Ogilvy Ghana MD Appointed Regional MD
Ogilvy and MatherWorldwide, has announced that the role of its Ghana MD, Akua Owusu-Nartey, has evolved to the position of Regional Managing Director of Ogilvy Africa Group, reporting to Mathieu...
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US Inflation Flat In June While Retail Sales Sink
Cheap energy prices kept US inflation flat in June in another sign price pressures remain weak in the world's largest economy, Labor Department figures showed Friday. The falling price of gasoline...
TV3, 3FM Honoured At the 2017 Premium Bank Ghana Startup Awards
Business programmes on TV3 and 3FM have been recognized for providing engaging educational content for young people to be inspired and updated with current affairs in business and entrepreneurship....
Tamale Mayor To Meet Bill Clinton, Zuckerberg On US Investment Tour
Iddrisu Musah Superior, the Metropolitan Chief Executive Officer(MCE) of Tamale, Northern Regional capital, has arrived in Washington D. C, the United States on an investment tour. His decision to...
JPMorgan Chase Profits Up On Loan Growth
JPMorgan Chase reported higher second-quarter earnings Friday, boosted by loan growth and the benefits of increased interest rates that compensated for declines in trading performance. JPMorgan chief...
We Had A Plan To Clear GHc100m NHIS Debt – Alex Segbefia
Former Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia has said the Mahama government had a strategy to clear the GHc100 million debt in the health sector that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is...
Akufo-Addo Launches NEIP
President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday launched the National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Plan (NEIP), his government’s flagship initiative, which will be the primary...
AMA Begins 2017 Revenue Mobilisation
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has begun its 2017 revenue mobilisation exercise to collect all monies owed the Assembly by businesses and property owners in the Metropolis. It, therefore,...
IMF Approves Second Tranche of Egypt Loan
The International Monetary Fund has approved a second tranche of a $12 billion loan to Egypt, praising the country's tough economic reforms that have fuelled inflation. In a statement on Thursday,...
Major Mahama’s Endowment Fund Bill To Be Laid In Parliament – Minister
The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has disclosed that progress has been made on the establishment of the endowment fund in honour of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. He was speaking to...
Google Announces London Cloud Computing Data Centre
Google has revealed it has built a London data centre for the cloud computing services it rents to third parties. The facility is its second in Europe, after Brussels, and promises to provide faster...
India’s Infosys Eyes Artificial Intelligence Profits
Indian IT giant Infosys said Friday that artificial intelligence was key to future profits as it bids to satisfy clients' demands for innovative new technologies. India's multi-billion-dollar IT...
Leicester City’s Thai Owners To Be Sued By Graft-Buster
A Thai anti-corruption official on Friday said he is suing King Power, the duty free giant that owns Leicester City Football Club, for hundreds of millions of dollars over the alleged underpayment of...
US Social Security Funds Run Out In 17 Years
The US government retirement program for the elderly will be exhausted starting in 17 years unless policies are changed, the US Treasury said Thursday. Social Security, the Depression-era retirement...
Amid Antitrust Concerns, Fantasy Sports Sites Call Off Merger
Fantasy sports websites DraftKings and FanDuel announced Thursday they were calling off their planned merger, following opposition from US antitrust regulators. Last month, the Federal Trade...
Chicago’s Storied Sun-Times Newspaper Sold, For A Song
The Chicago Sun-Times, the city's oldest continuously published daily and winner of eight Pulitzer prizes, has been sold to an investor group, reportedly for $1. The newspaper, which traces its...
SRI EMAS Touts Role In Start of Oil Production At Cape Three Points
SRI EMAS Limited (SEL), the company responsible for the complete subsea architecture installation including Structures, Flowlines, Umbilical and Risers for the FPSO Kufuor has expressed its joy...
Akufo-Addo Launches Nat’l Entrepreneurship & Innovations Plan With $10m Seed Money
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday launched the National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Plan (NEIP), his government’s flagship initiative, which will be the primary vehicle for...
Ghana Signs $4bn MoU With Chinese Company
The government of Ghana has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinohydro Corporation Limited for the execution of a number of key projects across the country. Among others, the Chinese...
UMB Customers To Enjoy Speed and Quality Banking As It Marks 45th Anniversary
Customers of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) have been promised speed and quality banking in coming days as the bank commemorates its 45th anniversary. Formerly known as Merchant Bank, UMB was...