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Services Sector Tops Employing Sectors of the Economy
The services sector emerged top as the leading employing sector of the economy, in 2014, contributing to more than half...
Ghanaian Business, Govt Leaders Applaud Rwanda’s Development Efforts
Ghanaian leaders from the public and private sector have applauded Rwanda’s transformation journey following the 1994...
Fitch Downgrades Nigeria’s Long-Term Rating
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term debt to B+ following concerns on the west...
U.S. Economy Slows On Wider Trade Gap; Business Spending Rises
U. S. economic growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter as a plunge in shipments of soybeans weighed on exports, but...
Economist Feels Sorry For Next Finance Minister; He’s In Very Tight Corner
Ghanaians have been urged to temper their expectations of the new New Patriotic Party (NPP) government because economic...
China Economy Grows 6.7% In 2016
China's economy grew by 6.7% in 2016, compared with 6.9% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in more than a...
NATO Concerned About Trump ‘obsolete’ Remark
Germany's Foreign Minister said on Monday that U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments that NATO was obsolete had...
Ghana’s Economy Not ‘bleeding’ – Ato Forson
Former Deputy Finance Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Cassiel Ato Baah Forson has debunk claims...
Ghana Statistical Service Meets Transition Team
The governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) transition team which is being headed by Yaw Osafo Marfo, Senior...
We Will Double Budgetary Allocation To the Agric Sector- Dr. Afriyie Akoto
Former Member of Parliament and Minister-designate for Agriculture, Dr. Akoto Afriyie says the Akufo Addo-led...
The December 2016 Elections In Ghana- A Commentary
My non-Ghanaian friends have repeatedly asked with keenness the implications of the recent elections in Ghana. I have...
Getting All The President’s Men And Women Ready
The release of the first batch of ministers announced yesterday by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should signal to...
A Clash Between True Federalism, Clumsy Leadership
MANY Nigerians sorrowfully misconstrue the supposed looting spree that characterised the successive Nigerian...
Construction Tender Evaluation
Billions of Ghana Cedis are spent each year by the Ghana government buying goods and services for public projects;...
BDCs Says Government Debt Rises To US$384 Million
Ghana's domestic oil importers said on Friday they may take legal action against the government to recover interest on...
Neo-Colonialism, Economic Sovereignty and the Imperatives of Socialist Development
Over the last several years along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa substantial finds of oil and natural gas...
Ghana’s GDP Records 4% Growth In Third Quarter 2016
Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provisional growth in the third quarter of 2016 rose by 4 percent year-on-year....
Economy Has Shrunk By 5% – NPP
Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP), notwithstanding the discovery of oil, has only increased from $28.5 billion in...