Regulatory reforms and the ease of doing business matter for long term economic growth and prosperity in Ghana, Mr Jim McAlpine, Country Director of United Kingdom's Department for International...
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) says the ongoing restructuring of Volta River Authority (VRA) legacy debts on the books of some local banks is on course. The process would show a reduction of...
The newly sworn in President of the Ghana Insurers Association, Mrs Aretha Abena Abrafi Duku has observed that for the industry to register continued growth, it would require that various...
A tax evasion amnesty in India has prompted tens of thousands of people to declare more than $9.5bn (£7.3bn) in undeclared income and assets. Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the four-month window...
Prudential Bank has introduced another innovative e-banking product known as ‘mobiWise’ which seeks to help customers experience a seamless integration of their bank account with the mobile money...
Insurance will cover the loss of production and claims regarding the interruption of business at one of West Africa's biggest oil fields, Tullow Oil has said. Tullow, which has offices in London,...
Find out about what keeps most global financial executives awake in the ghost hours of the night, and you wouldn’t be startled when automation is most likely to linger on their notepads. On daily...
A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana says filing fees charged by the Electoral Commission (EC) from presidential and parliamentary candidates are deterring individuals from...
President John Mahama has stated that the recent upgrade from negative to stable by International rating firm, Moody’s is an indication that his government is “doing something right.”...
Legions of students believed to be members of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG), yesterday, September 28, 2016, threw caution to the wind and virtually seize the official vehicle...
One has to admire President Mahama and his NDC apparatchiks for their incredible dexterity in disinformation metastasising, or to put it euphemistically, their adroitness in systematic propagation of...
Former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports under President Kufuor’s regime, Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has stated that President John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) lack vision,...
Government’s desire to borrow more funds continues to grow as the Ministry of Finance targets Ghanaians in the diaspora to raise bonds from them. In recent times, government’s decision to borrow...
Banks and telcoms worldwide are rethinking their current business models and sources of revenue in light of Fintech competitors and revolutionary technology. East Africa is a hub for such innovations...
CHALLENGE: According to a 2015 KPMG report, banking penetration is as low as 36% in some of the larger African economies. SOLUTION: Digital Transformation can drive adoption of banking services by...
Finance Minister Seth Terkper says the favorable assessment of Ghana's creditworthiness by some rating agencies shows that government is on track in stabilizing the economy. Rating Agencies, Moody's...
The One-Village-One-Dam policy of the presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, ahead of this year’s presidential elections, will breed mosquitoes if implemented, Dr...
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, is upbeat other ratings agencies like Fitch and Standards and Poors, will follow suit and give Ghana positive grades, after Moody’s, last Friday, upgraded the...
In late 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson sent the first email message. It was ten letters long (QWERTYUIOP) and he was probably oblivious to the fact that hitting ‘send’ would gain...
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has disclosed that it will give commercial banks some space to meet a new capital reserve ratio that will be announced soon. According to the central bank, it is currently...
