May 20, 2020 | Africa, Trade
As the coronavirus pandemic bites hard on global economies, cocoa farmers are making a case for Ghana to create a local demand for the industrial use of cocoa so as not to overly rely on international markets. At Korboe Farms – a 45-hectare cocoa farm at Akyem Tafo in...
Mar 30, 2020 | North America, Trade
LONDON (Reuters) – Sovereign wealth funds from oil-producing countries mainly in the Middle East and Africa are on course to dump up to $225 billion in equities, a senior banker estimates, as plummeting oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic hit state finances....
Mar 27, 2020 | Africa, Trade
Safety procedures at the premises of Sunda Ghana Limited, producers of Kleesoft range of products has been boosted with strict adherence to health directives in a bid to curtail the spread of the coronavirus in Ghana. Ghana has so far recorded 132 cases of the disease...
Mar 26, 2020 | Europe, Trade
Continuing pictures of empty shelves at UK supermarkets have sparked ongoing worries about food shortages. The supermarkets are confident that they can cope, not least because there is a limit to how much people can sensibly stockpile. So they believe that shopping...
Mar 25, 2020 | Education, North America, Trade
News release March 25, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada The Government of Canada is taking strong, immediate and effective action to protect Canadians and the economy from the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. No Canadian...
Mar 25, 2020 | North America, Trade
Nearly one million Canadians applied for unemployment benefits since the beginning of last week as sweeping business shutdowns related to COVID-19 deliver an unprecedented blow to the country’s work force. A source familiar with the data confirmed that the government...
