The Ghana Immigration Service says the current visa sticker issued to travellers who wish to visit the country, is archaic. According to Public Affairs Director for the Immigration Service, Chief...
Country Director of the World Bank for Ghana, Henry Kerali, has said that government’s recent US$2.25 billion makes economic sense so long as the interest payable on it is lower than what is...
Aggressive recapitalisation, which could force mergers and acquisitions, should not be forced on banks, Felix Nyarko-Pong, Managing Director of uniBank, has said. Instead, he argues, financial...
The launch of the ‘TSF Card’ by The Seed Funds (TSF) Savings and Loans Company has been welcomed by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS)as a positive development...
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed Paul Malong, the war-torn country's powerful army chief of staff. Malong was sacked via a presidential decree that was announced on Tuesday on...
There's money to be made from other people's mistakes: $110m (£85m) of it, to be precise. That's the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls "the...
Mr Joe Ghartey, the Minister of Railways Development, has said Government would in the next three and a half years construct approximately 1200 kilometres of rail to boost Ghana’s economy. He said:...
Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, has encouraged foreign investors to consider investing in Ghana’s infrastructural sector, especially the country’s rail subsector. Hon. Ghartey...
The Ministry of Finance is hopeful that a US$2.6 million Remittance Grant Facility (RGF) secured from the Switzerland government will help bring down the cost of remitting money to the country from...
Let us find a way to stop borrowing Folks, did you all read this memo below from our new Finance Minister, Hon. Ken Ofori Atta dated 3rd April 2017. And this is supposed to be good news, right? We...
Dr. Kobby Mensah, marketing lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School says Parliament should consider the setting up of a financial Ombudsman with the legal powers to mediate between...
Savings consists of the amount left over when the cost of a person's consumer expenditure is subtracted from the amount of disposable income he earns in a given period of time, according to Keynesian...
BY: Ivor Agyeman-Duah If Ghana’s 60-year-old post-colonial economy had a human form, it could be on retirement with an ambivalent score. For what is it that blows cold today and hot tomorrow? Ten...
The Akufo-Addo government on March 2 presented its 2017 Budget and Economic Policy statement dubbed the Asempa Budget to the nation through Parliament. The Budget read by Finance Minister Ken Ofori...
Casino hub Macau said Monday it would launch facial recognition and identity card checks on ATM users in what looks to be the latest move against illicit cash flows out of China. The new rules will...
The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has petitioned the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a $2.25 billion bond issued by the government. DYMOG wants the Commission’s Hearing and...
The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has petitioned the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a $2.25 billion bond issued by the government. DYMOG wants the Commission’s Hearing and...
Employees in Ghana’s informal sector have been given a flexible opportunity to enroll on a Pension Scheme. The move is not only to secure their future but also to help rope more people into the...
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has renewed its call on companies to ensure the payment of the pensions of their workers. The call comes at a time the regulator is keen on...
Five reasons why Macron won the French election Mr. Macron was carried to victory in part by the winds of fortune. A year ago, he was a member of the government of one of the most unpopular French...