Investors Keen On Rail Sector
Investors are queuing to partner government in the rehabilitation and expansion of the country’s rail network from the south to Paga in the Upper East Region, following a bold attempt by the...
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NHIA Boss Nathaniel Otoo Resigns
Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Nathaniel Otoo, has brought down the curtain on his career at the Authority. Sources at the corridors of power reveal that his...
Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure To Be Deployed In Ghana
Funds transfer and electronic payment in Ghana is expected to be enhanced soon when the Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure project takes off. Interoperability from a financial perspective involves...
NHIA Boss, Nathaniel Otoo Has Resigned
The Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Nathaniel Otoo, has resigned. This follows a series of resignations hitting state institution due to the change in government....
Global Heritage Centre To Provide Educational Services
The Global Heritage Professional Training Centre (GHPTC), a new professional institution in Ghana, which has a partnership with Kaplan United Kingdom (UK), to provide world class professional...
New Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure To Be Deployed In Ghana
The money transfer market and the electronic payment system is expected to receive a major boost with the deployment of a new retail payment systems infrastructure that will soon be rolled out. The...
Trump Ignites Political Fight Over U.S. Banking Law Reforms
U. S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance...
‘Nuisance Taxes’ Will Be Removed In 2017 Budget
The Finance Minister has hinted that some levies which have been described as “nuisance taxes” will be removed when he presents the 2017 budget. Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the NPP...
Wall Street Stands With Two Fed-Hike Outlook For 2017
Wall Street's top banks expect just two rate hikes from the Federal Reserve this year and see only modest risk to the U. S. central bank being pressed into a more aggressive pace of monetary policy...
Why Unionised Staff Want Ghana Post Management Dissolved
On Thursday, January 26, 2017 unionised staff of the Ghana Post called for the immediate dissolution of the current management board for misappropriation of funds. Some workers of Ghana Post demanded...
ACEP Questions TOR Debt Levy
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has questioned the payment of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) debt recovery levy, especially when revenue generated since its inception was enough...
I’ll Make Ghana Technological Hub
The minister designate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has declared his intention to make Ghana a technological hub with the establishment of a business...
Expenditure On GH¢7 Billion Unethical
The majority caucus in Parliament has described as unethical and dangerous the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) justification of the GH¢7 billion expenditure which the Vice-President, Dr...
GLICO Receives Award For Its Contributions To Devt
Renowned brand in Ghana’s insurance landscape, GLICO, has been awarded for “making traditional life insurance products accepted in Ghana’s market at a time when life insurance was neither...
MANAGING Director of Activa International Insurance, Mr. Solomon Lartey, has urged players in the insurance industry to make insurance a driving force of the economy. He has subsequently called on...
The Crux of the Matter: Corruption!
The crux of the matter is the phenomenon of money changing hands in Ghana’s politics is too much for comfort. That is the crux of the matter. It may well be that Boakye Agyarko did not dole out...
BoG Swerves Own Subsidiary In Mobile Money Deal
Enquiries made by the B&FT have established that the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), can handle the intermediary role in across-network mobile money transactions, a...
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has expressed worry about moves to repeal the rules on the Dodd Frank Act by the US government. The existing Act requires US companies abroad to disclose...
Minister-designate for Railway Development has said although the Akufo-Addo led administration has enormous infrastructure projects to go into rail development, he will only present bankable projects...
The Majority NPP Caucus has described as dangerous attempts by the Minority NDC to discredit the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim of a missing GHC7million from the government’s...