COVID numbers. Testing positive, recovery, deaths. Numbers dominate the story of this pandemic. We have gathered around television screens to listen to President Akufo-Addo’s regular address, during which his ritual of revealing the numbers often drew sighs of relief that Ghana was nowhere near the devastating death tolls and cases of the UK and the […] The post The black frontline—By
… not further borrowing to burden debt stock As the country intensifies its efforts to keep the coronavirus pandemic spread under control, economist at the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has advised government to be cautious on how it spends, so as not to add any further burden on the already high debt stock. […] The post Fighting
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to work in partnership with Zeal Environmental Technologies to help efficiently operationalise EPA’s established laboratory in Takoradi to serve the petroleum industry. “Zeal has the skill, knowledge and requisite machinery to deal with environmental protection issues – particularly in waste management as per oil waste, water waste among others, […] The post EPA,
Urges them to embrace joint ventures Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) producing similar products in the country have been urged to form joint ventures, in order to increase their production capacity and better position themselves to take advantage of opportunities in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. International Trade Law Consultant, Maame Awinador-Kanyirige, […] The post Blackbridge
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) is pushing for rate reforms in the shipping line business. According to GIFF, there are a number of charges on the books of shipping lines which have outlived their usefulness and are unreasonably increasing the cost of doing business. The Freight Forwarders say they have complained over the years about […] The post Shipping line rates
Government’s pay policy implementer, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), is stirring a debate on the importance of building stronger traditional labour groups as the phenomenon of splinter labour organisations seem to be gaining momentum. According to the FWSC, many traditional labour unions – including the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) […] The post FWSC
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