economy
Using Heritage Fund For Free SHS Ludicrous Idea – Kwame Jantuah
Vice chairman of the Public Interest And Accountability Committee (PIAC) Kwame Jantuah says a proposal by government to...
World Stocks Ride To Record High, Dollar Retreats
World stocks hit an all time high on Thursday as the latest round of robust global data matched hopes that major...
Banks Minimize Lending Due To High NPLs
Citi Business News has gathered that banks in Ghana have reduced lending to the private sector due to the continuous...
Free SHS: Don’t Touch Heritage Fund
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said the Akufo-Addo government must stay off using the...
Banking Giants ‘rigged’ South Africa’s Currency
Seventeen banks have been accused of rigging the price of South Africa’s currency, the rand. The country’s...
$600m/year Needed To Fund Free SHS
Ghana needs about $600 million per annum to fund and implement the Free Senior High School programme introduced by the...
This Is An Embarrassing Spectacle
IT’S been reported by a section of the media that some of our Honourable MPs behaved in an un-honourabale manner in...
Transit Trade Figures Pick Up
Confidence in Ghana’s economy by its landlocked neighbours of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, coupled with improved...
Heritage Fund Debate Builds Up
The decision by Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration to finance its flagship free Senior High School policy with...
Barclays Ghana Celebrates Centenary With Citi FM
As part of Barclays Bank Ghana’s celebration of 100 years in Ghana, the bank paid a surprise visit to Citi FM to...
UK and Germany Raise Concerns On Deal Talks
The UK and German governments are seeking to safeguard jobs in the potential merger of the Vauxhall and Peugeot...
UK Wage Growth Outpaces Inflation
Wages grew faster than the rate of inflation at the end of 2016, official figures show. In the three months to...
Corruption Has Taken Ghana To the Dark Ages
Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, the Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, has observed that the widespread corruption...
DC Restaurants To Close In Immigrant Solidarity Show
Some of the US capital's finest restaurants are putting their money where their mouths are: shutting down for a day to...
Trump’s Contested Pick For Labor Secretary Withdraws
US President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration Wednesday, the White...
Fed’s Yellen Spars With Lawmakers On Regulation, Economy
The US central bank chief sparred with legislators Wednesday over its responsibility for the weak economic recovery,...
Return On Investment of Ghana Heritage Fund Declines
Return on investment of Ghana’s Heritage Fund recorded a decline in the second half of 2016 as compared to the first...
Curb Sought On Excessive Spending
The worst excesses of the Indian wedding industry may soon be curbed if a new bill is approved. The proposed bill will...
Norfund’s Arise Acquires 27.7% of CAL Bank
CAL Bank has assured that an acquisition of 27.7 percent stake in the bank by Arise Investment will further grow the...