Okada Business Booms In Adeiso
Despite efforts by the police in the Upper West Akyem District, Adeiso to clamp down on Okada Business, it is obvious that the use of motorbike for commercial purposes have become a booming venture...
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I Admire Dangote – Shatta Wale
Dance hall Artiste, Shatta Wale has revealed his admiration towards the seriousness and hard work of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote whose net worth is $12.1 billion. Shatta Wale in a Twitter...
Airtel, Jaarno Partner To Make Online Foodstuff Purchase Convenient
Airtel, the Smartphone Network has partnered premier digital foodstuff marketing and distribution company, Jaarno to offer Airtel’s high value customers the convenience of shopping for locally...
Less Than 1% of Nigeria’s Currency Is Fake – Central Bank
This is in response to a claim by a former deputy CBN chief who said 20% of the currency used by Africa’s most populous nation was fake and that was adversely affecting the economy. ‘‘Twenty...
Lufthansa Agrees Pay Deal With Pilot Union
The dispute has seen pilots take part in 15 strikes Lufthansa has struck a deal to solve a five-year-long dispute with pilots that has cost it millions of euros. Germany's largest airline and the...
Inflation Rate Drops To 13.3%
The inflation rate for January 2017 is 13.3 per cent, a drop from the 15.4 percent recorded in December 2016, Government Statistician Baah Wadieh has announced. Food inflation dropped to 7 percent...
Twenty-Five Banks Flout Law
Only five banks out the 30 have transferred their records to the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) as required by the law. They are namely, Ecobank Ghana, Standard Chartered Bank...
US Inflation Hits Fastest Pace In 4 Years
US consumer prices in January rose at their fastest pace in nearly four years, a fresh sign that a pickup in inflation may be approaching, Labor Department figures showed Wednesday. The consumer...
Police Investigate GBP3.9m Fraud At Ashimolowo Church
The City of London police are investigating an alleged fraud involving a former Premier League footballer who lost £3.9m from one of Britain’s richest evangelical churches in a disastrous...
E-Zwich Patronage Grew By 140% In 2016
The use of the biometric smart card, e-zwich, experienced exponential growth last year after series of mechanisms were put in place to drive usage. The volume of transactions within the period...
Oil Attacks In 2016 Cost Nigeria Up To $100bln
Militant attacks on key oil facilities last year reduced Nigeria's output by one million barrels per day, resulting in a revenue loss of up to $100 billion (94 billion euros), according to the...
Inflation Eases Further, Drops To 13.3% In January
Ghana’s inflation for the first month of 2017, January recorded 13.3 percent. The figure dropped by 2.8 percent from the 15.4 percent recorded in December 2016. Ghana started 2016 with an...
GSE: Poor Q4 Report Could Dip Trust Bank Gambia Performance
On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) the Trust Bank Limited – The Gambia, once again failed to impress stakeholders in Q4-2016. The bank, which has been struggling to grow its revenue, reported...
GHc92,000 NHIS Fraud Uncovered
At a time when the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is reeling under heavy financial burdens that threaten the very survival of the scheme, some Service providers have devised ways of milking...
Money Mistakes To Never Make When Planning Your Wedding
Planning a wedding is not a child’s play whether you engage a wedding planner or not. It is very challenging and demanding because it requires thorough planning and of course money. The funds you...
Pan-African Banking Finding Its Stride
In the years since the global financial crisis, Africa has witnessed a rapid expansion of cross-border banking, led by banking groups based in Africa that are spurring financial and economic...
‘PRS Committee Outmoded’
MEMBER of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region, Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo, has said that the name Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Committee of Parliament is outmoded. She was of the...
Heritage Fund To Finance Free SHS Policy – Osafo Marfo
The government has said it would review the Petroleum Management Act to allow for the use of the Heritage Fund to finance the free senior high school (SHS) policy scheduled to start in September...
Finland Embassy Partners Nokia, MEST To Launch Africa Codebus Training
The Finland Embassy in Ghana has partnered Nokia and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to launch the Africa Codebus training program for young children in some selected...
Posen Ditches NY Runway To Promote Fashion Democracy
Designers live to set trends, and celebrity favorite Zac Posen sought to jolt New York fashion out of its slumber party by ditching the runway for portraiture on Valentine's Day. The 36-year-old...