Devastating earthquakes, floods, hailstorms and wildfires, along with man-made devastation, helped push global disaster costs to $175 billion (161 billion euros) last year, reinsurer Swiss Re said on...
OVER 50 Money Lending Businesses across the southern belt of Ghana have benefited from Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited’s (OISL) Risk Management and Financial Reporting Training....
A former Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Constituency, David Apasara, has defended the joint decision by some MPs to sue government over pensions owed them. David Apasara and thirty-nine other...
By Jerry. J.Afolabi As the normal principle of economics says, when a domestic currency depreciates it makes the prices of goods and services decline compared to the international prices. This causes...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan-African financial services group, operating in 19 African countries, has released its audited 2016 full year results, showing significant growth in gross...
Former Pimco co-founder and bond guru Bill Gross settled a wrongful termination and breach-of-contract suit against his ex-employer, the two parties said Monday in a joint statement released by...
One of the largest investors in the UK has committed £5bn of new money to invest in transport, property and digital technology. The Middle Eastern state of Qatar said that it was optimistic about...
Many analysts believe the president wants to replace Pravin Gordhan South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has issued a statement calling on the president to explain what it...
An eight-member delegation from the Japanese Embassy and JICA headquarters in Japan have paid a courtesy call on the minister for finance, Ken Ofori-Atta at his office in Accra. The delegation was...
South African President Jacob Zuma has ordered his finance minister to return from an overseas investment trip, the presidency said Monday, fuelling speculation that a cabinet reshuffle is imminent....
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), Mr Archie Hesse, has accepted the challenge thrown by the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for...
The current public debt of GHC122.3 billion for-end-of last year could increase further when the final numbers are released Joy Business checks reveal. Although figures released by the central bank...
Ghana’s missions Abroad are likely to suffer the brunt of government’s decision to allow them retain a paltry 35% of their internally Generated Funds. According to a report of the Foreign Affairs...
The Minister of Health (MOH), Mr Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has stated that health service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will be paid their claims this year as part of efforts...
Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam, seen as tough and capable by supporters but hated by the pro-democracy camp, faces a difficult task in calming political tensions in the divided city. Voted in as...
Mr Romeo Bugyei, Chief Executive Officer of IT Consortium has appealed to government to allow the Financial Technology (Fintech) industry in Ghana to grow and be fully established in order to foster...
Hong Kong is preparing for the election of a new leader. The candidate will be chosen by a committee of mostly pro-Beijing electors, rather than a public vote, which pro-democracy campaigners have...
A pro-China committee will choose a new leader for Hong Kong Sunday to take the helm of a deeply divided city that is fearful Beijing is squeezing its freedoms. The vote comes after an unprecedented...
Despite complaints of low lending to individuals in the country, the General Manager in Charge of Retail Banking at Societe Generale, Kwaku Tweneboa-Kodua has told Citi Business News there is enough...
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), Archie Hesse, has accepted the challenge thrown by the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, that stakeholders...
