Vodafone Headlines 16th Banking Awards
Mobile telecommunication network, Vodafone Ghana, is set to headline this year’s 16th Ghana Banking Awards; representing a solid three-year run of association with the event. The awards is a...
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France Unveils Brexit Plan To Lure Bankers From London
The French are planning to lower taxes on high earners, scrap a levy on financial transactions and build three international schools in a bid to attract bankers from the City of London. French Prime...
US Fed Sees Signs Business Investment To Boost Economy
The Federal Reserve said Friday it sees hopeful signs that business investment is poised to rebound from the doldrums of the global financial crisis and boost the US economy. But, in its semi-annual...
GCNet Scoops Awards
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) demonstrated its pioneering leadership position in the trade facilitation space when it won the two top most awards at the maiden Ghana Shippers...
US Job Creation Surges In June, Pointing To Market’s Resilience
US job creation returned with a roar in June, offering a dose of welcome news to the White House and offsetting fears of a slowing economy, official figures showed Friday. Still, the robust...
US Stocks Rise After Solid June Jobs Report
Wall Street stocks rose early Friday after the Labor Department reported the US added a better-than-expected 222,000 jobs in June. Despite the solid headline figure, the report showed that wage...
Why Mass Burial Was Given To 22 Trapped Victims
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western...
US Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 4.4% In June
US job creation rebounded in June while the unemployment rate ticked higher as more people entered the work force in search of jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. The US economic engine...
Govt Must Give Job To Illegal Miners To Win Galamsey Fight – TUC
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has indicated that illegal mining can be totally eradicated only if the approach is focused on employment and social development. The Union therefore charged...
Pakistan Orders Shell To Pay At Least $2.4m After Tanker Fire
Pakistan on Friday ordered Shell Pakistan to pay at least $2.4 million in compensation after more than 200 people were killed when one of its tankers overturned and exploded in a devastating inferno...
How To Register, Bet and Withdraw Winnings Easily
Soccabet is a Ghana-based online sports betting company. It is one of the leading and most popular sports gambling destinations in Ghana at the moment. Soccabet has a wide array of games on its...
GCNet Sweeps Two Honours At Ghana Shippers Awards Including Trade Facilitation Company of the Year
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) was adjudged Trade Facilitation Company of the Year while its Executive Chairman, Dr. Nortey Omaboe picked CEO of the Year at the maiden Ghana...
Trump and Putin To Meet Face To Face
US President Donald Trump is to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for the first time at a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. They have both said they want to repair ties damaged by the...
Mobi Bancassurance Relaunched By GN Life & GN Bank
GN Life and GN Bank, entities of Groupe Nduom (GN), have re-launched a “Mobi Bancasurrance partnership.” The partnership requires GN mobile bankers to market GN life products so as to provide...
Trump Bullish On ‘blazing’ Economy But Whose Recovery Is It?
As he rubs shoulders with leaders of the world's other major economies, Donald Trump is in a bullish mood about the US recovery even if there are clouds on the horizon. "Stock Market at all time...
New Face To National Service, Following Gov’t Partnership With MIT
The Ghana National Service Secretariat has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) to revamp the National Service...
BNI Report On BOST Scandal “deficient” – Occupy Ghana
Latest: Trump to set out his vision of Europe on trip to Poland Pressure Group Occupy Ghana has watered down an alleged report by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security on...
Trump Weighs ‘severe’ Response To N. Korea ICBM Test
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering a "pretty severe" response to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test, even as China appealed for a scaling down of rhetoric....
Moody’s Predicts Acceleration In Ghana’s ‘real’ GDP For 2017, 2018
Ghana’s B3 credit rating and stable outlook reflects its strong economic growth outlook and reduction in external imbalances, set against challenges which include a significant fiscal overrun in...
AfDB Focuses On Fashion Industry To Create Jobs For Millions of Women and Youth In Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for the empowerment of small and medium operators in the textiles, apparel and accessories sectors as a deliberate job creation strategy. The AfDB made the...