Banking & Finance

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 …

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 …

Half of the world’s countries have approached the International Monetary Fund for emergency loans to weather the financial crisis sparked by the global coronavirus pandemic. More than 100 countries so …

Players of the insurance industry in Ghana have made a total donation of GH¢1,105,000 to the COVID-19 Trust Fund. This was in response to the clarion call made by the …

As the corporate world rises up to the challenge to help combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic, Access Bank Ghana, has taken steps to ensure it is contributing its widow’s might …

In its bid to consistently put customers first, Emirates has updated its COVID-19 travel waiver policies into one simplified approach for rebooking and refunds on tickets issued in all its …

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has made a donation of GHc11.5 million (the equivalent of US$2 million) to the Ministry of Health and allied institutions as part of the mining …

The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has begun documentation for the disbursement of the GHc600 million soft-loan scheme pledged by government to alleviate negative impacts of the COVID-19 …

The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) is calling on the government to strongly appeal to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and shipping lines to give unconditional waivers …

Ghana has launched an internet software application to help people with symptoms of the new coronavirus to report directly to the health institutions. The app, named GH COVID-19 Tracker, is …