Tag: UNDP
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COVID-19: Govt’s stimulus packages impacted positively on beneficiary firms – GSS Survey
Recent data from the COVID-19 Business tracker survey for wave III conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service, GSS, between 1st and 30th September 2021, has revealed an improvement in sales of some Small and Medium-sized Enterprises as a result of the government’s stimulus packages. The positive effect was evident amongst small businesses as their sales…
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Ghana lost about GH¢200 million in sales in 2020 due to COVID-19 – Study
Ghana recorded about GH¢200 million dip in sales, representing 61 percent from May to September 2020 as a result of COVID-19, a joint study conducted by the UNDP, World Bank and Ghana Statistical Service and a business tracker study has revealed. Professor Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah, from the University of Ghana Business School, made this known, during the…
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GIPC and UNDP engage stakeholders on SDG Investor Map Utilisation
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held its first breakfast meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Investor Map utilization, with the goal of channelling investments into major investment opportunity areas identified in the SDG Investor Map for Ghana. The SDG Investor Map which was initiated…
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Stateholders must create accessible, affordable insurance for all – UNDP
Dr Angela Lusigi, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Ghana, has called on stakeholders in the insurance industry to create accessible and affordable insurance solutions to build resilience in the face of increasing disaster risks. She said while disaster risks were on the increase, there was a huge protection gap in developing countries,…
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Support women-led businesses to ensure success of AfCFTA – Kosi Yankey
Chief Executive of the Ghana Enterprises Agency, Kosi Yankey-Aryeh, is calling on African leaders and private sector players to sponsor regulations that seek to sponsor women businesses on the continent. According to her, the formalisation of women-led businesses and entrepreneurship is essential to ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, becomes successful. Speaking…
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Ghana among four countries to receive UNDP COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility
Ghana has been named as one of the four countries to receive support from the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility announced at the SDG Business Forum at the 75th UN General Assembly to help communities recover better. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact and the International Chamber of Commerce established…
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GSS survey to track COVID-19 impact on households and jobs
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank (WB), will from 9th − 20th June, 2020, conduct a “Households and Jobs Tracker” survey to track the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on households and jobs. The Households and Jobs Tracker is one of the three surveys…
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16 innovators of Ghana’s YouthConnekt kick-start business incubation and mentorship
The 16 winners of the Youth Innovation for Sustainable Development (YISD) challenge organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Youth Authority (NYA), under the Ghana YouthConnekt platform, kick-started their 9weeks business development incubation programme. This forms part of a winning package from UNDP and NYA to support young innovators to pilot…
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Green Climate Fund provides $9billion funding for climate change projects
The Green Climate Fund says it has made available nine billion dollars for some selected countries including Ghana to access money for climate change projects. The Green Climate Fund, according to the UNDP, will help the Finance Ministry endorse contracts that only meet requirements set out to protect the environment. Speaking to journalists after an…
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Vodafone, UNDP to empower 1,500 women in informal sector
Vodafone Ghana Foundation has partnered the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to empower 1,500 women in the informal sector with digital and financial skills in the Upper East region. The project, dubbed “Bringing the Informal to the Formal,” will directly train these women, mostly found in the Agric-processing sector, in savings, food security, business improvement;…