Your job is revered but unenviable. The task ahead of you is daunting because you have inherited a slow moving, indebted and jobless economy. In October 2013, the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit...
The financial experience of Boakye Agyarko is good for the current state of Ghana’s energy challenges—this is a verdict from the African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) on the nomination of Mr....
Government has missed its inflation target of 13.5% as Inflation for December dropped to 15.4% from 15.5% in November 2016. The prices of goods and services was fairly stable as inflation for the...
Fidelity Bank has met with its stakeholders to brainstorm and review its financial inclusion agenda with a focus on Inclusive Banking and Agency Banking. The consultative meeting had representatives...
The Vice President of Groupe Ideal Charles Arkuh has said the financial sector in Ghana has to take strategic decisions in order to sustain the industry. He made this remark in an interview to...
The figure represents a drop from the 15.5 percent recorded in November 2016. This is the third consecutive time that inflation has dropped since October 2016. The monthly change rate in December...
The $44 billion palm oil industry, under pressure in Europe after authorities listed the edible oil as a cancer risk, has found a vocal ally in the food sector: the maker of Nutella. Italian...
INTRODUCTION A change of government in any country comes with high expectations from the citizenry, the public and private sectors, and the international community. For the business world and economy...
China's central bank said on Wednesday it launched spot checks on major bitcoin exchanges in Beijing and Shanghai, knocking the price of the cryptocurrency down by more than 6 percent. The probe of...
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has inaugurated a Payments Systems Council (PSC) under its Payments Systems Department to help drive the development of efficient and safe electronic payment systems in...
Prosecutors in the US have accused three former currency traders at major banks of trying to rig foreign exchange (forex) rates in the banking industry. The three are Richard Usher, Rohan Ramchandani...
The Corporate Affairs Manager of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Eva Amegashie says employers who do not pay their workers are flouting the stipulations of the National Pensions...
A Mauritius-based investment fund has acquired the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra from Kingdom Holding Company (KHC). The transaction, according to a press release by the new owners, Quantum Global...
Consumers are to experience an immediate halt in the increase of utility and fuel prices in the short to medium term in what will be one of the first decisions embarked on by Minister of Finance...
Consumers are to experience an immediate halt in the increase of utility and fuel prices in the short to medium term in what will be one of the first decisions embarked on by Minister of Finance...
The Bank of Ghana has intensified measures to tackle fraud associated with electronic payment systems. Reports from the central bank indicate that the country loses over 900 million dollars through...
Waste management firm, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has refuted claims it has refused to collect waste for disposal within the central business district of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Earlier reports...
Toshiba Corp (6502. T) met creditors on Tuesday and asked them not to use provisions in debt agreements to call in their loans early, giving the troubled company time to work out a turnaround plan,...
When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law...
His Excellency President Nana Akufo-Addo has to make crucial decisions in the next 90 days to help put the economy back on the path of recovery. That recovery period must have no or minimum room for...
