Kosmos Energy Donates Enhanced Testing Equipment Valued at $50,000 to the Ghana Health Service

Kosmos Energy Ghana has donated automated DNA/RNA extraction machine, RNA extraction test kits, and swab kits with transporters worth $50, 000 to the Ghana Health Service to help the Covid-19 fight.

Kosmos is confident that these items would complement the aggressive testing initiative of the Government of Ghana by enhancing the ability of GHS to deliver more rapid test results to support timely isolation and treatment of COVID-19 cases.

Kosmos is a full-cycle deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a world-class gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also maintain a sustainable exploration program balanced between proven, emerging, and frontier basins.

Procter and Gamble (P&G) Supports Government’s COVID-19 Fight with Face Masks

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, P&G has supported the efforts of the Ghanaian government to curtail the spread of COVID-19 with a donation of 11,100 personal protective equipment in the form of face masks. We understand that this donation of protective equipment will support health workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cause we wholeheartedly support.

P&G has a long history of supporting our communities in times of need all around the world. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, P&G globally – through “P&G Protect Our Heroes” Mission – has stepped up its commitment to be a force for good and have been working with long-standing partner organizations like the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana (AmCham Ghana) to provide support to communities, relief agencies and people impacted by this challenging situation.

P&G as a company serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®.

The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. P&G has been operating in Sub-Saharan Africa for more than 25 years and in Ghana through our distributors for over 5 years contributing economically and socially.

Our purpose is to continue to touch and improve the lives of our consumers in Ghana with innovative brands. Some of our brands in Ghana include Pampers®, Always®, Ariel®, Oral B®, and Gillette®.

Miriam Badu representing P&G Ghana Trading Ltd commended the government on its effort in showing strong leadership during this period.

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Provides 300 Residents In Ayawaso With Relief Packages

Before the novel COVID-19 virus hit the shores of Ghana, United Way Ghana was already collaborating with Standard Chartered Bank Ghana under our overarching program, Improving Basic Education (IBE). This partnership was initiated to improve the teaching and learning engagements of teachers and young learners while providing parents and caregivers the necessary tools to make them financially literate and self-reliant.

When the shutdown of schools made it impossible to go through with the IBE program, our collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) evolved to support the vulnerable communities under our COVID-19 Response Initiative. Through our partnership with SCB, we will be supporting the parents and caregivers of the wards in the Kanda Cluster of schools by providing them with relief packages and engaging their young learners in a remote reading program for an entire month. These relief packages contain essential foodstuffs like rice, gari, beans, sugar, mackerel, soap, oil, and tin tomatoes and sanitary items for the household.

Soon after this agreement, SCB presented relief packages worth GHC85,000.00 for 300 households in Ruga, Kawukudi, and Maamobi with the promise of beginning remote literacy engagements in the coming weeks. Mr. Nimfah- Essuma, the Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Ghana, commented during the presentation, “Having operated in Ghana for more than 120 years, we are committed to supporting our communities and the country at large during such dire times of need. Our immediate goal is to deliver relief measures to support the most vulnerable, and it is the reason we have partnered with United Way to address the needs of the most impacted. “We shall continue mobilizing our resources to support the most vulnerable,” he added.

Aside from having wards in Kanda Cluster of Schools, the beneficiaries receiving these packages are parents and caregivers who depend on the school feeding program to provide meals for their children.

To ensure the safety of all present we adopted the social distancing protocols recommended by the World Health Organization and the Ghana Ministry of Health. Before entering, beneficiaries had to wash their hands with soap and water. Then when called, enter into the building to show their coupon before receiving their package.  The look of relief on faces humbled all present. It was obvious that for most, this was God sent. “I am very thankful to have known Standard Chartered Bank and United Way Ghana, this package is going to make my family very happy today”, commented one man after receiving his package. A young learner sent by his mother said, “When my mother asked me to come, I was anxious because I did not know what to expect. Now I am happy I came, my little brothers and sisters will have good food to eat. You have really helped us”.

Most of the volunteers teared up after his comment, “I am lucky I get to do this, it has been a very humbling experience for me. I am not going to forget this anytime soon. I appreciate my parents providing for me and my siblings” commented Mary-Anne, a volunteer with United Way Ghana. In attendance at the distribution centers were volunteers and staff from United Way Ghana, Mother of All Nations, Muslim Family Counselling Services, and Achievers Ghana.

There were solemn moments during the distribution when it became apparent that these beneficiaries were receiving what they felt was a lifeline. Louisa Mensah, Resource Mobilization and Donor Retention Lead commented, “It has been a fulfilling experience, the gratitude the beneficiaries showered on us makes me believe that these packages will go a long way to provide sustenance for their families”.

With schools still suspended, the staff of Standard Chartered Bank will be engaging young learners of these beneficiaries through our remote reading program. We expect the young learners will be ready to be engaged and eager to learn.

With each engagement, our goal to support underserved communities under our COVID-19 Response Initiative becomes a reality. We have a long way to go in reaching our overarching goals but we continue to press on and know that each donation makes a difference in the lives of many people.

You can join us by going to https://unitedwaygh.org/united-way-ghana-COVID-19.php to find out more information,

Land Tours Ghana And Avis Rent A Car Support The Distribution Of 19,510 Face Masks

Land Tours Ghana and Avis Rent A Car are both contributing towards the distribution of 19,510 non-medical, fabric face masks to under-resourced health facilities in high-risk areas such as Nima, Madina, Ashaiman, Agloboshie, and Old Fadama.

The masks were funded in part by the USAID-supported West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change Program (WABiCC), which has supported Global Mamas on other projects as well that improve the livelihoods of women.

The masks are currently being produced by Global Mamas and are expected to be released to selected facilities in early June.

We visited the Global Mamas facility to see how these masks are produced and will soon share the video.

Visit https://lnkd.in/es85wbk to get more details on what member companies are doing to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. AmChamMemberCOVID19Support

COVID 19: UBER Ghana’s Response

In the past few weeks, Uber has taken steps to be part of the solution in various ways:

The Uber app is currently authorized for government permitted travel and/or exempted individuals during the partial lockdown. They have implemented:

Regulatory Guidelines

Uber app is available for permitted travel only (such as grocery shopping for essential goods or medicines).

Uber has implemented a pre-request screen that requires riders to confirm that the trip is within the permitted scope.

Limitations on passengers

  • UberX  – Maximum of 1 passenger

  • UberSELECT – Maximum of 2 passengers

Riders have been advised to sit in the back seat

Sanitizer Reimbursement

It is required that drivers sanitize their vehicles after each trip with a surface sanitizer.

Uber will make a one-time reimbursement to cover the expense of buying surface sanitizers (with a minimum alcohol content of 60%).

Helping affected drivers

If diagnosed with COVID-19 or placed in individual quarantine by a public health authority, Uber will provide driver-partners with financial assistance for a period of up to 14 days. For more information visit this page.

The above mentioned are initiatives are uber’s immediate response to the pandemic’s effects, and they continue to innovate more ways to leverage our platform to support individuals and their communities during these trying times.

Old Mutual ,175 Years Of Doing Great Things Across Africa And The World

Old Mutual Ghana is a Life Insurance and Pension Trust Company that provides life assurance and great pension services to customers in Ghana.

The Group was established in Cape Town in 1845 as South Africa’s first mutual life insurance company, offering financial security in uncertain times.

Their purpose is to help customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial goals while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families, their communities and broader society.

In this way, Old Mutual significantly contribute to improving the lives of customers and their communities while ensuring a sustainable future for the business.

Old Mutual now employ more than 30 000 people and operate in 14 countries across two regions:

Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and eSwatini)

Asia (China)

Old Mutual has been operating in Ghana since 2013, having acquired a majority stake in Provident Life Assurance. The company operates as Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Ghana) Limited and Old Mutual Pensions Trust Ltd.

Their purpose is to help customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial goals while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families, their communities and broader society.

This they do with an excellently assembled leadership team who are poised to take the business to the lofty heights that Old mutual is noted for.

For the last 175 years, they have delivered value to people, their families, businesses, communities and the countries in which they operate,

These are a few things Old Mutual has done for their customers and stakeholders:

  • built their dreams and fund their ambitions with them (savings, investments)
  • secured their futures (retirement, pension funds)
  •  protected them from the inevitabilities of life and built their legacies (risk, short term insurance)
  •  taught their children (education/investments plans, responsible business education initiatives)
  • supported their passions (sponsorship initiatives)
  • uplifted their communities (corporate social investment)
  • and preserved our environment (water plant, responsible investment)

We have delivered great outcomes for our customers and the public and we will indeed celebrate our heritage with them.

After operating for such a long time, you can be rest assured that all that experience will be passed on to the Ghanaian market.

We’ve seen it all. And, if we’ve learnt anything in this time it’s this:

THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO PEOPLE (AND TO OLD MUTUAL) HAVEN’T CHANGED. ‘WHY’ WE DO THINGS IS CONSTANT. IT’S THE HOW THAT CHANGES AS THE WORLD DOES.

You can trust us to champion our customers and be their most trusted lifetime partner, passionate about helping them achieve their financial goals.

Appolonia City Shares Its Business Portfolio With AmCham Guests

Appolonia City (Rendeavour) shared its business with guests at the AmCham Development Financing Forum. The presentation was part of the chamber’s new initiative to allow members to share their business and services with participants at AmCham events.

Ayesha Abdulrahaman, Senior Real Estate Advisor (Commercial), took participants through Rendeavour’s Ghana business and shared details on their 2,325-acre master-planned seamless live-work-play satellite city complete with residential, retail, commercial, educational, healthcare and recreational facilities city in Accra. Learn more.

The Capital Group Limited | AmCham Member of the Month

The Capital Group Limited (TCGL) is a Management Consulting firm established under the Companies Act of Ghana, 1963 (Act 179) on 22nd May 1996 and commencement of business on the 24th May 1996 to provide management consulting services in Human Resource, Training and Organizational Development, Facilities Management, Financial Management, Financial Advisory Services, and Event Management services for the public and private sectors in Ghana. Originally in the form of two wholly-owned subsidiaries – Capital Consulting Limited and Capital Factors and Debt Management Services Limited – the group consolidated into one company, The Capital Group Limited by the close of 2004.

The company in line with its vision has built a multi-cultural workforce that allows it to build on the expertise of its non-executive directors and management team in the areas of Recruitment, Contract Staffing, Training, People and Project Management, and Financial Advisory Services. Over the years, our emphasis on quality coupled with our business philosophy of “The Power of Partnership” has earned us the trust of our clients.

We have developed deep relationships with clients in various sectors including Insurance, Banking, Mining, Manufacturing and Construction, Oil and Gas, Hospitality, Aviation, Telecommunication Services, and Engineering.

 

Group’s Full Range of Services

  1. Human Resource Services:
  • Recruitment
  • Contract/Temporary Staffing
  • Staff-Outsourcing
  • Consulting
  • Talent Management Solutions- Harrison Assessment
  • Staff Screening
  • HR Audit
  • Functional HR Outsourcing
  1. Training and Organizational Development:
  • Corporate Training
  • Leadership Retreat and Development
  • Change Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Customer Service Training (Representative/Consultant of the Service Quality Institute of USA).
  • Reliability Maintenance and Engineering Training
  • Effective Debt Recovery and Negotiations Skills Training
  • Corporate Image and Grooming
  • Supervisory Skills for Efficiency and Performance Training
  • Overcoming the Dysfunctions of a Team, Leadership and Management Skills Training
  1. Event Management:
  • International Workshops
  • Public Educational Seminars
  • Conferences
  • Annual People Challenge Summit (HR and IR Conference)
  • Maintenance Engineering Conference.
  1. Industrial Relations:
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Negotiation
  • Employee Relational Management
  1. E-Learning Solutions
  2. Financial Services
  • Financial Advisory Services
  • Debt Recovery
  • Receiver/Manager Function
  • Factoring

CLIENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

  • GCB BANK LIMITED
  • FBN BANK LIMITED
  • TOTAL PETROLEUM GHANA
  • GHANA BAUXITE COMPANY LIMITED
  • CARGILL
  • GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • GRAPHIC PACKAGING
  • AVIAT NETWORK
  • ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY
  • JAY KAY LTD
  • MOBILITY INT.
  • DUNLOP CONVEYOR BELTING
  • IHRMP
  • GOLDFIELDS GHANA LTD
  • NEDCO

Learn more

Mastercard Joins AmCham Ghana

The chamber is pleased to announce the world’s fastest payment processing network, Mastercard, as our new Platinum Member.

For more than 50 years, Mastercard has been using their technology and expertise to make payments safer, simpler and smarter. They know safety and security are the top priorities of their customers, cardholders, and partners, that’s why they won’t stand still in developing new and better ways to keep payments safe.

Innovation is at the heart of Mastercard’s 50-year history. They take an innovative, value-driven approach to the solutions they create and the services they offer, making transactions faster, easier, and more convenient and secure.

As technology advances, devices change and payment methods adapt, Mastercard continually innovate to ensure the safety of billions of electronic payments wherever and whenever they occur. Their goal is to build a World Beyond Cash® where every person, every payment and every device is protected.

What started as a small group of bankers is now a driving force in the payments industry and providing the technology that’s leading the way toward a World Beyond Cash. Learn more here 

About the American Chamber of Commerce (Ghana)

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Ghana is the representative arm of U.S businesses and subsidiaries voluntarily working to create an environment where businesses can thrive between Ghanaian and American communities. AmCham exists to promote commercial, economic, educational and cultural ties between the United States of America and the Republic of Ghana. The Chamber is one of the 118 affiliates of the U.S Chamber of Commerce, which is the world’s largest business association with over one million members worldwide.

www.amchamghana.org