Tourism is an absolute game changer for Africa. So declared the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Ghana Communication Technology University, Professor Robert Ebo Hinson, in a keynote address – “Bold Moves, Big Impacts: Leveraging Tourism, Investments & Exports to Transform Communities and Industries” at the 26th Annual Zambia …
Read More »New Kejetia market fire victims appeal to NPP to fulfill their GHC100, 000 promise
Victims of the new Kejetia market fire incident have appealed to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to fulfill the pledge of GHC100, 000 they made to the traders. According to traders, the money will help them to recover some of their losses but nobody has attended to them since …
Read More »What could have saved Ghana Airways – Former Deputy CEO details
In the wake of the collapse of Ghana Airways in 2004, the country was left with no choice but to do away with all the investments made into the national carrier. According to a former Deputy CEO of Ghana Airways, Captain Paul Forjoe, he believes the country wasted huge sums …
Read More »Ernesto Taricone In Fresh Trouble …As Top Kings Sues Empire Builders $48m
Ernesto Taricone Top Kings owner, Kingsley Owusu- Achau has slapped a $48m suit against Ernesto Taricone, chairman of Empire Builders, owners of the Trasacco Group. It emerged at the court on Tuesday, April 25, that the damage was as a result of the protracted legal tussle between …
Read More »UBA Plants Trees to Mark World Earth Day
UBA Ghana participated in a Tree planting exercise at the Achimota Forest to commemorate this year’s Earth Day which falls on April 22, under the theme, “Investing in our planet”. The aim behind the initiative under the UBA Foundation is to contribute to the bank’s climate action …
Read More »Jamila Home Takes Delivery Of New Stock
Renowned antique furniture outfit, Jamila Home has taken delivery of new items from living room furniture, bed room, office, Dinning to kitchen. And according to the company’s marketing department, the new items offer customers the luxury of choosing the best from a wide range of new products …
Read More »Ghana has taken enough pain to unlock aid – IMF Africa Director
Ghana has taken the tough economic decisions needed to win a rescue package from the International Monetary Fund, once bilateral creditors sign off on assurances, said the institution’s Africa Department Director, Abebe Selassie. The government has increased taxes and imposed losses on domestic investors, as authorities attempt to meet IMF demands …
Read More »DDEP: Top Nigerian bank slows down on lending in Ghana after losing billions
Top Nigerian bank group, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, has announced plans to slow down on lending and bond trading in Ghana following a $77 million (N35.6 billion) impairment in its West African subsidiary. The banking group said that it will instead focus its activities on Nigeria and other high-yielding …
Read More »FLASHBACK: How Ghana’s central bank was formed in the 1950s
Across the world, central banks play key roles in developing policies, regulation, and the management of a country’s finances, assets and other related securities. For Ghana, what many know as the Bank of Ghana did not only start from the idea of being a Central Bank in the 1950s. According to a …
Read More »‘It could take three or more years for Ghana to access capital markets’ – Ofori-Atta
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that it would take a while for the country to return to the international capital market. According to him, it may take at least three or more years. Ken Ofori-Atta explained that, although this new development may look like a challenge, it presents the country with …
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