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Business Associations Threaten Shipping Lines

Key business associations have strongly criticised shipping lines for charging Terminal Handling Charges (THC) in spite...

Opinion

Six Ways To Manage Money In Your Business

One of the hardest things to get right as an entrepreneur is managing the financial side of your business. Over the...

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Moody’s Ranked Ghana High Because of My Leadership – Mahama

President John Mahama has indicated that the country’s rating on the international scene has improved because of the...

Business

GDP Growth Slumps To 2.5%

The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter has plummeted to 2.5 percent from the 4.8 percent...

Business

Tilapia, Cashew Draw Vietnamese Investors

Vietnamese investors, currently on a one-week working visit to Ghana, are seeking to establish joint ventures with...

Business

Benchmark Rate Inches Up

The yield on the Government of Ghana 182-day treasury rate edged up by 0.01 per cent to settle at 24.70 per cent at the...

Business

Terkper Chases Ghanaians Abroad For ‘Diaspora Bond’

Government’s desire to borrow more funds continues to grow as the Ministry of Finance targets Ghanaians in the...

International

Oil Rallies As Opec Agrees Output Cut

The oil producers cartel Opec has agreed a preliminary deal to cut production for the first time in eight years,...

Opinion

UK Visas & Immigration Launches A New Visa Application Centre In Mombasa

On Monday 19 September 2016, UK Visas and Immigration’s global commercial partner for UK visa services, TLScontact,...

Opinion

Payments East Africa 2016 On 27-28 September, Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

Banks and telcoms worldwide are rethinking their current business models and sources of revenue in light of Fintech...

Opinion

Nigerian Government Support Can Help Small Businesses Thrive In Recessionary Times

With the Nigerian economy in recession, support for Small & Medium Businesses could be one of the key ingredients to...

Opinion

Department For International Trade London & ERDF Trade Take London Businesses To Nigeria and Ghana

Representatives from energy, infrastructure and education & training companies will be participating in the Department...

Opinion

What The African Banking Market Can (And Should) Learn From Europe

CHALLENGE: According to a 2015 KPMG report, banking penetration is as low as 36% in some of the larger African...

Opinion

Algeria Calls For OPEC Supply Side Action

Algiers (AFP) - Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa on Wednesday pressed demands for action on an oil supply...

Opinion

OPEC To Cut Production By 750,000 Barrels Per Day

Algiers (AFP) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to cut production by 750,000...

Opinion

OPEC To Cut Output By 750,000 Barrels Per Day

Algiers (AFP) - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to cut production by 750,000...

Business

FPSO Shutdown Hurts Ghana’s Economic Growth

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reveled the shutdown of the Kwame Nkrumah FPSO in the second quarter of 2016...

Business

Mahama Lauds French Companies In Ghana

President John Dramani Mahama has held discussions with French President Francois Hollande at the Elysée Palace in...

Business

Focus On Agric For Real Development

Head of Economic Division at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Dr. Charles Ackah, has...