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National Digital Address System To Start Vigorously

Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured that government will launch the national digital address system in a...

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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...

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Akufo-Addo Launches NEIP

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday launched the National Entrepreneurship and...

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Indonesia Foils Trade In Vulnerable Slow Lorises

Indonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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SRI EMAS Touts Role In Start of Oil Production At Cape Three Points

SRI EMAS Limited (SEL), the company responsible for the complete subsea...

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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),...

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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...

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‘Challenging’ For US Economy To Grow By 3%

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen warned Thursday that the Trump administration target of three percent growth will be...

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Akufo-Addo Sets Up $100m Fund For Entrepreneurs, Innovators

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has set up a 100 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and...

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Akufo-Addo Sets Up $10m Fund For Entrepreneurs, Innovators

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has set up a 10 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and...

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AfDB, IsDB Sign New US$2bn Deal To Fund Energy, SMEs, Human Development Programmes

African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a landmark agreement to strengthen...

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Dangote Invests $4.6 Billion Into Farming In Nigeria

Dangote Group, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $3.8 billion in sugar and rice and...

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Cocoa Loan Syndication Oversubscribed

Cocobod has already received around $1.6 billion worth of bids in an oversubscribed loan syndication aimed at financing...

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Inflation Drops To 12.1%

Inflation has dropped again for the month of June from 12.6 per cent in May to 12.1 per cent. This is the lowest since...

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Ensure Compliance of Minimum Wage

Following the announcement of the 9.60 new minimum wage, the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called on the...

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ECG Privatization Might Create Redundancies

The Coalition of ECG Concession Arrangement (COSECA), is calling for further negotiations on government’s decision to...