Ghana recorded the highest jump in both rank and score in the 2020 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI) which is independently produced by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).
With an improved score of 59 points, the 2020 index ranked Ghana’s financial markets attractiveness at the 6th...
Increasing sources of income for Africans are being realised through remittances, which have been observed as an important factor that impacts lives as well as brings about economic growth and development on the continent.
The theme of remittances was discussed by researchers and economists at the 12th African Economic Conference...
Vodafone Ghana has introduced a range of smart home devices onto the market as part of efforts to provide customers enhanced connectivity, access to varied and amazing entertainment content, and improved security at home.
The devices include smart cameras that stream live HD video feed straight to customers’ phone; as...
Domestic passenger throughput for the first nine months of this year has increased by 26 percent - from about 136,731 to 184,772 - following abolition of the 17.5 percent Value Added Tax on domestic airfares.
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Kweku Kwarteng, told this to Members of Parliament on the...
Kinross Chirano Gold Mines Limited (CGML), a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, has said it plans to help its host communities develop through educational enhancement interventions, as it has launched a scholarship scheme for needy but brilliant students.
The newly-launched scholarship scheme, dubbed the ‘Chirano General Manager’s Scholarship Initiative’, is...
The Commodity Brokers Association of Ghana (CBAG) president, Yaw Ohemeng Kyei, has called on government to introduce a 20 percent quota on rice imports into the country.
Mr. Ohemeng Kyei said he does not understand why the Ghana Rice Development Strategy (G-NRD) projects to end rice imports by the year 2023 but...
Homestyle, a Dansoman based club, has donated COVID-19 relief items worth Gh¢50,000 to the Dansoman Polyclinic and the Dansoman Police Command to help mitigate the spread of the disease.
The donation comes as part of the club’s 27th anniversary celebrations.
In a mini-social-distancing event held at Dansoman in Accra, members of...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), through its Progressive Licensing Scheme (PLS) initiative launched in July this year, has built the capacity of 56 small-scale and cottage food processing facilities to generate employment, earn income and thrive their businesses.
The PLS is a certification mechanism aimed at supporting the cottage...
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has expressed worry over the whereabouts of petroleum cash given to organisations like the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Venture Capital Trust Fund, and Exim Guarantee Fund.
In its Composite Report on District Engagements and Project Inspections, covering the period 2011 to...
Members of Parliament of Ghana have called on the United Nations (UN) to urgently revise targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) due to the negative impact of Covid-19 on nations’ economies.
In a statement on the Floor of the House last Friday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddirisu indicated that...