The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced how important connectivity is in the modern world. As it has become more challenging to communicate directly, the use of ICT has become even more …
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The Global Perspective The world is still counting the massive cost that COVID-19 has unleashed on its soil. The level of anxiety and uncertainty prevailing globally has characterized the pandemic …
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Feature / AnalysisGlobalInvestments
How new proposed US restrictions on chip-making equipment will affect Africa
Some senior officials in the Trump administration have agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to Huawei Technologies, at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic impacts …
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Feature / AnalysisInsuranceInvestments
A global crisis like no other needs a global response like no other
I have been saying for a while that this is a “crisis like no other.” It is: More complex, with interlinked shocks to our health and our economies that have …
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Feature / AnalysisInvestments
The Great Lockdown: Worst economic downturn since the great depression
By Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund The world has changed dramatically in the three months since our last update of the World Economic Outlook in January. A rare disaster, a coronavirus pandemic, has …
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The coronavirus impact and consequent lock down of parts of urban Ghana is putting several tenets of formal employment contracts to the test. BELINDA ENYONAM DZOKOTO identifies some of the …
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As of April 18, Ghana had recorded 834 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, out of a global count of 1.34m infections and 74,600 fatalities. The government has responded …
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The shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing price war on crude oil have not only affected business and financial cycles globally but have also significantly impaired the public …
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Banking & FinanceFeature / AnalysisTop Story
First National Bank Ghana: A fresh breath of banking innovation, setting new standards and delighting customers
First National Bank started operating in Ghana a little less than five years ago with one major unique selling proposition: innovation. The bank promised to introduce products and services never …
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By Jeffrey Agyemang Duah It was not surprising to hear rice produced locally run out of stocks in certain parts of the country in the wake of the “Eat Ghana …

