MTN Ghana Engages Civil Society Organizations on Connectivity, Sustainability, and Digital Inclusion
MTN Ghana Engages Civil Society Organizations on Connectivity, Sustainability, and Digital Inclusion MTN Ghana Hosts CSO Forum on Connectivity, Sustainability, and Digital Inclusion On Wednesday,... read more
Energy Minister defends emergency power badge contract
Energy and Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has defended government’s move to go in for emergency power barges, despite calls by stakeholders that other alternatives should be pursued.... read more
Mahama: Africa is best destination for investment
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday stated that in spite of economic challenges and threats of diseases that bedeviled the African continent, it still remains the best destination for investment.... read more
Fire rips through Royal TV building in Kumasi
Fire Wednesday swept through the offices of Kumasi based Royal TV. The fire which destroyed several important equipment of the television station is thought by many to be a result of power... read more
Public debt now Ghc53.6b
Ghana’s total public debt stood at Ghc53.6b as at the end of June 2014, representing 55.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Of the total stock debt, domestic debt constituted 43.9 percent,... read more
Stakeholders welcome new regulation to protect consumers of financial products
Stakeholders in the banking industry have welcomed the introduction of new regulations to protect consumers in financial sector. The law when introduced will make it obligatory for financial... read more
Bank of Ghana keeps policy rate at 19 percent
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has kept its key lending rate at 19 percent. Speaking at a news conference in Accra Tuesday, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, cited expected inflows... read more
West Africa capital markets integration moves closer
Integration of capital markets in the West African sub-region has inched a step closer with the approval for brokers in the member-countries to start drawing up partnership agreements that will... read more
US$75 million facility to boost rice production
Dutch international development outfit SNV Netherland Development Organisation has secured a US$75million funding from the USAID’s Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (FinGAP) to boost the... read more
Job freeze hits public sector hard; About 200 posts vacant
A government approved public sector job freeze is causing a severe manpower deficit in some state agencies. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative... read more
US$580 million generated from local content policy
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Minister of Energy & Petroleum, has disclosed that about $580 million has been realized from the Local Content policy. According to him, there has been a significant... read more