The total assets of the Rural and Community Banks (RCB) in Ghana have hit GH¢ 2.76 billion as at the end of September 2016, available data from Bank of Ghana has revealed. With a total number of 140...
IT appears government has no money to pay six years accumulated tier-two pension money owed public sector workers. An emergency meeting summoned at Flagstaff House yesterday by President John Dramani...
A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles)...
The Chief Investment Strategist of Standard Chartered Bank Group, Steve Brice, has backed government’s recent decision to turn to the domestic capital market to raise capital by issuing its debut...
New figures released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) reveal demand for loans for house purchase by customers of banks have reduced despite an ease in credit access by commercial banks. Banks in July 2016...
World trade was already stalling before Donald Trump won the U. S. presidential election. Now, one of the main engines of global economic growth could go into reverse. Trump has promised to rip up...
The Bank of Ghana’s latest Average Interests (IA) on deposits report released shows a decrease in the average minimum interests to be paid annually on deposits of customers’ funds logged at...
Ghana’s quest to reduce the almost 2 million housing deficit may take a long time as interest on mortgage loans continue to rise. According to latest average interest and Annual percentage report...
The Bank of Ghana’s latest Average Interests (IA) on deposits report released shows a decrease in the average minimum interests to be paid annually on deposits of customers’ funds logged at...
No more employment into public service - Nigeria's Finance Minister – The current federal government may have reneged on its promise to ensure employment of Nigerians in the face of a grim economic...
The Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has done the unthinkable by striping his office of pictures of respected cleric; the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu,...
Global stocks were set for their first weekly gain in four weeks on Friday and the dollar rose to its highest since March, as the euro came under pressure after the European Central Bank shot down...
A six-year-old, Anna-Lisa Afia Yeboah, whose father was said to have used her name to invest for her at embattled DKM Microfinance Company at Nkoranza in the Brong-Ahafo Region, has been refused...
Whereas government has given indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden one’s success, some analysts fear it could weaken the cedi and deepen dollarisation...
Whereas the government has given the indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden one’s success, some analysts fear it could weaken the cedi and deepen...
Veep’s speech; Is NPP running from its ugly shadow in Ashanti? By Maxwell Okamafo Addo Contrary to what his accusers and opponents are alleging, the Vice President never used the word ‘rig’...
A famous Zimbabwean sculptor has insisted his statue of Robert Mugabe was not intended to mock the president. It was widely criticised on social media as a caricature after it was unveiled at his...
A former deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the running mate of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has warned that eight banks in Ghana risks collapse due to the continuous hikes of bad loans on...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed on government to strictly follow roadmaps designed to wean state owned power companies off debts. According to the IMF, its recent discussion with...
The current guidelines for investing pension funds are too restrictive and do not allow for long term investment that could radically change the country’s economy, Kojo Addae-Mensah, CEO of...
