The coronavirus pandemic has since March undoubtedly had a devastating impact on households, businesses, and the local economies in Ghana, and the world at large. With almost every sector experiencing change of a sort, the pandemic gave way to more … Read more →
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo says the government will adequately deal with secessionist groups making claims for an independent state within the country. This is the first time the President is publicly commenting on the matter since reports of the groups’ … Read more →
Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has labeled the NDC manifesto as ‘kwatirkwa’ (empty) manifesto. Speaking to Philip Osei Bonsu on ‘Ekosiisen’ on Asempa FM in Accra, the Vice President said if the poorest of the poor promises to give … Read more →
The 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards are ready to honour the best in music, activism and culture. Following the 2020 BET Awards, which paved the way as one of the first award shows to take place amid the coronavirus pandemic and … Read more →
South Africa’s economy lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020 during the country’s coronavirus lockdown, the authorities say.It is the biggest fall in job numbers since the employment survey began in 2008.Restrictions were brought in to try … Read more →
A London commercial court on Tuesday ordered that Nigeria be given the $200m (£156m) it deposited last year pending its appeal against the $10bn awarded to a firm over a failed gas plant. Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), a British … Read more →
Royal Dutch Shell has said it plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as it responds to challenges including the slump in oil demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The oil giant said the cuts would be implemented by 2022 and … Read more →
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government has so far spent GH¢27 billion on its major policy interventions. He named some of the interventions as the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), free SHS, the … Read more →
The Covid-19 pandemic began last year in a city in central China, but has since grown to affect nearly every country on earth. The virus has put world leaders in hospital while exposing inequality. It has asked major questions of … Read more →