Periods of Spook Promises Are Over
Policy think tank, IMANI Ghana has started the review of the manifestos of the various political parties, especially the front runners in the impending December 7 elections – the National...
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IMANI Africa, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundation, Franklin Cudjoe and the CIA
Franklin Cudjoe is founding President and CEO of IMANI Center for Policy By Dade Afre Akufu On Saturday September 17, 2016, a dear friend M. Kwadwo Nyamba came to the defense of the “good” work...
Angry Workers of Aveyime Rice Project Demand Salaries
Retrenched workers of Prairie Volta Limited (PVL), formerly known as the Aveyime Rice and the Quality Grain Project, have made a passionate appeal to the government to pay them their salary arrears...
Deceit Of The Elephants
The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition must stop the deceit of members of this royal country, Ghana about the return of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to the country of his birth. It is always alleged that...
Obama’s Advisors Give Final Recommendations On Doing Business In Africa
The President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) has issued its final recommendations to U. S.President Barack Obama before he leaves office in January 2017. The advisors...
Less Hustle In 2nd Quarter Interest Payment – Telcos
Telecom operators have told Citi Business News there have been less challenges with the payment of second quarter interests on mobile money accounts. The second tranche of interest payments, begun on...
DKM Customers Bemoan ‘official’ Correspondence Ahead of Meeting
Customers anticipating payment of their locked up cash from the liquidation of assets of DKM Microfinance Company, are displeased about what they refer to as the lack of an ‘official’...
Kwesi Pratt Unmasked 1
Building a nation is a task that transcends individual interests or selfish desires of a group of indivisuals. A nation of nearly 30million people will surely be populated by people with divergent...
NDC Received 275 Mahindra Pickups From DKM Owner
Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Bafoe, is alleging that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) received 275 vehicles from the owner of DKM Micro...
Interest Rate Hits 33 Per Cent
The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the latest central bank’s macroeconomic and financial data has shown. This is a...
Interest Rate Jumps To More Than A Decade High
The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the latest central bank’s macroeconomic and financial data has shown. This is a...
Electing DCEs Could Draw Them To Municipal Bonds
South Africa does it; and Nigeria does it too, but the idea of local government authorities issuing bonds to fund infrastructure development has been snubbed in Ghana, and investment banker, Kojo...
Is The National Health Insurance (NHIS) Working??????
I am not a politician, I just want to share my view as a Health Worker (Registered General Nurse), due to a long time observation and a recent incidence in my ward between myself and an old man. The...
Terkper Meets Local Investors On First Dollar Denominated Bond
Information gathered by Citi Business News indicates that government has commenced meetings with local investors to raise its first dollar denominated bond locally. The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper...
Multinationals To Be Listed On Ghana Stock Exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given indication some multinational companies have initiated processes to list on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), from next year. It comes on the back...
BoG Refunds GH¢133,000 To Assembly
The Bank of Ghana has refunded an amount of GH¢133, 000 to the Ahafo Ano South District Assembly in the Ashanti Region, being part of the money reportedly stolen from the assembly’s account four...
IMF Awaits Operational Update On Cash-Strained SOEs
The Ministry of Finance is due to present data on the financial status and performance of some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month to pave the way...
US Says It Killed IS Information Minister
The Pentagon says a US air strike has killed one of so-called Islamic State's most senior leaders, Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, in Syria. Also known as "Dr Wa'il", he was minister of information...
Former Italian President Ciampi Dies At 95
The former president of the Italian Republic and central banker, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Italian government said. He died in a hospital in Rome after a long...
Government Admits No Cash For Salaries
The government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has admitted that it does not have money to pay its workers and therefore has been borrowing from the money market at high interest rates. The...