finance
Local Dollar Bond Set To Begin A Train of Issuance
The overwhelming success of government’s debut local dollar bond could serve as a precedent for bigger and longer...
Terkper To Present Advance Budget To Parliament
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, is expected to present to parliament on Thursday an advanced budget covering...
Graduate Joblessness Scares Students From Loan Scheme
Aside the difficulty in getting guarantors, students are running away from the Students Loan Scheme due to rising...
Money Lenders Move To Cut Risk
The hierarchy of the Money Lenders Association of Ghana (MLAG) has encouraged members of the Association to adopt...
How A New Debt Trap Has Been Set
Ghana is in a debt crisis. Having had significant amounts of debt cancelled a decade ago, the country is losing around...
Success of Ghana’s First Local Dollar Bond Attributed To Better Incentives
An economist, Dr John Gatsi, says the successes chalked by government in the issuance of Ghana’s first domestic...
About 2,000 Traders Get Boost From Capital & More To Expand
About 2,000 traders in Accra who would have found it extremely difficult to access credit facility from banks, have...
Gov’t May Not Be Able To Tackle Public Debt In Good Time
Chief Executive of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has cast doubt over government’s ability to tackle the public debt in...
Ghana Issues Maiden Dollar Bond On Local Market
The government last week trapped additional foreign exchange into its vault when it issued a United States...
NPP 2016 Manifesto Is Phenomenal – IMANI
Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has praised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the contents of its 2016 manifesto...
Guinness Ltd Benefits From StanChart’s Vendor PrePay
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL) is the first client to benefit from Standard Chartered’s ‘Vendor PrePay’...
Ghana Issues Maiden Domestic Dollar Bond?
Government successfully issued a US Dollar denominated bond on the domestic bond market. ? ?The 2-year bond issued last...
IMANI Tackles NPP Over Campaign Promises
Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has praised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the contents of its 2016 manifesto...
FirstBanC, Databank Group Steal Show At Ghana Investment Awards
FirstBanC Financial Services Ltd and Databank Group stole the show at the 2016 edition of the Ghana Investment Awards...
Audit Exposes How Employees, Suppliers Wrecked Kenya Airways
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, a Kenya Airways employee in charge of treasury and controls, received the first of...
Kenya Ranked 3rd On Access To Credit In Sub Saharan Africa
Kenya is ranks third in Sub Saharan Africa for access to credit, a survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in...
IMANI’s Comments On 5 Key Economic Promises of the NPP
Pledge: Corporate taxes shall be reduced from 25% to 20% in an NPP administration. Capital equipment will be tax-free....
Europe Barred By Fifa From Bidding For 2026 Tournament
European countries will not be able to host the 2026 World Cup because of Fifa’s rotational policy. It means the...
BoG Woos Banks To Agric Financing With GH¢100m Initiative
The central bank is confident a GH¢100 million guarantee it is providing will court commercial banks into agriculture...