi stimulus package, has begun disbursement of loans,...
NBSSI extends stimulus package deadline by six days
The National Board for Small Scale Industries, managers of the Government stimulus package, has announced a six-day extension of the deadline for applications from...
Gender Ministry calls on women to take advantage of government’s stimulus package
Mrs Freda Prempeh, the Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has advised women in business to take advantage of government’s stimulus package...
Pay private health facilities their legitimate claims – Association
The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana on Thursday asked the Government to clear the indebtedness to the sector before supporting it with a...
COVID-19: PFAG advocates stimulus package for smallholder farmers
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on the government to roll out a different stimulus package targeting smallholder farmers to revamp...
Ghana to announce stimulus package for stakeholders in the sporting sector soon
The government has announced plans to roll out a stimulus package for stakeholders in the sporting sector severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ghana government to launch stimulus package for ‘Youth in Elite Sports’
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Isaac Kwame Asiamah has revealed that the government is in collaboration with the Youth Employment Agency and...
MOYS is considering a sports-specific stimulus package
The Ministry of Youth ad Sports (MOYS) has said it is considering a stimulus package peculiar to the sports industry in the wake of...
SMEs in Hohoe register for Government’s stimulus package
Business owners and entrepreneurs in Hohoe in the Volta region are registering for government’s stimulus package for Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs).
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Covid-19: Tourism Federation happy with government’s stimulus package
The Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF), the umbrella body for the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry, has embraced the government’s GH¢1 billion stimulus package to...
About 94,000 private school teachers to lose jobs due to COVID-19-GNACOPS
About 94,000 teachers from over 4,300 private schools in the country have not been paid due to the challenges imposed by the coronavirus outbreak.
This...
Set up committee to draft workable stimulus package – GUTA
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) on Thursday called for the setting up of a committee of relevant stakeholders to come up with...
Kobena Mensah Woyome calls on government to act quickly on GFA Covid-19 stimulus package
Member of Parliament of South Tongu and Ranking Member for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports and Culture, Hon. Kobena Mensah Woyome has called...
More than 200,000 businesses to benefit from GHC600 million stimulus package
More than 200,000 Micro, small and medium Enterprises are expected to benefit from the GHC600 million COVID-19 Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme.
Mrs Kosi...
South Africa’s stimulus package welcomed
South Africa's economic relief of 500 billion rand (about 25.6 billion U.S. dollars) announced to counter the effects of COVID-19 was welcomed.
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AU chairperson appoints special envoys to solicit anti-epidemic funds for Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU), said on Wednesday he has appointed four special envoys...
Consider stimulus package for media personnel in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic – GJA
Mr Affail Monney, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has called on government to consider stimulus package for the media houses...
COVID-19: President directs cabinet to come out with broader stimulus package
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed cabinet to put together a broader stimulus package to reignite the Ghanaian economy by the time the...
Trump signs US$2 trillion stimulus package into law amid COVID-19 fallout
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a 2-trillion-dollar stimulus package amid mounting COVID-19 fallout, a few hours after the House of Representatives approved...
U.S. House passes US$2 trillion stimulus package by voice vote, sending it to Trump
Following a Senate approval earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a 2-trillion-U.S.-dollar COVID-19 stimulus package by voice vote, sending...