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ADB Wins Best Bank In Agric, Forestry and Fishing Financing

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) emerged as the best bank in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Finance at the...

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Premium Bank Launches GHC5 Million Credit Facility For Startups

SME -focused commercial bank, Premium Bank, has announced a ₵5 million integrated credit facility for members of the...

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Expect More Gains On Goil Shares

GOIL shares maintained a winning streak for the first half of 2016 on the local bourse. The list OMC managed to keep...

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Accra To Host Ghana Customer Experience Summit 2017

Customer service has become one of the major factors that differentiates businesses that work and the ones that fail....

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Allegations Against Me Are Baseless

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has rubbished allegations of abuse of office, causing...

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Tokyo Olympic Stadium Worker’s Suicide Due To Overwork

The suicide of a 23-year-old worker on Tokyo's Olympic stadium was due to overwork, his family said, as Japan races to...

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Land Valuation Division Begins National Exercise To Revalue Properties In MMDAs

Land Valuation Division (LVD) of the Lands Commission, under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has announced...

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Ghana To Become Digital Hub–Andah

Deputy Minister of Communications, Hon. George Andah, has hinted that the vision of the Akufo-Addo-led administration...

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Sears In Deal To Sell Kenmore Appliances On Amazon

Slumping US retailer Sears announced an agreement Thursday to sell appliances from its Kenmore line on Amazon, a move...

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US, European Police Say ‘dark Web’ Markets Shut Down

US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the...

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Down the Drain? The Economic Costs of Illicit Financial Flows In Africa’s Extractive Sector [Article]

Resource-rich African countries are facing significant economic headwinds. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer,...

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US Claims For Jobless Benefits Drop In Mid-July

New claims for US jobless benefits tumbled in mid-July to their lowest level in two months, further evidence of a...

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US, China Agree To Cooperate On Deficit In First Trade Talks Under…

The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on reducing the trade deficit in the first round of economic talks...

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NAFTA Changes Could Cost US Auto Industry Jobs, Raise Car Prices

Imposing new tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico could raise the price of new cars in the US by an average of...

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NAFTA Talks To Begin Aug 16, US Says

Negotiations on reworking North America's landmark free trade pact will begin next month in Washington, US officials...

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Midyear Outlook: 74% of Banks Fail To Match Reduction In MPR

A GN Research analysis of Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) annual percentage rates (apr) and average interest (ai) have shown...

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MP Hits Out At Nana Addo; Says He’s “not On Top of Issues”

Member of Parliament for Bongo in the Upper East Region Edward Abambire Bawa says President Akufo-Addo’s performance...

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Charlotte Osei Faces Removal As EC Chair Over Alleged Abuse of Office, Breaches of Law

Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Ms Charlotte Osei, faces impeachment over allegations of abuse of...

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Philippines Puts Big Casinos On Money-Laundering Watch

The Philippines said Wednesday it would monitor large transactions at casinos to curb money-laundering, after proceeds...