Depoliticize LEAP – Prof. Debrah
Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Emmanuel Debrah has warned politicians to desist from politicizing government initiatives during elections just to win favour from...
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NSIA Insurance Ghana Launches Apakan Service, New Office
NSIA Insurance has out-doored a new product, Apakan, together with the launch of its new office at Lapaz in Accra over the weekend. Apakan, a digitally supported payment system product, tailored...
Google Doodle Pays Tribute To Ghana’s Aunty Ocloo
A late Ghanaian female entrepreneur who founded her country's first food processing company was the subject of a Google doodle tribute on Tuesday. Esther Afua Ocloo became one of Ghana's most...
UBA Approves N27.2bn Dividends For Shareholders
The shareholders of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have approved the payment of N19.9 billion as final dividend for the financial year ended December 2016. This is in addition to N7.3billion...
IMF Points To Domestic Borrowing As Answer To Growing Debt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown its weight behind the government’s decision to rely primarily on domestic borrowing to finance the deficit this year. It says the country’s strong...
Money Laundering Regulations To Be Tightened
Dr. Johnson Asiama, the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana has disclosed that the central bank would soon publish its new sanctions for non-compliance with provisions of the Anti-Money...
Ensure Fiscal Discipline – IMF To Ghana
International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ghana has stated that Ghana’s longstanding challenges can only be resolved through ambitious and sustained reforms in key policy areas, going beyond the...
Energy Experts Question Capping of Power Price Per Kilowatt Hour
Energy experts have questioned government’s decision to cap electricity price, in terms of power purchases negotiation, at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, stressing that it will not attract investors...
Zimbabwe Schools Accept Goats For Fees
Parents in Zimbabwe who cannot afford school fees can offer livestock such as goats or sheep as payment, a government minister has said. The country’s education minister Lazarus Dokora told the...
Petroleum Consumers Dissatisfied With NPP’s 100 Days’ Work
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has expressed dissatisfaction at the achievements of the Nana Akufo Addo led government, grading it below average in its first 100 days in office. Citing...
Minority Deceiving Public – Ministry of Finance
A deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei Asare is accusing the minority of deception over claims of conflict of interest against her boss Ken Ofori-Atta. The minority at a press briefing on Tuesday,...
Working For Gov’t Frustrating – Former Agric Extension Officer
A former agric extension officer, Joseph Bekoe, has disclosed that he makes more money working as a private person than working for government. According to him, he gave up his role as an extension...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Short-Term Approach
The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh, has cast doubt on the ability of government’s proposed ‘Planting for Food and Job’ program to address the...
Ibrahim Mahama Granted Bail After EOCO Arrest On Tuesday
Mr Ibrahim Mahama, owner of the construction company, Engineers and Planners and a brother of former President John Mahama has been granted bail after an arrest on Tuesday by the Economic and...
No Salary For 26,589 Government Workers
Some 26,589 public sector workers will not receive their salaries due to their failure to register on the new Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) biometric system. This is because...
VP Pence Thanks Corporate Japan For Boosting US Growth
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed Japanese companies for contributing to US economic prosperity, moving to ease fears over the protectionist agenda of President Donald Trump. Trump has...
Poverty Levels In Upper West Region Will Be Measure of My Success – Otiko
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djabah has said she’ll use the Upper West Region as a measure of her success as a minister. According to her, once poverty is reduced...
Dulux Owner Reports ‘record Performance’
US paint maker PPG has offered to pay more than $24bn (£19bn) for the firm. Dulux paint-owner AkzoNobel has reported a "record performance" for its first quarter as it continues to resist a hostile...
Ghana Too Small To Have Two Single Window Operators – Deputy Trade Minister
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Carlos Ahenkorah, says Ghana is too tiny to accommodate two single window operators in the country’s ports. The Ghana Single Window is a secure trade...
OPEC ‘optimistic’ Oil Output Cuts Leading To Price Recovery
Oil-exporting cartel OPEC is confident that production cuts agreed with non-members to prop up prices will lead to a recovery in the market, its chief said on Wednesday. "We are optimistic that the...