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International

Oil Shipments Show That OPEC Is Sticking To Its Cuts

Oil supplies from OPEC are plunging this month as the group implements production cuts aimed at erasing a global...

International

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...

Sports

Football Fails To Bring Relief To Gabon

The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the continent's biggest football tournament, is taking place in Gabon. But across the...

Top Stories

Rising U.S. Crude Records Force Oil Prices Down

Oil prices fell Wednesday after reports showed increasing U. S. crude inventories, triggering worries for continued...

Opinion

Nigeria Casts Its First Social Safety Net

Lagos (AFP) - Nearly two years after taking office, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is making good on an election...

International

Futures Flat As Earnings Season Gathers Pace

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City U. S. stock index futures were little...

International

Equatorial Guinea Has Applied To Join OPEC

This would bring the oil producer group's membership to 14 countries Equatorial Guinea has now applied to join the...

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2016 First Half Petroleum Revenue Dropped By 55%

Ghana’s revenue from the petroleum sector for the first half of last year dropped by 55 %. The figure declined from...

Business

2016 First Half Petroleum Revenue Drops By 50%

Ghana’s revenue from the petroleum sector for the first half of last year dropped by over 50%. The figure declined...

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2016 First Half Petroleum Revenue Drops By 50%

Ghana’s revenue from the petroleum sector for the first half of last year dropped by over 50%. The figure declined...

Business

Economy Needs Rebound

A new report has revealed that even though Ghana is experiencing a slowdown after several years of fast-paced...

International

Global Growth Edges Up To 2.7 % Despite Weak Investment

Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as...

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Oxford Business Group Launches Latest Country Report

Ghana’s push to broaden its economic base by adding value to commodity exports and capitalising on its comparative...

International

Oil Higher After Saudi Arabia Cuts Output, China Imports Rise

Crude prices edged up in early Friday trade following reports that major producers have started cutting production as...

International

Stocks Steady, Oil In Flux, Sterling Suffers ‘hard’ Brexit Fears

Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday while crude oil prices languished near three-week lows, with investors uncertain...

International

European Shares Dip, Sterling Falls On Brexit Comments

The dollar edged higher on Monday, boosted by robust U. S. wage growth data strengthening the case for more Federal...

International

Asian Stocks Cut Gains As Caution Grows; Dollar Eyed

Asian stocks cut early gains as investor caution grew before a news conference by President-elect Donald Trump on...

International

Nigeria Lists Companies Allowed To Lift Crude Oil In 2017

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed the names of the 39 companies that will buy its crude oil...

International

Investments In Africa’s Transport Infrastructure Begin To Pay Off

African countries were on a drive to boost infrastructure and road networks on the continent in 2016. Ethiopia made...