South Africa's finance minister warned Wednesday of "growing impatience and ferment" over post-apartheid inequality and slow growth as he presented a budget that raised taxes on the wealthy. Pravin...
Plans by the Government of Ghana under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to enlist the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Volta River Authority (VRA) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is...
A South African private equity firm has acquired the Kenyan unit of global insurance broker Aon for an undisclosed amount. Johannesburg-based Capital works have bought out Aon interests in Aon Kenya,...
The decision by the Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) Limited to establish GO Energy about two years ago to procure and distribute petroleum products to its retail outlets has increased the company’s market...
Between 1977 and 1979, the economic conditions in Ghana had created a huge imbalance in the Ghanaian society leading to serious corruption that was nick named “Kalabule” which virtually replaced...
The central bank has reportedly put on hold the billion-dollar deal it handed to Sibton Switch, a local IT firm, to interconnect all payment systems in the country, following public outcry over...
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another”— G. K. Chesterton How fast time flies! It was a little over four decades ago when Yours truly first set...
South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers the annual budget in parliament Wednesday as he battles to revive the economy and head off loyalists of the president who seek to oust him....
With the incessant calls on President Akufo-Addo to hurriedly implement and prove ways his administration would sustain the free Senior High School (SHS) promise that catapulted him into power, the...
The Department of Homeland Security issued tough new orders Tuesday to begin a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants, putting nearly all of the country's 11 million undocumented foreigners in...
When a scandal over unauthorized accounts rocked Wells Fargo & Co's (WFC. N) retail division last fall, executives at its asset management arm sprang into action to limit its fallout at an already...
Commerz Savings and Loans, the newest entrant to the financial sector, is seeking to deploy technological tools to attract more of the unbanked population into the banking sector. Dr. Edem Bart...
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the best way to resolve the various chieftaincy and land disputes bedevilling the country, an ADR expert, Mr Austin A. Gamey, has stated. Most of the...
U. S. stock index futures rose to record intraday highs on Tuesday as oil prices surged and investors assessed earnings from top U.S. retailers. Wal-Mart's (WMT.N) shares were up 1.5 percent at...
The latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report by the Bank of Ghana has shown that Unibank still leads as the bank with the most expensive rate on vehicle loans. For three...
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked the government to prioritise education in the allocation of oil revenues rather than seeking to use proceeds of the Heritage Fund to finance its...
On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) Sector by sector average returns on the stock market further confirms GN Analysts FY2017 stock market performance forecast. In earlier reports, GN Analysts posited...
The latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report by the Bank of Ghana has shown that Unibank still leads as the bank with the most expensive rate on vehicle loans. For three...
HSBC has reported a 62% fall in annual pre-tax profit for 2016. The $7.1bn (£5.7bn) figure compares with $18.9bn a year earlier, and is well short of the $14.4bn analysts had been expecting. The...
Shares in HSBC have fallen after the bank saw a sharper-than-expected drop in annual profits for 2016. The $7.1bn (£5.7bn) pre-tax profit is 62% lower than the $18.9bn reported a year earlier. HSBC...
