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Marketing Expert Charges Investors To Embrace Full Potential of Africa’s Emerging Market

Founder and Executive Dean of the Nobel International Business School (NiBS) Professor Kwaku Atuahene Gima is urging...

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Free SHS Will Be Strain On Ghana’s Finances – ISSER

The implementation of the Free Senior High School programme by the Akufo-Addo-led government will come at huge cost to...

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Teacher Motivation Poor

Government must provide attractive remuneration and incentives to teachers in the various public schools to serve as...

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Algeria Buckles Up For Homegrown Auto Drive

Once one of Africa's biggest car buyers, Algeria is embarking on an ambitious programme aimed at replacing hundreds of...

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Stakeholders Charged To Invest In Technical and Vocational Education

The government and stakeholders in education have been called upon to focus more on technical and vocational education....

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Journalist, 28, To Represent Volta On Council of State

A 28-year-old media practitioner in Hohoe, Shalom Abla Lumor, is determined to break the age barrier and represent the...

Business

Horrible History of Ghana Airways Makes It Difficult To Own An Airline

Chattered economist, Mr. Emmanuel Amoah-Darkwah has argued that it will be prudent for Ghana to own a national carrier....

International

Peru Ex-Leader Faces Arrest Over $20m Bribe Allegations

A Peruvian court has issued an international warrant for the arrest of ex-President Alejandro Toledo on suspicions of...

Business

Business Confidence In Ghana’s Economy Up

Vice President of the Association of Ghana industries, Mr. Humphrey Ayim Darkeh has said that business confidence in...

Business

New Targets Imminent

Discussions between Ghana’s economic team and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are set to generate revised...

International

Wall Street Opens Lower As Political Uncertainty Weighs

U. S. stocks opened lower on Monday as investors sought fresh catalysts after a strong jobs report last week, while...

International

U.S. Economy Adds A Strong 227,000 Jobs In January

America added 227,000 jobs in January, well ahead of December's gain of 157,000 jobs. The unemployment rate ticked up a...

International

Dollar Heads For Fourth Weekly Fall Ahead of Payrolls

The dollar inched fractionally higher on Friday, as it limped toward U. S. jobs data facing its fourth straight weekly...

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Ghana Finds A $1.6bn Hole In Budget

Ghana’s three-week-old government says it found a 7 billion-cedi ($1.6 billion) hole in the budget, a disclosure that...

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Ghana Finds A $1.6 Billion Hole In Budget

Ghana’s three-week-old government said it found a 7 billion-cedi ($1.6 billion) hole in the budget, a disclosure that...

Business

Finance Minister Must Reduce Appetite For Borrowing

As the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta officially assumes his office today; some financial observers have charged him...

Opinion

Nigeria Casts Its First Social Safety Net

Lagos (AFP) - Nearly two years after taking office, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is making good on an election...

Business

Economist Feels Sorry For Next Finance Minister; He’s In Very Tight Corner

Ghanaians have been urged to temper their expectations of the new New Patriotic Party (NPP) government because economic...

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BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 25.5%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate for the first time this year at...