GRASAG Threatens Demo Over Unpaid Grants
The Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) chapter at the University of Cape Coast is threatening to demonstrate by Friday if the Scholarship Secretariat fails to pay members their...
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Entrepreneurship Not the Only Solution To Unemployment – UN Youth Envoy
The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, has debunked assertion by some Ghanaian youth that the only solution to Ghana’s huge unemployment problem is entrepreneurship....
All Set For One Village, One Dam Project To Start
The Northern Development Authority will in the coming weeks advertise in the national dailies for would-be applicants to bid for projects under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign flagship...
US Fed To Meet Amid Weak Inflation
The US Federal Reserve was due to open a two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday but is widely expected to leave the key interest rate untouched after raising it twice so far this year. Markets...
US Claims For Jobless Benefits Drop In Mid-July
New claims for US jobless benefits tumbled in mid-July to their lowest level in two months, further evidence of a persistently tight labor market, according to Labor Department data released...
US Firms Face Hiring Difficulties, Business Survey Says
A growing share of US employers are struggling to hire new workers and some have raised wages as a result, according to a survey released on Monday. The National Association of Business Economists...
The Ghanaian New Graduate Should Be Blamed For His Unemployed Situation
Guess What? Another national service period is about ending! And what next? Well, your prediction is right; aside the 91,871 new service personnel who are ready to start their service from September...
Akufo-Addo Sets Up $10m Fund For Entrepreneurs, Innovators
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has set up a 10 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The plan is an initiative of the Akufo-Addo government...
Boakye Agyarko Slams ECG Group Over Privatization
The Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko , has described as disingenuous threats by a group calling itself the Coalition of Stakeholders on the Concession of ECG Agreement (COSECA), to head to court...
Fed’s Yellen Still Sees Only ‘gradual’ Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday she still foresees only "gradual" interest rate increases in the few years ahead, as the US economy grows stronger and employment expands. Key...
US Fed Sees Signs Business Investment To Boost Economy
The Federal Reserve said Friday it sees hopeful signs that business investment is poised to rebound from the doldrums of the global financial crisis and boost the US economy. But, in its semi-annual...
US Job Creation Surges In June, Pointing To Market’s Resilience
US job creation returned with a roar in June, offering a dose of welcome news to the White House and offsetting fears of a slowing economy, official figures showed Friday. Still, the robust...
US Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 4.4% In June
US job creation rebounded in June while the unemployment rate ticked higher as more people entered the work force in search of jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday. The US economic engine...
Trump Bullish On ‘blazing’ Economy But Whose Recovery Is It?
As he rubs shoulders with leaders of the world's other major economies, Donald Trump is in a bullish mood about the US recovery even if there are clouds on the horizon. "Stock Market at all time...
US Jobless Claims Nudge Higher In Mid-June But Remain Low
New claims for US jobless benefits edged slightly higher in mid-June, but the record streak of low levels continued, indicating the labor market remains tight, the Labor Department reported Thursday....
Nigeria’s Economy Picks Up Positively
The economy of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation is technically coming out of recession with positive signs, a top official said Sunday. “If all prices do not collapse including Niger Delta...
No More Gender Gaps – Research Suggests
Reducing gender gaps would significantly benefit women, society and the economy, a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has revealed. It shows that closing the gender gap by 25 per cent...
S. Korea’s Moon Urges Lawmakers To Approve $10 Bn Stimulus Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged parliament quickly to approve his $10-billion stimulus plan aimed at tackling youth unemployment, warning the issue could otherwise become a...
Gov’t Urged To Change Approach
A lecturer at the Garden City University College Business School, Isaac Tweneboah-Koduah, has urged the government to adopt a workable approach to get more graduates to take up agricultural...
I’ll Soon Build the Sardine Factory I Promised Chorkor Residents
Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, the former boss of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has stated that his promise to build a sardine factory in Chorkor shall materialise soon. The former Accra Mayor, in his...