A French appeals court has slashed the amount of damages due to be paid by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel to €1m ($1.12m; £860,00). Kerviel had been ordered to pay back the €4.9bn of losses his...
Ghana could become the fourth biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 once two new offshore fields come on stream, to push total output above 240,000 barrels per day (bpd), pan-African...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it secured US$1.8 billion syndicated loan from a consortium of banks to allow it purchase cocoa beans for the 2016/2017 crop season beginning next month will hit Bank...
Government’s move to settle the longstanding grievances of clients of the DKM Microfinance Company has taken off on a disappointing note with a number of the depositors in the Upper East region...
Availability and ease of access to credit remains a huge challenge for the private sector. Latest data from the Bank of Ghana suggests a general credit squeeze to the private sector in 2016, amidst a...
The Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Edward Effah has lamented, Ghanaian businesses appear content to be local champions with little interest in becoming big global players. Expressing...
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has broken the jinx of incessant seeking of lifeline from government and financial institutions a development which has given the company an enviable...
Only three out of 36 listed firms on Ghana’s Stock Exchange have since January 2016 registered growth in their share prices, The Business Finder reports. The market capitalisation of the 36 listed...
“The waters are coming…the waters are coming,” did Debs Bediako scream with the Spirit to survive in his Soul. His Soul commanded him to hold tied to the wooden wall avoiding the broken glass...
Franklin Cudjoe is founding President and CEO of IMANI Center for Policy By Dade Afre Akufu On Saturday September 17, 2016, a dear friend M. Kwadwo Nyamba came to the defense of the “good” work...
Tony Blair is giving up most of the consultancy work that made him millions after he stood down as U. K. leader. In a statement on Tuesday, the former British prime minister said he had decided to...
Just like climate change, tobacco kills many people every year. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is making sure that “the tobacco industry...
Chief Executive Officer of the Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Edith Darkwa, has been awarded Fellow Certified Economist (FCE) by the Institute of Chartered Economists of Ghana (ICEG). The...
Of late Muslims in Ghana have lost great men who were noted for contributing towards development of Ghana and the advancement of Islam. The latest of these men to depart this earth to eternity was...
The Abeka Branch Manager of Pan African Savings and Loans, Kwame Frimpong Opoku has assured customers of the security of their deposits in a bid to win the trust of people in the operations of...
The US Department of Justice is asking Deutsche Bank to pay $14bn (£10.6bn) to settle an investigation into mortgage-backed securities, the bank has said. Deutsche Bank said it "has no intention to...
With barely three months to general elections in Ghana, banks are cautious about extending credit to businesses and individuals, some industry experts have told Business Finder. The uncertainty...
The next Mahama administration, should the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) win the December 7 polls, will not rely on borrowing to fund all the 130 promises highlighted by President John...
The world’s biggest investment banks saw combined revenues sink by 15 per cent in the first half of this year, the most since the aftermath of the financial crisis, underlining the urgency of...
A former deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the running mate of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has warned that eight banks in Ghana risks collapse due to the continuous hikes of bad loans on...
