A new World Bank study on "Poverty and Shared Prosperity" indicates that extreme poverty worldwide continues to fall despite the lethargic state of the global economy. But it warned that given...
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). The...
The Managing Director of Capital & More, Akosua Oduma Oppong-Tawiah, says the recent bunco scheme that rocked Ghana’s microfinance industry has dealt a big blow to companies in the industry. She...
A groundbreaking social experiment will begin in Kenya in roughly one month. The charity GiveDirectly will begin giving people in 200 villages free sums of money, no strings attached. It'll be the...
The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will on Monday October 3 commence the publication of the list of validated customers of the defunct microfinance institution, DKM. Acting Registrar-General...
A 38-year-old man has reportedly committed suicide at Aprabong, suburb of Kumasi after he became a victim of microfinance scam, StarFMonline.com has learnt. The yet-to-be named victim reportedly...
The Flagbearer of the Progressive People’s Party, (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says successive governments have under-performed largely because Ghanaians have failed to critically and objectively...
I give thanks to my parents-in-law to have given me their only daughter to be my wife “Go and fetch water,” said Mery Mensah sending her twelve year old daughter Alberta, one of five children and...
Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, Standard-bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has vowed to wage relentless war on corruption, to save more money to bring progress to the people. He said if given...
Customers of Microfinance company DKM Diamond are expected to start receiving their deposits from next month. It follows the completion of works by PWC, the firm appointed by the Registrar-General to...
The Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC) is tightening its operational loopholes to help rid the industry of unscrupulous institutions that defraud customers. The association said it...
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, September 13 gave a presentation on the NDC's 2016 manifesto ahead of the elections. Some of these claims were fact-checked by The Media Foundation for West...
The Abeka Branch Manager of Pan African Savings and Loans, Kwame Frimpong Opoku has assured customers of the security of their deposits in a bid to win the trust of people in the operations of...
The Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre, in collaboration with the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN), is set to establish a financial inclusion fund that will provide cheap lending...
Tackling Corruption, Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality: Major Challenges Facing any New Government in Ghana. By Ben Ofosu - Appiah South Korea went from a poor country devastated by war to an OECD...
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
The pro-poor hypothesis of decentralisation with respect to the creation of districts is flawed at best and elusive at worst to the good governance and efficiency proposition. There is no evidence to...
The 2016 vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, says the recently announced Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) will be administered...
Citi Business News can confirm customers of DKM Diamond Microfinance limited will begin receiving their locked up investments by the end of this month – September, 2016. The payment will be made by...
