South Africa's largest trade union has joined calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down. While the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have vigorously defended Zuma in the past, they...
South Africa’s embattled president has been backed by a major decision-making body within the ruling ANC. It was looking at a complaint by some of the ANC top executives that Jacob Zuma had failed...
The World Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Mr Makhtar Diop, has extended the Bank’s support towards addressing Ghana’s numerous economic challenges. He said the Bank was concerned about “one...
Ghana has signed a framework agreement with the Republic of Korea for a concessional loan of $200 million. The fund, which will be disbursed from Korea’s Economic Development Cooperation Fund...
Dealers of spare parts at Abossey Okai in Accra have told Citi Business News they are in talks with government to scrap the import levy on imported spare parts. The traders were thrown in a fix when...
The World Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to extend the support of the...
The Minority in Parliament says government’s economic policies are failing to improve the living conditions of Ghanaians following reports of 15% increase in transport fares. They point to an...
Dealers of spare parts at Abossey Okai in Accra have told Citi Business News they are in talks with government to scrap the import levy on imported spare parts. The traders were thrown in a fix when...
The World Bank’s Vice-President for Africa has noted they are concerned about Ghana's progress and are determined to help Ghana emerge out of her current situation being one of the engines in the...
South Africa's powerful trade union federation Cosatu, a key coalition partner of the ruling ANC, on Tuesday called for embattled President Jacob Zuma to resign following a deeply unpopular cabinet...
In a historic financial transaction by the Ministry of Finance, an amount of $2.25 billion has been raked in through the issuance of bonds. The ministry yesterday successfully issued 15 and 7-year...
Members of the National Democratic Congress will need to cease the blame game in the media and allow the Kwesi Botchwey Committee, tasked with probing the causes of the party’s defeat in the 2016...
A new tax regime came into effect from March 31, 2017, following the amendment of some tax laws. Changes to the tax system follows the repeal of the Customs and Excise (Petroleum Taxes and Petroleum...
South Africa's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that political upheaval, including the recent sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan,...
South Africa's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that political upheaval, including the recent sacking of finance minister Pravin...
South Africa's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that political upheaval, including the recent sacking of finance minister Pravin...
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded South Africa's rating to junk status on Monday, as the country's currency continued to slide following a controversial cabinet shuffle. "The...
Domestic Airline operators have reduced airfares following the passing of the appropriation bill by parliament. The bill which was passed on Friday saw parliament scrap the 17.5% VAT on domestic air...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has re-emphasised that the 2017 budget will address the needs of the poor in society. He was speaking at the launch of the 2017 Ghana national convention of the Full...
Worries over the health of South Africa's economy continued on Monday, as comments by the new finance minister failed to stem a fall in the rand. The value of currency fell 1.5% to a two-month low,...
